About the role
All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.
We are looking for a passionate and talented Occupational Hygiene Advisor to join our HSE team at Rio Tinto Boyne operations based in Gladstone. Working Monday to Friday or the option to do a 9 day fortnight.
Working in a diverse mining environment, your provision and coordination of occupational hygiene advice will put you at the forefront of mining technology with the once in a lifetime opportunity to work with new equipment and processes, while championing occupational hygiene and leading exposure reduction projects.
We are an open, connected international team of technical specialists using some of the most exciting data and tools on the planet. We are the world leader in automation and smart mining. We have technical development programmes 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.
Working in a challenging and exciting environment, key responsibilities will include:
About You
To be successful in this role you will have:
What we offer
Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.
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’ll be working
Boyne Smelters Limited is Australia’s second largest aluminium smelter with a 1,000-person strong workforce. Located approximately 20km south east of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast, BSL produces around 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum.
Activities at BSL include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten material into aluminium products ready to ship. The smelter is connected via a conveyor belt to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for the supply of alumina.
BSL is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring safe work practices where people feel safe at work and care for each other.
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