AddressEnvironment Specialist – Operational Delivery
- Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better
- Opportunities and support to learn and grow your career
- Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority
Where we’re all welcome
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 who we are.
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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.
About the role
We are looking for an Environment Specialist – Operational Delivery to join our HSEC team at our Perth, Central Park office, with ad-hoc travel to site a requirement.
You’ll be part of a friendly/ supportive/ high performing team, supported by your leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team. You’ll work a 5 days on, 2 days off roster (with flexible work options) which will give you more time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your life.
The purpose of this role is to enable RTIO to deliver its operational requirements in an environmentally responsible and compliant manner through the provision of SME advice for emerging/high environmental risks, progression of environmental improvement/performance projects and associated impeccable ESG initiatives.
Reporting to the HSEC Manager, Utilities and Facilities you will:
- Deliver risk-based project work based on business needs across operations
- Operational delivery of specific strategic priorities (i.e. Biodiversity Strategy) as per our HSCE Strategy
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, evaluating and implementing improvement opportunities utilising a range of Rio Tinto best practices and inter-site collaboration
- Support the development or revision of environment or other management plans based on best practice, operational experience and subject matter expertise
- Technically support first party assurance at the Asset to deliver Standard-focused conformance audits and risk control effectiveness
- Provide technical SME advice to support Asset environmental risk management processes as required
- Deliver approval/legislation energy and climate change (E&CC) obligations, legal interpretation and reporting
- Build strong relationships with key operational and functional partners
What you’ll bring
To be considered for this role, you will have:
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset
- A Bachelor’s degree in an Environmental Management or related discipline
- Understanding of the Environmental Protection Act and Mining Act
- Demonstrated knowledge of key concepts and practices related to environmental risk management, State and Federal legislation and environmental management systems
- The skills to communicate and consult effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent technical writing skills, attention to detail and an ability to interpret and problem solve complex issues
- Ability to influence and shift mindsets
- Critical thinking and ability to synthesise information into clear narrative
- Analytical capabilities with a strategic thinking approach
- Project delivery experience
- Substantial mining operations, biodiversity, ecology and environment technical experience
If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn’t align 100% we still want to hear from you.
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
- 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)
- 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
- Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.
Who we are
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
This role will be offered on a standard 5 days on, 2 days off roster, with ad-hoc travel to site and the majority of your time in role will be based in the heart of Perth’s CBD.
In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own a world-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres 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.
