Manager - Health, Safety & Environment (Hse)

Manager – Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Join a world-class mining organization, offering outstanding personal development
• This permanent, full-time, role is based in Kitimat, BC. The perfect place to live and work, combining the tranquility of a small community with an unrivaled love for the great outdoors.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Manager – Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) to oversee Rio Tinto BC Works’ health, safety and environment programs, to ensure they are efficiently and effectively implemented and meet local regulatory requirements. The incumbent will also be leading the HSE cultural transformation on-site, working collaboratively within the Senior Leadership Team.

This is a great opportunity for a collaborative and dynamic leader who is deeply passionate about driving cultural change, coaching individuals, and enhancing capabilities within both the operational and HSE risk management teams.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the HSE Atlantic Operations General Manager and working a Monday to Friday schedule, you will be:

• Adhering to Rio Tinto’s Health, Safety, and Environmental standards while actively engaging in our culture of care, courage, and curiosity.
• Oversee the on-site HSE function by setting priorities, allocating resources, and ensuring delivery of assurance.
• Coach and influence leadership on HSE aspects and instill a zero harm culture throughout the organization.
• Foster collaboration with site leadership, contractors, community stakeholders, and the bargaining unit.
• Implement robust processes to control critical safety risks effectively.
• Mentor, train, and support the development of emerging local HSE professionals, contributing to a legacy of expertise for the smelter's safe operation.
• Translate business strategies and objectives into a comprehensive HSE implementation plan.
• Contribute valuable input to the leadership team for shaping the business HSE strategy, actively identifying threats and opportunities through data analysis, conversations, and observations.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Advanced leadership and influential skills.
• Possession of a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
• Able to influence strategic direction, translating it into practical and innovative solutions, and delivering improved productivity.
• Exceptional engagement, communication, and coaching skills, ensuring seamless collaboration across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Proven ability to proactively foresee business needs, and strategically deploy resources to achieve agreed-upon outcomes.
• Capable of designing and implementing solutions beyond their immediate area of expertise, drawing upon personal knowledge, skills, experience, and network.

What we offer

Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

The base salary range for this role is $162,560 - $243,840 CAD in addition to allowances, bonus, equity, health or retirement benefits, and any other discretionary benefits offered at Rio Tinto. Our base salary ranges are based on role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by the skills, experience, and impact you bring to the role. Our talent acquisition partners can share more during the hiring process.

At Rio Tinto, we offer a competitive reward package that reflects the value that each person brings to our business. As part of our pay philosophy, we believe equity represents fairness, and is rooted in our values and aligns with what we stand for.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts
• Domestic relocation program

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

Rio Tinto’s BC Works is a part of the Atlantic Operations of the Aluminium product group and has been operating in British Columbia for over 65 years. With industry leading new technology and four generations of employee expertise, as well as our hydropower facility at Kemano and the Nechako Reservoir, the Kitimat smelter is one of the world’s most competitive aluminium smelters, producing aluminium with one of the lowest carbon footprints in the industry.

Rio Tinto is proud to operate in BC alongside our 1,000 employees, partners, community stakeholders and First Nations, and we look forward to the next 60 years.

To learn more about our Aluminium Operations, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=25&v=CTp1jkRKeBI

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA2 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.

Applications close on Sunday the 18 of February 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)