Job Description

The Senior Director will provide overall leadership, strategic direction, and accountability for large-scale Critical Risk Management (CRM) and safety culture transformation programmes for metals and mining clients. This includes leading complex, multi-site and multi-year engagements aimed at delivering sustained improvements in safety performance.
This role is responsible for translating CRM frameworks into operational reality, ensuring that fatal and serious injury risks are effectively controlled through strong leadership behaviours, disciplined implementation of critical controls, and robust governance mechanisms.

Key responsibilities

Programme leadership & client stewardship

• Lead complex, multi‑site CRM and safety transformation programmes for major metals and mining clients
• Act as the senior client advisor to executive leadership, Boards, and corporate safety councils
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with CXOs, site leaders, and functional heads
• Represent ERM as a thought leader in fatal risk prevention and critical control management

Strategic design & application of CRM

• Apply ICMM‑aligned Critical Control Management (CCM) principles as a practical roadmap, not a theoretical model
• Guide sequencing of interventions based on maturity, risk exposure, and operational readiness
• Ensure CRM is embedded into work processes, leadership routines, and decision‑making under pressure
• Prevent over‑engineering by maintaining focus on what materially reduces fatal risk

Leadership, culture, and governance

• Shape leadership expectations and behaviors related to fatal risk ownership
• Support clients in moving from compliance‑driven safety to line‑owned risk accountability
• Design and oversee governance, assurance, and performance review mechanisms
• Provide independent challenge to senior leaders where control effectiveness is weak

Team leadership & quality assurance

• Lead and mentor programme managers, technical specialists, and site‑based experts
• Set technical standards and ensure consistency of delivery across sites and geographies
• Own overall programme quality, outcomes, and risk management
• Contribute to ERM’s global CRM capability building and methodology development

Experience and background

Essential

• 15+ years of experience in safety, risk management, or operational risk within metals and mining
• Demonstrated leadership of large‑scale safety or CRM transformations, preferably across multiple sites
• Strong understanding of fatal risk management, critical controls, and verification discipline
• Proven ability to engage credibly with Boards, EXCO, and senior operational leaders
• Experience working in or with international mining operations

Highly desirable

• Direct experience applying ICMM CCM / CRM frameworks
• Background in underground or complex mining environments
• Experience in consulting or advisory roles alongside operational leadership experience

What success looks like

• Clients trust ERM to handle their most material safety risks
• CRM becomes embedded as an operational discipline, not a parallel safety programme
• Leadership behavior and decision‑making visibly shift under pressure
• Sustained reduction in fatal and serious injury exposure

APAC Ready to Lead Way

At ERM, your work creates impact that matters, helping global organizations tackle the most pressing sustainability challenges while shaping a better future for communities and the environment. Our vision is to empower you to grow, lead, and innovate alongside world-class clients on transformative projects. We prioritize wellbeing, continuous learning, and an inclusive culture where collaboration, expertise, and purpose drive meaningful impact. At ERM, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and innovation thrives. If you’re ready to make sustainability your mission and build a career that creates lasting change, your journey starts here

You can apply for this role through Careers or through the internal careers portal if you are a current employee.

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