Principal Advisor – Project HSEC in Design

Principal Advisor – Project HSEC in Design

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusive
• Exposure to a global portfolio of projects across multiple Product Groups
• Permanent opportunity based in Brisbane or Perth

About the role

We are looking for a Principal Advisor Health, Safety, Environment and Communities in Design who will be responsible for providing project related Health, Safety, Environment and Communities in Design (HSECiD) advice and guidance to projects within the Rio Tinto Projects portfolio.

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.

The role provides for the development and application of HSECiD across the portfolio of Rio Tinto Project activities with a focus on fatality elimination, catastrophic event prevention and injury reduction during project design. In addition, it provides portfolio support during design hazard studies, project commencement, planning for construction and closure studies.

Reporting to the Manager Engineering Engagement, this role is responsible for:

• Provision of technical guidance on Rio Tinto HSECiD and Engineering Hazard management processes for Studies, Projects, Engineering Service Providers, Construction and Closure teams.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to utilise incident data for the purpose of identifying potential fatal and catastrophic risk exposures and influencing the design of future assets to eliminate, substitute or engineer out risk prior to operations.
• Conducting assurance activities to ensure early identification of process gaps and development of mitigative plans to ensure alignment with Rio Tinto systems and process.
• Strategic planning for the Rio Tinto Projects HSECiD function, ensuring best fit systems, increased efficiency and minimal impact on project schedule and work teams.
• Ensuring inclusion of Rio Tinto Global Standards in study and project engineering reviews, engagement of subject matter experts (within the Rio Tinto Centres of Excellence and external to the business) to provide expertise for disciplines such as Process and Functional safety.

What you will bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Diploma of Health and Safety.
• Sound understanding of the principles of HSEC in design associated with major project design and execution including bulk materials handling, mineral processing, underground construction and operations and open pit mining.
• Ability to influence key stakeholders and maintain a network of contacts across a global portfolio.
• Flexibility and ability to travel to both international and Australian based locations which can at times be remote.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Understanding of local, state and country legislation as applicable to HSEC areas.
• Experience with facilitation of HAZID/HAZOP or similar hazard study tools.

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
• 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 & 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)
• Relocation assistance where necessary

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 will be working

Rio Tinto Projects helps to grow our business by building new mines and assets as well as studying the different options for both new construction projects and operations approaching closure. We are recognised for delivering safely, on time and on budget or better, and have won multiple awards for our work, including at the Amrun Bauxite mine in North Queensland, Australia, and on the AutoHaul™ driverless trains in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

The role can be based in either Perth or Brisbane. We offer a flexible working arrangement with a balance of office-based and work from home. There is an ongoing requirement for additional hours outside the standard working day to support colleagues in alternative time zones. Domestic and international travel is also required.

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