Adviser Health and Safety - Argyle

• Help shape Argyle’s safe transition from rehabilitation to long-term operations
• Lead practical, field-based safety, risk and critical control activities
• Two opportunities available | 2:2 FIFO roster from Perth | Through to the end of 2027

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

Join Argyle at a pivotal time. As Adviser, Health and Safety, you will help complete rehabilitation and prepare the site for transition into Rio Tinto Closure Legacy and a sustainable Operations and Maintenance model.

This opportunity is offered on a FIFO, 2 weeks on /2 weeks off roster through to the end of 2027.

This is a hands-on role for a safety professional who enjoys being in the field, building trusted relationships and turning standards into practical action. You will work with employees, contractors and leaders to strengthen critical controls, capability and safety culture.

What you’ll be doing

Reporting to the Senior Manager HSE Closure, you will:

• Provide practical Health and Safety advice across rehabilitation, transition and O&M readiness activities.
• Lead risk assessments and verify that critical and material controls are effective in the field.
• Coach leaders, employees and contractors to build capability, accountability and a strong safety culture.
• Deliver inspections, audits, field interactions, onboarding and training.
• Lead or support incident investigations, share learning and drive actions to verified closure.
• Simplify and embed fit-for-purpose Health and Safety systems for the future Closure Legacy operating model.
• Speak up, stop work and escalate when risks or control failures are unacceptable.

About you

You are a practical, confident safety professional who can work independently in a small, remote team.

You will bring:

• A degree in Health and Safety or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least five years’ Health and Safety experience in resources, construction, projects or operations.
• Working knowledge of Western Australian work health and safety legislation.
• Strong communication, collaboration and judgement, with the confidence to speak up.

Experience in the following will be highly regarded:

• Incident investigation and critical control or fatality prevention programs.
• Contractor safety management and safety leadership coaching.
• Remote site work and operating self-sufficiently in a small team.

We recognise that many talented people bring transferable skills and diverse experience. If you are excited about this opportunity but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

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 
• 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 & 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 & cultural leave) 
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more) 

Where you will be working

Argyle is a remote Western Australian site moving from major rehabilitation into the Closure Legacy portfolio and a sustainable O&M model. This site-based role is FIFO from Perth.

Applications close on 21st October 2026 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

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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 LGBTQ+ 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.