Principal Advisor- Safety

• REFERENCE:
  HR0258563
• CONTRACT:
  Full-time
• PRIMARY LOCATION:
  Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
• DATE POSTED:
  25 Apr 2014

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK. Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminum, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa.  For more information, please visitwww.riotinto.com.

 

The Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) is a joint venture of Rio Tinto (58.7 per cent), Mitsubishi (26.2 per cent) and the Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Income Fund (15.1 per cent). Managed by the Rio Tinto Iron Ore group, IOC is Canada’s largest iron ore pellet producer, maintaining an open pit mine, a concentrator and iron ore pellet making plant at Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as a 418 kilometer railway and port facilities at Sept Îles, Quebec, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. With approximately 1,940 employees, IOC has a global market selling to customers in North America, Europe and Asia.

 

The opportunity

 

We are currently looking for a Principal Advisor - Safety, residentially based in Labrador City, to assist us in delivering our goal of zero injuries.

 

What the role entails

 

Reporting to the Manager - HSE Governance, you will be responsible for:

 

• Providing technical support whilst developing and implementing systems and programs to improve safety performance
• Advising Management on significant safety risks and identifying controls to mitigate these risks
• Supporting the operational HSE Superintendents to ensure consistent application of Rio Tinto’s Safety Standards
• Assisting Management in conducting investigations of accidents or incidents (including root cause analysis evaluations)
• Auditing the facility’s systems for compliance against established standards and regulatory requirements
• Directing or assisting in the development and delivery of safety training materials and programs
• Assisting in the formulation of lessons learned from incidents and accidents, and participating in accident review panels
• Coordinating work associated with relevant legal requirements and the preparation of the annual safety improvement plan

 

What you will need for this role

 

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

 

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)
• 10 years’ experience in Safety, or a related field, with demonstrated experience in the development and implementation of safety related training programs
• Knowledge of Federal and Provincial safety requirements for Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)

 

Prior experience in a large multinational company, excellent written and verbal communications skills will be considered as assets.

 

Candidates internal to the Rio Tinto Group must advise their managers of their application prior to progressing to the interview stage.

 

Applications close on Monday, 28 April 2014.

 

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