DRA Global is seeking an accomplished Senior HSE Professional to join our Projects / Group HSE function in a head office-based leadership role. This senior strategic position is designed to strengthen DRA’s HSE leadership capability across our global EPCM/EPC project portfolio and provide a structured development pathway towards future Vice President – HSE responsibilities.

The successful candidate will operate beyond traditional HSE management, combining strong technical credibility with strategic thinking, executive presence, and the ability to influence project and business leadership.

Position Overview

As a key member of the leadership team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving the health, safety, and environmental (HSE) strategy across our projects. Your core responsibilities will include:

• Driving the development, implementation, and continual improvement of DRA’s HSE strategy.
• Providing expert strategic HSE advice to senior executives, Project Directors, Project Managers, and Construction Managers.
• Ensuring robust HSE governance, oversight, and assurance throughout the lifecycle of multidisciplinary EPCM/EPC projects.
• Championing Material Risk Management and Critical Control Management across all projects.
• Leading reviews of project HSE strategies, plans, risk profiles, and organisational capability.
• Identifying systemic HSE risks, emerging trends, and recurring control failures, and spearheading appropriate interventions.
• Supporting significant incident investigations, promoting organisational learning, and driving corrective action programmes.
• Enhancing contractor HSE governance, mobilisation, performance, and accountability.
• Promoting Safety in Design and integrating HSE principles into engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities.
• Supporting governance and continual improvement of DRA’s Integrated Management System.
• Ensuring effective application and compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 standards.
• Utilising digital HSE systems and data to strengthen governance, reporting, assurance, and organisational learning.
• Developing meaningful HSE dashboards, trend analyses, and reporting for Executive and Board levels.
• Building and maintaining effective relationships with major clients and representing DRA at senior HSE and governance forums.
• Coaching and developing Project HSE Managers and other senior HSE professionals.
• Supporting emergency, crisis, international project, and business continuity risk management.
• Progressively assuming delegated VP-HSE responsibilities as capability and readiness develop.

Minimum Requirements

• A degree or equivalent tertiary qualification in Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Management, Risk Management, or a closely related discipline.
• Strong practical knowledge and application of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 standards.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• A minimum of 10 years’ progressive HSE experience, including significant senior leadership roles.
• Extensive experience within mining, minerals processing, engineering, construction, EPCM, or EPC environments.
• Proven ability to manage HSE across complex multidisciplinary projects.
• Strong expertise in Material Risk and Critical Control Management.
• Experience in serious incident investigations, HSE audits, and assurance programmes.
• Demonstrated ability to engage directly with clients and senior executives.
• Practical experience with digital HSE or safety management systems.
• Experience developing HSE standards, procedures, governance frameworks, and integrated management systems.

Highly Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification in HSE, Risk, Engineering, Business Management, or a related discipline.
• Recognised professional HSE certification or professional registration.
• ISO management system auditor or lead auditor training.
• Formal incident investigation qualification.
• Previous regional, multi-project, or enterprise-level HSE leadership experience.
• Experience operating across multiple jurisdictions, including Africa and international project environments.

The Successful Candidate

The ideal candidate will be a credible and influential HSE leader who operates effectively both at the workface and at the executive level. You will bring strong strategic judgement, technical HSE credibility, commercial awareness, systems thinking, and the confidence to challenge unacceptable risks while fostering collaborative relationships across projects, functions, and clients.

This role represents a significant opportunity for an experienced HSE leader to broaden their enterprise-level exposure and progressively develop towards senior executive HSE leadership within DRA Global.

Contact information

Chantel Levey