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Occupational Hygiene Technician

Employer
Rio Tinto
Location
AU
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Dec 13, 2021

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Category
Health & Safety, Technicians
Work Term
Permanent
Work Load
Full Time
Language
English

Job Details

About the role

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

We are looking for multiple Occupational Hygiene Technicians to join our Occupational Health team in a diverse mining environment. Being a part of the provision and coordination of occupational hygiene services will put you at the forefront of mining technology with the once in a lifetime opportunity to work with new equipment and processes and to lead exposure reduction projects.

This role is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to make a positive impact on the health profile of our workforce. Reporting to the Senior Advisor Occupational Health, you will be:
  • Monitoring personal exposure (airborne contaminants, noise) as per our asset risk based monitoring plans and conducting associated data reporting
  • Educating, communicating and engaging with 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 surveillance activities (audiometric and lung function testing), interpreting results and investigating anomalies
  • Recommending key control methods (considering the hierarchy of control) for occupational hygiene risk reduction and evaluate control effectiveness
  • Undertaking potable water and legionella monitoring, facilitating occupational hygiene workplace surveys and investigating situations of occupational over-exposure

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
  • Degree qualification in Science and experience as an Occupational Hygiene Technician with certifications in Surface Ventilation Officer and Noise Officer
  • Experience with incident investigations and risk assessment techniques
  • Ability to work autonomously with strong communication, engagement and influencing skills

It will also be beneficial if you have:
  • Membership of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (AIOH)

Where you will be working

The Rio Tinto Health, Safety and Environment team (HSE) provides leadership on policies, setting and maintaining standards, developing strategies, implementing tools and support across the business. The HSE function is core to our business so we can ensure a healthy and safe workplace.

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.

Applications close on 12th December 2021 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia.

Company

We are curious and creative, ingenious and hard-working. We are pioneers – exploring the boundaries of everything we do. The materials we produce are essential to human progress, and we see that progress driven by our people. Working at Rio Tinto means touching people’s lives: from exploring new materials to finding ways to tackle climate change. 

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. And 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. 

Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

Company info
Website
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Rio Tinto
Telephone
+44 20 7781 2000
Location
6 St James's Square
London
London
SW1Y 4AD
Australia

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