Practice Lead- Safety at Rio Tinto

About the Role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a driven, operationally focused safety leader to join our Safety Area of Expertise (AoE) team as Practice Lead – Safety.

This is a great opportunity to showcase your partnership building skills and your ability to lead strategic improvements across all of the Rio Tinto product groups. You’ll be a key player in building the Safety culture in a sustainable way across your region by bringing best practice to the business and helping the business to move forward on its safety journey.

Reporting to the Head of Safety AoE, you will be responsible for: 

• Leading and coaching a team of highly capable professionals to drive our strategic initiatives e.g. safety maturity model, fatality elimination program (CRM), improving investigation quality, and effectively sharing and learning from these events
• Developing talent and capability within your team and across the Safety Function
• Translating our Group Strategy and objectives into an implementation plan to deliver results
• Collaborating with a broad range of stakeholders, both internal and external, in the deployment of our global Safety strategy by providing guidance, governance and implementing leading practice through continuous learning
• Supporting assets in their journey to improve their safety culture through strategic leadership of the Safety Maturity Model
• Designing and leading impactful and engaging assurance activities
• Providing high quality safety support on. strategic initiatives and technical advice to our operational teams
• Supporting development and improvement of our Safety Standards so that they are simple and focused on control of our critical risks.

What you’ll bring

• A University Degree in Health, Safety, Engineering, or a related field
• A minimum of 10 years or more experience in a role with safety responsibilities
• A minimum of 5 years or more demonstrated leadership experience
• Knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety Systems; standards and key risk management and assurance processes.
• Ability to communicate in French is advantageous.
• Ability to translate business requirements into practical application in an operational environment.
• Strong communication, problem solving and analysis skills.
• Demonstrated ability to engage a broad range of stakeholders in various contexts and from different background.
• Experience in mining or similar heavy industry would be considered as an asset.