Superintendent Environment & Analytical

Superintendent Environment & Analytical

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Monday to Friday residential position
• Based in George Town – Tasmania

About the role

We are looking for a suitably qualified person for the role of Environment & Analytical Superintendent at the Bell Bay Aluminium Smelter. The role provides environmental leadership and operational support to site and the diversity of leading a small team being the site NATA certified analytical laboratory.

This role is dual focused; ensuring that all relevant aspects of Rio Tinto’s environment standards are addressed, as well as being accountable for the operation and quality output of the laboratory. The role will collaborate with environmental professionals and other relevant personnel throughout the Rio Tinto organisation to drive environmental performance. The Rio Tinto aluminium operations all have site-based laboratories for collaboration and support in maintaining and advancing the certified laboratory. Working Monday to Friday reporting to the HSE Business Partner, you will be:

• Providing leadership support for a team of Environment and Laboratory professionals.
• Providing specialist advice on Environmental Approvals issues and requirements to business units including operations, technical services, project engineering, land, and rehabilitation.
• Commissioning environmental surveys and studies to support environmental compliance.
• Maintaining open channels of communication with key regulators and government departments.

What you will need for this role

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a team
• Strong report writing skills and with good working knowledge of databases and spreadsheets
• Working understanding of current government regulations, requirements, and legislation
• Ability to influence and communicate with various stakeholders
• Capability to organise and seek information utilising your resources and network
• A working understanding of ISO accredited systems
• A focus on quality and impartiality given the laboratory accountability

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

Bell Bay Aluminium holds a unique place in Tasmanian and Australian history as the first aluminium smelter in the southern hemisphere when it began production in 1955. Today, it produces around 190,000 of primary aluminium each year.

The smelter is situated on the Tamar River, approximately five kilometres from George Town and 45 kilometres from Launceston. We employ more than 500 Tasmanians and more than 60 full-time equivalent contractors who, on a typical day, undertake work at the smelter.

For more than 65 years Bell Bay Aluminium has played a significant role in the social and economic wellbeing of George Town and Northern Tasmania through employment, community investment, and using local goods and services. In 2019, the site also received Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) certifications, assuring customers the aluminium they purchase has been produced to the highest environmental, social and governance standards. 

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.

Apply today if you want to work with the latest technology and innovation, in an environment where we challenge you to drive positive change.  Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.