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About this Emergency Services Officer role at Westgold

Westgold · Onsite

Westgold Resources is shaping the future of gold mining in Western Australia. We are looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to join our team who shares our vision of building a sustainable and profitable major Australian gold business.

Be the difference when it matters most.


Westgold is seeking experienced Emergency Services Officers to join our team on an 8/6 FIFO roster, supporting our operations across the Southern Goldfields and Murchison regions of Western Australia.


This is an exciting opportunity for emergency response professionals who thrive in dynamic environments and are passionate about protecting people, responding to critical incidents and maintaining emergency preparedness across operational mining sites.


About the Role

As an Emergency Services Officer, you'll play a vital role in keeping our people safe by delivering emergency response, rescue and medical services across site operations. Working closely with Health & Safety teams, you'll ensure emergency readiness is maintained while supporting a strong safety culture throughout the business.


Key responsibilities include:

  • Responding to emergency, rescue and medical incidents
  • Providing pre-hospital emergency medical care
  • Maintaining emergency response equipment and facilities
  • Conducting emergency response training and mock exercises
  • Supporting site emergency preparedness and compliance activities
  • Completing drug and alcohol testing requirements
  • Participating in continuous improvement and safety initiatives
  • Promoting a proactive safety culture across all operations

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

  • Experience in emergency response within mining, resources or heavy industry
  • Strong medical response and incident management capability
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills
  • The ability to remain calm and effective in high-pressure situations
  • A genuine commitment to health, safety and wellbeing

Essential Requirements

  • Certificate III in Emergency Response and Rescue
  • Relevant emergency medical qualifications
  • Current C Class Driver's Licence
  • Current First Aid qualifications
  • Drug and alcohol testing competency (highly regarded)
  • Previous mining industry experience (highly regarded)

Why Join Westgold?

At Westgold, safety is at the heart of everything we do. This is an opportunity to join a growing Australian gold producer where you'll play an essential role in protecting our people while working alongside experienced and dedicated teams.

If you're looking for a rewarding role where every day is different and your skills make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and help keep our people safe across Westgold's Southern Goldfields and Murchison operations.

The Westgold Offer:

A permanent full-time position at a successful gold producer

A range of benefits including:

  • Performance based bonus

  • Group salary continuous insurance

  • A health and wellness allowance Health insurance discount

  • A range of Family and Medical leave policies that includes IVF, surrogacy and adoption.

  • Referral Bonus - bring your mates along!

  • 5 years' pro rata long service leave

  • Salary sacrifice options

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that include free confidential counselling, wellbeing services that includes financial advice.

Our full list of benefits and why we are recognised as an Endorsed Employer for Women by Work 180 can be seen on the Work180 website.

Westgold is driven by our core values of Show Respect, Choose Safety and Deliver Value. We believe that these values define our culture, behaviours and actions. We appreciate that not everybody will tick every box for their next dream role, but if you believe that you can bring the passion and drive to contribute to our operations and our values resonate with you then apply now!

Candidates must meet our pre-employment criteria’s which includes medical and drug and alcohol screening, relevant right to work checks and be able to provide a valid Australian national police clearance and an Australian driver’s licence (or be able to obtain).

Westgold is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone matters. We believe diversity is a strength and true diversity includes those from First Nations People, various cultures, age groups, Neurodiverse backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, diverse abilities and religions. We value the unique perspectives and experiences each person brings and that diverse teams leads to innovation and success. Our goal is to have safe and respectful environments where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic selves and we strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Westgold appreciates that standard recruitment processes are not accessible for everyone. If you believe you require additional support or accommodations, so you feel comfortable participating in our recruitment process for this or any of our roles, please feel free to email [email protected]

Westgold reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. We will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party. 

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About Westgold

At Westgold we offer more than a job, we offer you a career. Coming to work every day isn't just about getting the job done, it's about camaraderie, it's about feeling a sense of achievement and it's about fulfilling your role alongside your work mates. Our teams possess a wealth of knowledge and are willing to share their experiences. We welcome entry level candidates to our workforce in addition to highly experienced professionals looking to make their mark within a growing organisation. Diversity and inclusion for employees from all backgrounds is a high priority for us as we strive to be an ongoing employer of choice and are committed to upholding workplace equality. With the guidance of

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