H&S Superintendent

Superintendent Health and Safety

We encourage women, Indigenous Peoples and others of diverse backgrounds to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

• Liaise and interact closely with the Iron ore teams and our contracting partners
• Balance your career and your life
• Work is just part of your life, our benefits are designed to make life better

Where we’re all welcome

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 who we are.

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.

We acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

About the role

We are looking for a Superintendent Health and Safety to join the Sustaining Capital Division’s Health and Safety Team within Iron Ore to provide positive leadership to a team of health and safety professionals, support and advise Sustaining Capital leaders, partner with our contract partners to deliver health and safety outcomes and facilitate the standardisation of Rio Tinto Health and Safety processes and systems.

Leading on the frontline is one of the most important jobs in our business and comes with a huge amount of responsibility. We need you to motivate, inspire and keep our people safe and well.

Your demonstrated ability to engage, connect and positively influence key stakeholders at all organizational levels will play a critical part to the effectiveness in this role. A truly collaborative position that will see you partnering with the Division’s leadership team and our contract partners, to drive operational discipline through standardisation and rapid replication of health and safety initiatives, supporting leaders to operationalise the Health and Safety Management System and delivering to the health and safety strategy.

What you’ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Tertiary qualified in health, safety, or related field

• Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• A background in Construction – within a leadership Health & Safety role
• A drive to create a respectful, inclusive and diverse work environment
• Experience and passion as a people leader who can influence, motivate and be confident in effectively leading, mentoring and coaching team members as well as interfacing with senior leaders and contracting partners
• Demonstrated experience working as a Health and Safety professional in an operating environment
• Demonstrated experience in working with many contracting partners to deliver sound health and safety outcomes
• Exceptional organisation and delegation skills and experience working in an environment with a large span of control
• Understanding of new WA Workplace Health and Safety legislation and its implementation in a contracting environment
• Current driver’s license

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100% we still want to hear from you.

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
• 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 & 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, cultural leave)

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:

• Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment
• Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career.
• Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.

Who we are

Rio 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 and meet opportunities.

Where you’ll be working

This role will be offered FIFO from Perth to our Inland operations where you will operate within our Iron Ore assets. Your roster will be 5 days on, 2days off, 4 days on, 3 days off (9-day fortnight).