Health & Industrial Hygiene Advisor

• Build your capability through ongoing professional development and support available across RTK.
• Take on a residential opportunity at Kennecott Underground, with no travel requirements, while working at our operation just outside Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Make a meaningful contribution to workforce health by helping implement Rio Tinto health systems and processes, assessing health exposures and supporting solutions that improve health standards.

At Rio Tinto, we are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace where everyone feels safe, respected, and able to succeed. We actively encourage applications from women and from people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We know that great technical capability comes in many forms, and we’re focused on building teams that reflect the communities we operate in and support each other to do their best work.

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide the 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 HSE Advisor to support health deliverables at Kennecott Underground. In this role, you will help implement Rio Tinto health systems and processes, review workplace health exposures and support practical solutions that improve health standards across the workforce. You will bring a focused, thoughtful and analytical approach to anticipating health risks, addressing critical issues and supporting the operation in maintaining strong health performance.

Reporting to the Manager, Health Safety and Environment and working collaboratively with operational and functional teams, you will be responsible for:

• Assisting in the implementation of Rio Tinto health systems and processes and providing support to the operation
• Reviewing health exposures and current status and assisting with the development and implementation of solutions to improve health standards across the workforce
• Supporting contractors and employees to comply with health procedures and relevant legislation
• Conducting regular health audits and ensuring hazards are appropriately addressed
• Supporting the monitoring of health performance within the underground operation
• Advising the Health, Safety and Environment management team on critical issues and recommending actions that contribute to reducing health risks.

About you

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Bachelor's Degree or relevant experience
• Knowledge of sampling plans and industrial hygiene testing, including OSHA and MSHA knowledge of occupational exposure limits
• Ability to support compliance with relevant statutory and legislative provisions and Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Management Systems
• Ability to deliver timely reporting against plans, Rio Tinto Corporate requirements and regulatory requirements
• A focused, thoughtful and analytical approach, with the ability to anticipate risks, take action before problems arise and manage critical issues as they occur

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority.
• Competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive bonus.
• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.
• Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program.
• Attractive share ownership plan.
• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all the moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
• A generous parental leave policy, which ensures you’re able to spend quality time with your new family.
• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which provides confidential counselling or expert guidance for you and your family to help get through life’s challenges.
  

Where you'll be working

Our Kennecott mine is a world-class, fully integrated copper mining operation, including a concentrator, smelter, and refinery, located just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. We produce copper, precious metals including gold and silver, molybdenum, and sulfuric acid. Kennecott has been mining and processing minerals from the rich ore body of the Bingham Canyon Mine since 1903 and is one of the top producing mines in the world, comprising approximately 11 percent of U.S. annual copper production.

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

Rio Tinto is committed to equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel safe, respected and valued. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome but are essential to our success. We treat all our people fairly and with dignity.

Rio Tinto participates in E- Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.ucis.gov/ for more information.