GatenbySanderson
Director of Safety & Operations
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Director of Safety & Operations
Build Wales’s New National Regulator. Protect Communities. Leave a Lasting Legacy
Everyone in Wales deserves to feel safe from the risks posed by unstable disused tips.
Salary: £82,089 - £99,500
Location: The Authority's headquarters will be located at Rhydycar Business Park, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1UZ. This will be the principal place of work and where most colleagues will come together to collaborate with one another and with stakeholders. The successful candidate will be expected to attend the office in Merthyr Tydfil regularly to support collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
The Disused Tips Authority is being established under the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Act 2025 to provide national leadership for the safety, management and regulation of disused tips. As Wales' new national regulator, the Authority will deliver a consistent, evidence-led and risk-based approach to managing disused tip risk and helping to protect communities across Wales.
Within this context, the Director of Safety & Operations plays a pivotal executive leadership role in ensuring that the Authority delivers its core purpose, keeping people safe from disused tip risk consistently, effectively and with confidence.
This role is fundamental to creating an organisation where:
- Risk is clearly understood, prioritised and actively managed.
- Operational activity is coordinated, evidence-based and effective.
- Safety is embedded in decision-making and organisational behaviour.
- Delivery is consistent, resilient and able to respond to emerging risks.
As a member of the Executive Team, the postholder has a critical leadership role in setting operational tone, shaping delivery culture and modelling behaviours that put safety, accountability and professionalism at the heart of the organisation.
What you will do:
- Lead the design and delivery of a nationally consistent, risk-based operational model.
- Oversee assessment, categorisation, inspection, monitoring and intervention activity.
- Ensure risks are identified, prioritised and managed through evidence-led decision making.
- Provide strategic assurance to the Chief Executive, Board and Welsh Government on operational performance and public safety.
- Build strong partnerships across Wales to strengthen resilience and protect communities.
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What we're looking for:
We're seeking an experienced executive leader who has successfully led complex operational services within a safety-critical, regulatory or infrastructure environment.
You will bring:
- A degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental science, infrastructure management or a related field), or can you demonstrate equivalent professional experience in a relevant technical field.
- Significant experience of leading operational delivery and managing organisational risk.
- A track record of building high-performing teams and improving organisational performance.
- The ability to make sound, evidence-based decisions in complex and high-profile environments.
- Experience of working with Boards, Ministers and senior stakeholders.
- Strong partnership, communication and influencing skills.
- A commitment to collaborative leadership, continuous improvement and public service.
- A relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience. Chartered status or membership of a relevant professional body is desirable.
This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to help establish a new national public body and leave a lasting legacy for the people of Wales.
For an initial confidential conversation to discuss your suitability in greater detail, please contact: Sophie Hester – sophie.hester@gatenbysanderson.com
Applications are welcomed from people with a diverse range of lived and professional experiences. We are actively committed to becoming an increasingly diverse organisation which represents the diverse communities we serve.
Cyfarwyddwr Diogelwch a Gweithrediadau
Adeiladu Rheoleiddiwr Cenedlaethol Newydd Cymru. Amddiffyn Cymunedau. Gadael Etifeddiaeth Barhaol
Mae pawb yng Nghymru yn haeddu teimlo’n ddiogel rhag y risgiau a achosir gan domenni nas defnyddir ansefydlog.
Cyflog: £82,089 - £99,500
Lleoliad: Bydd pencadlys yr Awdurdod ym Mharc Busnes Rhyd-y-car, Merthyr Tudful, CF48 1UZ. Hwn fydd y prif fan gwaith a lle bydd y rhan fwyaf o gydweithwyr yn dod at ei gilydd i gydweithio â'i gilydd a chyda rhanddeiliaid.
Bydd disgwyl i'r ymgeisydd llwyddiannus fynychu'r swyddfa ym Merthyr Tudful yn rheolaidd i gefnogi cydweithio ac ymgysylltu â rhanddeiliaid.
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Mae Awdurdod Tomenni Nas Defnyddir Cymru yn cael ei sefydlu o dan Ddeddf Tomenni Mwyngloddiau a Chwareli Nas Defnyddir (Cymru) 2025 i ddarparu arweinyddiaeth genedlaethol ar gyfer diogelwch, rheoli a rheoleiddio tomenni nas defnyddir. Fel rheoleiddiwr cenedlaethol newydd Cymru, bydd yr Awdurdod yn darparu dull cyson, sy’n cael ei arwain gan dystiolaeth ac sy’n seiliedig ar risg o reoli risg tomenni nas defnyddir a helpu i amddiffyn cymunedau ledled Cymru.
Yn y cyd-destun hwn, mae’r Cyfarwyddwr Diogelwch a Gweithrediadau yn chwarae rôl arweinyddiaeth weithredol allweddol wrth sicrhau bod yr Awdurdod yn cyflawni ei ddiben craidd — cadw pobl yn ddiogel rhag y risg o domenni nas defnyddir — yn gyson, yn effeithiol ac yn hyderus.
Mae’r rôl hon yn sylfaenol i greu sefydliad lle mae:
- Risg yn cael ei deall yn glir, ei blaenoriaethu a’i rheoli’n weithredol
- Gweithgarwch gweithredol yn cael ei gydlynu, yn seiliedig ar dystiolaeth ac yn effeithiol
- Diogelwch wedi’i ymgorffori mewn gwneud penderfyniadau ac ymddygiad sefydliadol
- Cyflawni yn gyson, yn wydn ac yn gallu ymateb i risgiau sy’n dod i’r amlwg
Fel aelod o’r Tîm Gweithredol, mae gan ddeiliad y swydd rôl arweinyddiaeth hanfodol wrth osod tôn weithredol, llunio’r diwylliant cyflawni a modelu ymddygiad sy’n rhoi diogelwch, atebolrwydd a phroffesiynoldeb wrth wraidd y sefydliad.
Beth byddwch yn ei wneud:
- Arwain y gwaith o gynllunio a chyflwyno model gweithredol cyson yn genedlaethol, sy'n seiliedig ar risg.
- Goruchwylio gweithgarwch asesu, categoreiddio, arolygu, monitro ac ymyrryd.
- Sicrhau bod risgiau'n cael eu nodi, eu blaenoriaethu a'u rheoli drwy wneud penderfyniadau dan arweiniad tystiolaeth.
- Darparu sicrwydd strategol i'r Prif Weithredwr, y Bwrdd a Llywodraeth Cymru ar berfformiad gweithredol a diogelwch y cyhoedd.
- Adeiladu partneriaethau cryf ledled Cymru i gryfhau gwydnwch ac amddiffyn cymunedau.
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