Advisor Health & Safety | Res Dev

Advisor Health & Safety – Resource Development

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
• Permanent Full Time role available on a FIFO 5:2:/4:3 roster
• Dynamic and varied regional role supporting the Resource Development hubs across the Pilbara

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

The Resource Development Health and Safety Team is looking to appoint an experienced Health & Safety Advisor to support multiple hubs in the Pilbara region. This is a dynamic and mobile role, with opportunity to work across the entire Resource Development portfolio.

If you like workplace variety and want to broaden your exposure to the wider business, then this is the role for you. Working within an inclusive team of health, safety and emergency services professionals, this role will support Resource Development including Operations (e.g. drilling, earthworks), Geoscience and Hydrogeology.

This role is offered on a permanent full-time basis, FIFO from Perth on a 5 days on / 2 days off, 4 days on / 3 days off roster, including one day a fortnight in Perth.

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 Health, Safety and Emergency Services, you will be working in a collaborative community, focusing on:

• Delivering the annual H&S plan and supporting operational leaders improving safety maturity
• Influence and coach operational leadership teams on fundamental H&S processes (leadership in the field, critical risk management, hazard identification and control, pre-start meetings, quality safety interactions)
• Providing onsite support for incident investigations and risk assessments, including coaching and facilitating
• Completing first line assurance to verify compliance to Rio Tinto systems, procedures and standards
• Developing and providing relevant H&S information to operational leaders (safety statistics, incident information, risk analysis, educational material)
• Coordination of site-based initiatives that promote the health and wellbeing of the workforce
• Supporting Emergency Services projects (remote/lone worker, emergency preparedness)

What you’ll bring

• Qualification and/or industry experience in Health & Safety or related field
• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Highly motivated with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships, influence stakeholders and drive outcomes
• Ability to work autonomously and remotely in a fast-paced environment managing competing priorities
• Computer skills including experience using web-based systems and Microsoft Office Suite
• Knowledge or experience in Emergency Services highly regarded but not essential

What we offer

• 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
• Career development and education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers. 

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress. 

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe.Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life. 

Where you’ll be working

The Resource Development portfolio covers a broad and adaptive geographical footprint across the Pilbara region. Hub locations currently include areas surrounding Greater Brockman, Robe Valley, Marandoo, West Angeles, Hope Downs, Gudai-Darri and often extend to additional Rio Tinto Iron Ore locations.

Every Voice Matters

At 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.

Applications close on 10  October 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).