Occupational Hygiene Advisor | Brockman 4

• Progress your career in occupational hygiene and champion exposure reduction projects
• Anticipate, recognise, evaluate and control key health risks
• Support, training, and development provided from the extended Occupational Hygiene team
• FIFO ex Perth to Brockman 4 | 8 days on, 6 days off

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for passionate and talented Occupational Hygiene Advisor to join our Iron Ore occupational health team. Supporting the provision and coordination of occupational hygiene at our Brockman 4 site will put you at the forefront of mining technology with the once in a lifetime opportunity to work with new equipment and processes. You will champion occupational hygiene for site and guide our exposure reduction projects.

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, you will be:

• Be a key player as part of a broader occupational health team
• Helping lead a site occupational hygiene team to identify and reduce occupational hygiene risk
• Working closely with our centralised dust, noise and potable water specialists to help implement best practice controls for the site
• Maintaining the site Health Management Plan and reporting to the regulator
• Facilitating air quality inspections including real time dust monitoring
• Monitoring personal exposure (airborne contaminants, noise) as per the site risk-based monitoring plan and associated data reporting
• Educating, communicating and engaging with Rio Tinto HSE groups, site leaders and operational personnel
• Managing and coordinating the maintenance and calibration of monitoring equipment to NATA and Rio Tinto standards
• Conducting on site health monitoring activities interpreting results and investigating anomalies.
• Oversee a comprehensive RPD and HPD fit testing program, including PAPR support
• Recommending key control methods for occupational hygiene risk reduction and evaluation of control effectiveness
• Undertaking potable water and legionella monitoring
• Investigating occupational over-exposure incidents and exceedances

What you’ll bring

• Degree qualification in Science or Engineering
• Experience as an Occupational Hygiene Technician or Advisor
• Certifications in Surface Ventilation Officer (Air Quality Officer) and Noise Officer
• Experience in audiometric and lung function testing
• Experience with incident investigations and risk assessment techniques
• Ability to work autonomously with strong communication, engagement and influencing skills
• Membership of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (AIOH)

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid or half paid parental leave
• 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)
• Local relocation packages (offered for Australian residents only)

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

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.

Every Voice Matters

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.

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.

Applications close on 20 January 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)