Health and Safety Advisor

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper, world-shaper.

At Alcoa, you're an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. This is an opportunity for you to bring your wealth of experience to the team and help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low carbon technologies. You have the power to shape things to make them better

About the Role:

Are you an experienced Health and Safety professional seeking a site-based residential role that gets you home every night?

You have the opportunity to join our WA Mining H&S team as a Health & Safety Advisor, ready to make a significant impact at our Huntly Mine Site location. Please note the location is residential (Dwellingup/Pinjarra region)—you must be comfortable commuting daily. You will work days only, completing an 8-hour shift.

Reporting to the Health & Safety Superintendent, you will be the key driver in reducing risk and improving safety performance within the fixed plant maintenance team.

You will provide comprehensive Health & Safety support, technical advice, and crucial coaching across the Fixed Plant department. Specifically, you will:

• Develop robust risk mitigation plans to manage health and safety around high-risk activities such as Confined Space Entry, Hazardous Chemicals and Substances, Electrical, and Trenching and Excavation.

• Conduct audits to ensure full compliance with both company policy and relevant legislation.

• Investigate incidents using the ICAM process, establishing corrective actions that focus on engineering and higher-level controls.

• Create and deliver engaging training programs that will drive positive safety improvements.

• Lead teams on various safety projects and initiatives, becoming a key part of a dynamic team focused on transforming Alcoa's safety culture.

• Advise and support health and safety committees and representatives in Fixed Plant operations.

This is an exciting time for Health and Safety within Alcoa, and you will be influencing major change in safety programs across the organisation. We'd love you to be part of this transformation

What's on offer:

• Career development opportunities to pursue your passion

• Attractive remuneration and variable bonus plan.

• A paid leisure day off every 4 weeks

• One additional paid Alcoa Flexi Day each year

• Employee growth and development opportunities.

• Parental leave support for all caregivers.

• Paid employee volunteering hours within our community

What you can bring to the role:

• Tertiary qualification (desirable) or Diploma in the Health and Safety field or related subject area

• Strong Health & Safety related experience, ideally in a fixed plant or maintenance environment.

• Knowledge and application of legislative standards to ensure Alcoa's compliance to H&S requirements

• Strong communication skills and the confidence to engage with people at all levels, leading by example and taking initiative.

• Contractor experience is desirable

• Proficient in utilising Microsoft suite and various incidental management systems.

Additional information

• Interviews may progress prior to the closing date, although all applications will be considered.

• You will only be contacted if you are shortlisted for an interview, this process can take up to four weeks from the closing date.

About the Location

Huntly is one of our two bauxite mines in Western Australia. Established in 1976 and located east of North Dandalup in WA, it is the world's second largest bauxite mine, supplying ore to Alcoa's Pinjarra alumina refinery. Bauxite ore from Alcoa's Huntly and Willowdale mines helps to produce almost half of Australia's alumina and approximately 19 per cent of Australia's aluminium. Our workplace is an inclusive and respectful environment, where we embrace change, new ideas and equal opportunity to succeed. 

We are values led, vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress.  Our commitments to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity include providing trusting workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, free from discrimination, bullying and harassment and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.    

This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work, be your authentic self, and feel a true sense of belonging. Come join us and shape your career  

Your work. Your world. Shape them for the better.