HR Adviser

• Join a leading global company 

• Based in the beautiful outdoor and family-oriented community of Gladstone

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion 

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced HR Adviser to join our People Experience team at Boyne Smelter in Gladstone. This role provides frontline HR support to leaders and employees, with a strong focus on employee relations, case management, policy guidance, leader coaching and consistent delivery of global processes.

This is a great opportunity for a resilient, pragmatic and relationship-focused HR generalist to work across a wide range of people matters in a fast-paced, high-volume operational environment. You will partner closely with leaders to build capability and contribute to a safe, inclusive and high-performing workplace.

This is a parental leave cover fixed term contract opportunity until October 2027, based in Gladstone, with a 9-day fortnight roster.

Reporting to the HR Team Lead and working as part of a close-knit and supportive team, you will be:

• Providing practical HR advice and support to leaders and employees across operational client groups

• Managing employee relations matters, including absenteeism, conduct, performance, workplace investigations and policy-related concerns

• Coaching leaders to apply HR policies, processes and systems consistently and confidently

• Partnering with HR Business Partners, HR Officers and specialist teams to resolve matters and escalate where appropriate

• Supporting recurring people processes, including performance, salary and talent reviews

• Identifying opportunities to strengthen HR processes, leader capability, employee engagement and workplace effectiveness with a continue improvement mindset

About you

You enjoy working with people, building capability and helping teams navigate workplace challenges. You bring curiosity, sound judgement and a collaborative approach, along with the ability to influence, coach and support through day-to-day operations, change and complexity. You will bring:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Experience in a generalist HR advisory role, ideally within an operational, industrial, resources, manufacturing or similar environment

• Strong employee relations and case management experience, including the ability to manage matters objectively, sensitively and with sound judgement

• Confidence coaching, influencing and constructively challenging leaders while maintaining trusted stakeholder relationships

• Resilience and adaptability to work across a broad scope of HR matters in a fast-paced, high-volume operational environment

• Strong written documentation, confidentiality and case-management discipline, with the ability to navigate HR systems such as Workday, ServiceNow, SAP or similar platforms

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes, but your experience does not align with every requirement, we still want to hear from you.

What we offer

Come join our team and enjoy some great benefits: 

Where you’ll be working

Applications close on Friday 21st August (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

About Rio Tinto

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 situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and Inclusion

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.

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