Health & Hygiene Specialist

Health and Hygiene Specialist

• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Fantastic opportunity to use your strong health and safety expertise
• Attractive 9 day fortnight roster
• Residential role based in family friendly Weipa

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Health and Hygiene Specialist to maintain the site’s compliance with Rio Tinto and Industry Standards as well as to deliver improvements in the health and hygiene outcomes for the workforce.

This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to assist in driving the development of a strong health and safety culture.

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.

Reporting to the Business Partner HSE Weipa and working in a collaborative community within the HSE Weipa team, you will be:

• Developing and implementing Health and Hygiene strategy for site with a focus on exposure reduction and improving operational ownership of Health & Hygiene risks
• Responsible for delivery of the site’s health and hygiene programmes to comply with Rio Tinto and legislative requirements;
• Interfacing with leaders on site with respect to return to work requirements and injury classification;
• Undertake high level data analysis and interpretation of site Health & Hygiene trends and support site response to issues identified
• Responsible for leading a small team including an Occupational Health Nurse, Physiotherapist, Occupational Hygienist and on call Doctor;
• Providing expertise when participating in significant incident investigations and risk assessments.
• Providing guidance and support to facilitate the delivery of health, hygiene and injury management functions.

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Hygiene or Occupational Therapy, Exercise Physiology or similar health qualifications. 
• Experience in leading and managing a small workforce team, with relevant leadership skills.
• Proven ability to build effective influencing relationships and provide strategic oversight over complex operations.
• Sound knowledge and experience in workers compensation case management
• Have a strong understanding of the compliance requirements and experience managing audits / assurance activities
• Recent and relevant experience implementing health and hygiene programmes on an industrial site

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)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

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 and meet opportunities.

Where you’ll be working

Rio Tinto Weipa is located 900km north-west of Cairns on the Gulf of Carpentaria and has been operating for over 50 years. Over the years, it has developed into a vibrant and diverse cultural hub of the Western Cape. Weipa offers a coastal community rich in geographical beauty and cultural heritage that provides families with opportunities to participate in leisure activities, sports, and community events. With a strong sense of community, the region has plenty of natural beauty to offer including the opportunities for boating, fishing, camping, and exploring.

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 Wednesday, 24th April 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)