Advisor Environment

Advisor Environment

• Flexible, family friendly 9 day fortnight working roster
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits including medical benefits and share ownership plan
• Residential permanent role based in Gladstone, QLD

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a site-based Environment Advisor to join our HSE team at Boyne Smelters. In this role you will partner with our operations and stakeholders to champion environmental performance. This is a great opportunity for an experienced Environmental Advisor who strives for excellence and enjoys working on dynamic portfolios of work.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Superintendent Environment and working in a collaborative team of environmental professionals within the Environment and Labs BSL team, you will be:

• Interfacing with on-site personnel to promote environmental goals and solve environmental issues including performing inspections to assess compliance risks
• Preparing and submitting compliance reports and data required to comply with our license to operate.
• Managing environmental issues, for example: surface water quality, stormwater management, monitoring, waste management, groundwater quality, emissions to air, incident reporting and hydrocarbon/contamination management
• Delivering and participating in audits (internal & external).
• Working as part of Environmental Services team to influence site performance.
• Implementing and verifying the business’ environmental management system
• Providing environmental advice in the interpretation of legislation, acts and regulations
• Identify and implement continuous improvement projects to deliver business efficiencies and goals.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• A Bachelor’s degree in an Environmental, Engineering or related discipline with knowledge of key concepts theories and practices related to environmental aspects & impacts, risk management, State and Federal Legislation and environmental management systems
• Experience with Management Systems ISO 14000:1 and the Queensland Environment regulatory framework
• Relevant industry (large scale smelting, processing or chemical manufacturing) or mining experience
• Demonstrated experience in executing work in air, water and waste management aspects.
• Willingness to get hands on with problem solving and improvement
• Strong attitude towards safety and improvement
• Excellent communication and partnering skills with the ability to work independently
• Resilience and a dynamic approach to problem solving

What we offerBe recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the department progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company-provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Career development and education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions.
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

Where you’ll be workingBoyne Smelters Limited is Australia’s second largest aluminium smelter with a 1,000-person strong workforce. Located approximately 20km south east of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast, BSL produces around 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum.

Activities at BSL include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten material into aluminium products ready to ship. The smelter is connected via a conveyor belt to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for the supply of alumina.

BSL is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring safe work practices where people feel safe at work and care for each other.

Applications close on Tuesday the 10th December 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

About Rio TintoRio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice MattersAt Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.