Manager HSEC (Health, Safety, Environment & Communities)

Manager Heath Safety Environment Communities

We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

• Be part of our impeccable Environmental Social & Governance journey
• Lead a multi-disciplinary group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Key leadership role within Sustaining Capital – deliver value
• Perth based role offering great work/life balance

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

To become the most valued resource business and achieve our Rio Tinto Iron Ore strategy, HSEC plays a critical part with key deliverables. At the asset / division these deliverables include;

• Enable improvement of physical and psychosocial safety outcomes for Rio Tinto Iron Ore workforce, including contractors
• Ensure effective risk management and compliance with standards, permits, and regulations – including improvement initiatives within Rio Tinto and our external commitments
• Strengthen interfaces for the assets local community engagements with the communities team to responds to local matters and execute long term strategy
• Improve clarity, connection and simplification of HSEC integration through reduced site and divisional interfaces, clarify priorities and roles whilst improving performance and experience with transparent communication and stakeholder engagements
• Support our journey toward achieving impeccable Environmental Social & Governance credentials at Rio Tinto, while focusing on where we can contribute towards a more sustainable future – Environmental Social & Governance performance underpins our business strategy and our social license to operate

We are looking for a Manager HSEC to lead and implement key HSEC initiatives including the management of systems, processes, procedures and programs for our Sustaining Capital Division.

This is a great opportunity to be part of the HSE and Sustaining Capital leadership team as the single point of accountability for all HSEC matters. This is an exciting, fast paced role, that requires you to be across all aspects of HSEC, interfacing with asset and divisional General Managers, Operational leaders and our Contract Partner Leaders, while leading a dedicated team of multidisciplined professionals.

Through coaching, guidance and governance activities, the Manager HSEC will partner across Sustaining Capital to clarify, connect and simplify ways of working and improving HSEC risk management and performance outcomes for sustainable business value.

Reporting to the General Manager HSEC and working in a collaborative community within Iron Ore, you will:

• Be a key member of the Sustaining Capital leadership team
• Work with our Contract partners to enable them to deliver their HSEC outcomes
• Lead a team of high performing technical professionals
• Implement and sustain our HSEC initiatives and the evolution with our Safety maturity model
• Improve effectiveness and efficiency of HSEC systems, processes, and reporting
• Contribute to the development of HSEC strategy and planning for the HSEC function
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement through coaching and identifying, evaluating and implementing improvement opportunities
• Use data driven insights to provide guidance and governance, through recommendations on management response actions to operational and functional leadership teams

What you’ll bring

• Inclusive and operational leadership with a people-centric approach
• Strategic thinking and stakeholder engagements
• Safety leadership and knowledge; fundamentals
• HSEC standards and procedures
• Operational, Construction and/or HSEC discipline experience
• Construction or Mining operations, communities, social impact and stakeholder engagement experience
• Situational awareness balancing day-to-day operational needs with future strategic focus with the ability to effectively deliver outcomes

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

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

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700 kilometre rail network 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. The Sustaining Capital division plans and implements capital projects across the entire iron ore portfolio.

Although this role will be Perth based in our Central Park head office it requires on average 2 nights/3 days travel to different locations within the Pilbara per week.

Applications close on 8^th October 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).