Senior Advisor - Health and Safety - Kennecott Underground

Company: Rio Tinto
Location: Salt Lake City
Posted on: September 25, 2024

Job Description:

Senior Advisor - Health and Safety - Kennecott Underground

• Join a global mining organization with an exceptional safety culture.
• Provide HSE input into the Copper product group strategic plan
• Do meaningful work that is supported by senior leaders and plays an important role in helping us to reach our goal of being the "Best Operator."
• Diversity is our strength. Bring your unique skills, experiences, and perspectives to help our team to thrive.
• Excellent opportunity for career development of your technical expertise in Health and Safety About the role Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. We are looking for aSenior Advisor- Health and Safety-Kennecott Underground to provide effective health and safety support to leaders and teams by assisting to effectively identify and manage Health & Safety (HS) risks to achieve the RT goal of fatality and injury elimination. The North Rim Skarns is the largest development Underground to date and is a collection of Developments that access, and extract ore deposits located below the Bingham Canyon Mine. The Kennecott Underground and is to be executed concurrently with several other developments including the Lower Commercial Skarns (LCS) and the Underground Characterization (UGC). In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible.
  Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job. This role is a great opportunity to oversee Rio Tinto's health, safety and environment programs to ensure they are efficiently and effectively implemented and meet local regulatory requirements. Reporting to the Underground HS Business Partner, you will:
  • Provide ongoing support, coaching & guiding leaders in HS systems, process
  • Driving standardization, simplification and alignment
  • Leading implementation of RT HS initiatives
  • Effectively communicate the business HS requirements, support practical application and track and monitor progress
  • Ensuring effective and consistent identification and management of risks
  • Own and drive initiatives on our site HS plan
  • Governance and Assurance of HS systems and process
  • Reporting and analytics of HS performance to provide insights to leaders
  • Provide high levels of HS assurance
  • Use of risk assessment tools and process What you'll bring To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
    • Tertiary qualified in health, safety, engineering or human factors
    • Health and Safety (HS) professional or passionate operational leader with history of strong HS performance
    • Operational /Project experience in either - Surface Mining or Underground development
    • 3+ years of HS experience and or Operational leadership
    • Ability to work in multi-functional and multi-disciplinary teams and deliver measurable outcomes.
    • Excellent verbal, written, and influential skills to effectively communicate with employees at all levels of the organization.
    • Successfully demonstrate influencing and coaching a broad stakeholder group of operational leaders General Manager, Managers, Superintendent, etc.
    • Demonstrated ability to manage change
    • Demonstrated ability to take a system and strategic view and identify and managing emerging risks
    • Demonstrated ability to collaborate
    • Experience in leading or working with geographical spread terms
    • Strong analytic skills What we offer Be recognized 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.
      • 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 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 and meet opportunities. 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. Every Voice Matters At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, Veterans and active-duty armed forces, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V Rio Tinto participates in E-Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit for more information. We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable being 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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