Superintendent Health & Safety

Superintendent Health & Safety

• FIFO from Perth (Rail H&S Superintendent), and Residential Dampier (Ports Dampier H&S Superintendent)

• 5 days on, 2 days off, 4 days on, 2 days off roster – more time to do the important things in life!

• Opportunity to extend your experience and advance your professional leadership career

• Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better  

About the role

We are seeking two Health & Safety Superintendent’s to join the Health Safety Environment and Communities (HSEC) team in Supply Chain Services. The Health & Safety Superintendent role is pivotal in the delivery of Health and Safety plan and leadership to a team of hygiene, health and safety professionals.

We are seeking an engaging, people and safety focused leader to join the Iron Ore Health and Safety Team. These roles will offer unique opportunities to work within the Rail and Ports team, with strong Safety Maturity results and a focus on advancing a culture of operational learning through the application of human and organisational performance practices.

Your demonstrated ability to build relationships, engage, and partner with key stakeholders will play a critical part to the effectiveness in this role. A truly collaborative position that will see you partnering with both the operational leadership team and health and safety professionals to drive strengthened business processes and improved health and safety culture, underpinned by our values of care, curiosity and courage. You will support leaders to operationalise the Health and Safety Management System and deliver to the Iron Ore HSEC strategy.

 Reporting to the HSEC Manager you will be: 

• Partnering with operational leaders to build and deliver safety leadership capability, risk management, work planning safety outcomes, learning and engagement.

• Leading and coaching a team of Health, Safety and Hygiene professionals 

• Effectively sharing, learning and collaborating with peers on best and leading practices

• Active in the development of the Site HSEC  improvement plans, including the communication and execution at a site or divisional level.

• Informed of performance, trends and insights from your department, and those across Iron Ore, through the analysis and evaluation of safety culture, control effectiveness, social processes, incident, and audit data, in making recommendations to advance safety maturity and mitigate causes/prevent occurrences.

• Providing technical guidance on risk and the management of safety programs, standards and legislative requirements, through coaching, training and mentoring.

• Overseeing the development and implementation of assurance frameworks to monitor on-going compliance of operations with respect to arranged audits, inspection plans and fatality prevention.

• Providing support, guidance and advice on safety issues at an operational level.

• Integrating contactor partners in our safety maturity journey through inclusion, supervision and empowerment

What you’ll bring 

• Previous experience in a leadership role

• Demonstrated experience in business improvement projects

• Demonstrated ability to execute strategy and manage change.

• Advanced communication, influencing and engagement skills

• Knowledge of relevant Western Australian WHS legislation/standards

• HS professional or passionate operational leader with history of strong HS performance;

 It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Tertiary qualified in health, safety, engineering or human factors

• Exposure to HSE and Risk Management databases / systems

• Knowledge and experience in the Rail National Safety Law Act and Regulations

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100%, we still want to hear from you.  

What we offer  

• Be recognised for your contribution, you’re 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)  

• Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water).

• 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  

• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.  To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:

• Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment

• Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.

Where you’ll be working  

Our rail network spans almost 2000km across the Pilbara and our port facilities consist of four shipping terminals located on the Pilbara coast at Dampier and Cape Lambert   You will just love the sea change,  everything our beautiful WA coastline and Pilbara region has to offer

Applications close on the 25th of April 2025. 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.

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.

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