Superintendent Health , Safety & Emergency Services | EOI

Health, Safety & Emergency Services Superintendent | Expressions of Interest

• Permanent Fulltime role | FIFO ex Perth on a lifestyle friendly roster of 5/2 4/3
• Key role supporting Pilbara Operations
• Lead a team and drive Health, Safety & Emergency Services execution of strategy, strengthening our business and risk processes and delivering improvement initiatives to enhance our culture

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are seeking general Expressions of Interest for a Superintendent Health Safety & Emergency Services to provide dedicated HSES support our Pilbara operations within the Iron Ore product group. This role offers a 5/2 4/3 lifestyle friendly FIFO roster.

We are seeking an engaging, safety focused leader to join the Iron Ore Health, Safety & Emergency Services Team. This role is pivotal in the delivery of Health and Safety strategy and provides leadership to a team of health and safety and emergency services team.

Your demonstrated ability to build relationships, engage, and partner with key stakeholders will play a critical part to the effectiveness in this role. A truly collaborative position that will see you partnering with both the operational business leadership team and Health, Safety & Emergency Services senior professionals to drive strengthened business processes and improved health and safety culture, underpinned by our values of care, curiosity and courage. You will support leaders to operationalise the Health and Safety Management System and deliver to the health and safety strategy

Reporting to the Business Partner Health, Safety & Emergency Services you will be: 

• Partnering with operational leaders to build and deliver safety leadership capability, risk management, work planning safety outcomes and learning and engagement
• Leading and coaching a Health and Safety team and dedicated Emergency Services team
• Effectively sharing, learning and collaborating with Health and Safety peers on best and leading practices
• Active in the development of the Iron Ore HSES strategy and improvement plans, including the communication and execution at a site or divisional level.
• Informed of performance, trends and insights from your department, and those across Iron Ore, through the analysis and evaluation of safety culture, control effectiveness, social processes, incident, and audit data, in making recommendations to advance safety maturity and mitigate causes/prevent occurrences
• Providing technical guidance on risk and the management of safety programs, standards and legislative requirements, through coaching, training and mentoring
• Overseeing the development and implementation of assurance frameworks to monitor on-going compliance of operations with respect to arranged audits, inspection plans and fatality prevention
• Providing support, guidance and advice on safety issues at an operational level
• Integrating contactor partners in our safety maturity journey through inclusion, supervision and empowerment

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualified in health, safety, engineering or human factors
• Previous experience in a leadership role
• Demonstrated experience in business improvement projects
• Demonstrated ability to execute strategy and manage change
• Advanced communication, influencing and engagement skills
• Knowledge of relevant Australian HSE legislation/standards
• HS professional or passionate operational leader with history of strong HS performance

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Exposure to systems such as SAP, Sharepoint, Excel and HSE databases / safety reporting system

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.

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
• Flexible working arrangements as per operational requirements
• 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid or half paid parental leave
• 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); and
• Local relocation packages offered for Australian residents only

About Rio Tinto

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 almost 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

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700 kilometre rail network and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand.

We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

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.

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.

Applications close on 26 June 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)