Specialist Business Services Health and Safety

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Family friendly roster, based in Perth

About the role

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

We are looking for a Specialist Business Services to join the Iron Ore Health and Safety Team, to partner with the business leadership team to facilitate coordination of planning, performance and improvement initiatives within the health and safety function of the Iron Ore business.

This role is a great opportunity to demonstrated ability to engage, connect, collaborate and positively influence key stakeholders at all organizational levels.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry's best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Senior Health and Safety Business Partner and working in a challenging and exciting environment, within the Iron Ore Health and Safety department you will be:

• Leading improvement initiatives for the business directly related to health and safety
• Developing and implementing strategies that improve performance within the health and safety function
• A key influencer and responsible team member of the site senior leadership team
• Ensuring clear direction and stakeholder management is upheld within direct area of accountability
• Preparing annual budgets, plans and manage costs and value delivery in area of responsibility
• Risk champion and governance for HS risks
• Managing a robust internal compliance overview with targeted 1st party assurance of risks and control monitoring systems/practices
• Driving innovation through performance analysis, data insights and alignment across resources and improvement work.

What you'll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, presentation & negotiation skill, with demonstrated ability in influencing others
• Demonstrated experience leading business improvement projects and achieving tangible outcomes
• Leadership experience and be confident in leading, developing and coaching team members
• Experience in or sound knowledge of business improvement methodologies and tools (such as six sigma, PPS and Lean)
• An understanding of applied health and safety methodologies

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• 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 and salary packaging options
• Career development and 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)

Where you'll be working

Working Monday to Friday, you will be primarily based from our Central Park office. Our office space is conveniently positioned within the Perth CBD with easy access to public transport. Some irregular site travel will be required.

Ready to experience something unique? Come work with us.

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia. Rio Tinto offers Fly in and fly out options from Perth, our regional FIFO hubs and the opportunity to live in our residential towns where applicable.

Applications close on 26th January 2021 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

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.

Every Voice Matters

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 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.