Job Advertisement: Occupational Hygiene Adviser Job in Gladstone & Central QLD at Rio Tinto


 

Occupational Hygiene Advisor | Boyne Operations

  • Global mining and mineral processing organisation with an exceptional safety culture
  • Competitive salary and benefits
  • Opportunity to support one of Australia’s largest aluminium smelters – Boyne Smelter
  • Residential in Gladstone, QLD
  • Permanent Full Time | Mon to Friday OR 9 day fortnight available

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:

  • Independently conduct occupational hygiene surveys to recognise and confirm exposure risks
  • Collaborate with front line teams, through time in field, to identify and implement improvements that achieve health risk reduction
  • Provide technical advice during risk assessments and HSE improvement forums
  • Champion health hazard management through education and communication
  • Preparation of technical briefing notes to support risk based decision making
  • Trial and review technologies aimed at providing ‘real time’ exposure insights and data efficiencies
  • Support the execution of the annual routine monitoring program
  • Review and update occupational hygiene processes and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory and Rio Tinto requirements 

About You

To be successful in this role you will have:

  • Provisional or full membership with the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (or equivalent international professional scheme)
  • Formal qualifications in Occupational Hygiene (desirable)
  • Minimum two years working in Health, Safety or Environment related roles
  • Demonstrated experience developing, executing, and supporting occupational hygiene programs (including monitoring, audits, investigations, risk assessments and inspections)
  • An understanding of legislative requirements relating to health surveillance and occupational hygiene

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 from home arrangements as per operational requirements
  • 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)
  • Relocation packages where suitable

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.