Health & Safety Advisor
- Are you looking for your next challenge and want to work in a forward-thinking team making positive changes?
- Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
- Various rosters available | Fly in, Fly out to our Gudai-Darri operation from Perth or Busselton
About The Role
Our Iron Ore, HSEC team are looking for experienced
Health and Safety Advisor’s to provide professional support to the Health, Safety and Environment and operations teams, through coordination and administration of HSE processes and procedures.
We have technical development programs that are industry-leading and recognise the unique nature of your role. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills.
Opportunities exist at Gudai-Dari, for Fly in, fly out candidates from Perth or Busselton, rosters will vary.
Reporting to the Superintendent Health & Safety, you will
- Developing and providing routine H&S information (e.g. safety statistics, incident information, risk analysis, educational material) to operational leaders.
- Assist in facilitating incident investigations, risk assessments, and upskilling initiatives.
- Support high-risk activities, such as shutdowns.
- Assist frontline leaders in developing and mentoring Health & Safety Representatives.
- Analyse data and provide insights to guide recommendations for reducing risk exposure, with a focus on critical control effectiveness.
- Advise operational leaders and support assurance activities to maintain health and safety standards.
- Coordinate initiatives that promote workforce wellbeing and drive continuous improvement in Health and Safety.
What You’ll Bring
- Relevant health and safety qualification or demonstrated experience working in an operational health and safety role, coupled with a passion for, and sound knowledge of health and safety.
- Experience in data and trend analysis in health and safety indicators to drive insights and interventions
- Experience with incident investigations and risk assessment techniques.
- High level of integrity and values-based decision making.
- Ability to work in a team and autonomously with strong communication, engagement and influencing skills.
- Knowledge and understanding of Rio Tinto Health and Safety systems, HSEC Standards, and key risk management and assurance processes is desirable.
- Excellent computer literacy including use of various reporting systems.
- Adaptability and flexibility to move between panels to ensure operational coverage and support is maintained.
- An ability to work in a fast-paced environment supporting multiple stakeholder groups with strong problem-solving skills.
- Adaptability, flexibility & a solutions-based mind-set
- Valid C-Class Australian driver’s license or equivalent
What We Offer
- Be recognised for your contribution, you’re 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)
- Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water).
- To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
- Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.
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.
Where you’ll be working
Our $2.6 billion Gudai-Dari iron ore project is set to be our most technologically advanced mine. In addition to technology already in use across Rio Tinto, such as autonomous trucks, trains and drills, Gudai-Dari has more than 70 design innovations in scope.
When fully operational, in its first phase, Gudai-Dari will produce up to 43 million tonnes of iron ore a year, contributing to our flagship product, the Pilbara Blend™. It will also become a new production hub for our iron ore business, incorporating a processing plant and infrastructure including a 166-kilometre rail line connecting the mine to our existing network.
Gudai-Dari will also create jobs and business opportunities in Western Australia, including for Traditional Owners and Indigenous people. The construction phase will create over 2,000 jobs; when operational, we expect the mine to employ about 600 people.
Applications close on the 11th of April 2025. Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)
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 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 situations and meet opportunities.
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.
