Superintendent Health & Safety

• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development

• Permanent role with competitive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits in a globally respected organisation

• Family friendly coastal lifestyle living in Dampier with relocation and housing provided

• Residential 5:2 / 4:3 roster, enjoying regular long weekends

About the role

We’re looking for a dynamic, people-centred Superintendent Health & Safety to join the Health, Safety, Environment and Communities (HSEC) team at Dampier Ports.

In this key leadership role, you’ll drive strategy and support a high-performing team across one of the world’s largest and most complex iron ore port operations. Your passion for safety, data-driven thinking, and ability to connect with people will have real impact – on culture, outcomes, and lives.

You’ll work on a 5 days on, 2 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off, roster which will give you more time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your life. You’ll work closely with operational leaders, frontline teams, and technical professionals to enhance systems, build capability, and strengthen risk management – ensuring safety remains core to how we operate every day.

Reporting to the Dampier Port and DSL Health Safety Environment and Communities Manager you will be you’ll be responsible for

• Coach and mentor a multidisciplinary Health, Safety & Hygiene team to deliver the Iron Ore HSEC strategy and site-level improvement plans, embedding safety leadership and planning excellence across Dampier Port operations

• Collaborate with operational leaders to strengthen risk management processes, standardize health & hygiene systems, and ensure regulatory and RT Safe Production System compliance through robust audit and assurance frameworks

• Leverage incident analytics, cultural diagnostics, audit findings and exposure monitoring data to generate actionable insights, inform mid- and year-end safety maturity assessments, and guide targeted interventions that reduce harm

• Offer expert advice on occupational hygiene, legislative standards and fatality prevention, delivering hands-on coaching, training and mentoring, and integrating contractors via inclusive supervision to elevate overall safety performance

What you’ll bring 

• Proven leadership in safety across ports, logistics, heavy industry or related sectors with transferable insight

• Ability to turn strategy into reality using diagnostics, safety maturity tools, and action plans

• Strong understanding of WA WHS legislation, Department of Health standards, and fatality prevention systems

• Skilled in translating safety data into clear, structured improvement actions that reduce harm

• Natural relationship-builder who influences, mentors, and brings people along the safety journey

• Backgrounds in Environmental, Heritage, or Communities & Social Performance (CSP) are highly regarded, especially if you bring strong system thinking and operational understanding

• Tertiary Qualifications in safety, engineering, or human factors are a plus – but not essential if backed by strong practical experience

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, your 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

• Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career

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

Where you’ll be working  

Our four independent shipping terminals at two locations, Cape Lambert and Dampier, are managed as a single port system. Each terminal has facilities for train unloading, product stockpiling and blending, and ship loading. Employees reside in Karratha, which is located 1,527km north of Perth in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Karratha is a family friendly, community driven town boasting pristine sandy beaches and excellent fishing/camping with having the incredible Dampier Archipelago at your doorstep.

Applications close on the 5th of August 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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