Emergency Services Officer

Emergency Services Officer

• Supportive team culture with a focus on inclusion, safety, and work life balance

• Take the next steps in your career with a company that is committed to your growth and development

• There are a number opportunities at sites across Rio Tinto's Pilbara Mine Operations

About the role

We are looking for an Emergency Services Officer to join our team across a number of different Pilbara sites in Western Australia. In this role, you will be responsible for providing emergency response and medical support to site-based incidents as required.

Whether you're new to your profession or experienced in your field, and whatever industry you have exposure to, we have opportunities that will provide interesting work and growth opportunities for everyone.

You'll be part of a supportive team, supported by your manager to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team.

If you are ready to contribute to a forward-thinking team, we invite you to explore this opportunity with us.

Reporting to the Supervisor Emergency Services, you will:

• Respond to clinical treatments

• Respond to incidents, maydays and medical emergencies

• Responsible for transfers, medical, hospital and RFDS

• Preparation for response, ERT, equip, fleet, checks, ER response planning and testing

• Conduct mayday, alarm and communication checks

• Recruit, train, equip, induct, onboard, mentor ERT

• Fit testing support with OH team

• Responsible for fire warden, evacuation drills and preparation

What you'll bring:

• Certificate IV in Health Care (Ambulance)

• Certificate III in Mine Emergency Response and Rescue (or equivalent individual competencies)

• Certificate in Alcohol and Other Drugs Collection

• Proven leadership experience

• Driver's License – National MR class

• High proficiency in computer and technology platforms

• Previous responsibility for emergency services resources in the prevention of, preparedness for, response to and recovery from likely emergency situations

• Experience in Incident Command, Business Resilience, and familiarity with Rio Tinto ES systems, including working knowledge of the GAP Portal and other dashboard platforms will be seen as advantageous

What we offer 

• Be recognised 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.

• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto.

• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia.

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus.

• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family.

• Attractive share ownership plan.

• Company provided insurance cover.

• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options.

• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions.

• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support.

• Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave, cultural leave).

• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them.

• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you'll also have access to:

• Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors who are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment

• Dedicated Indigenous Talent Program for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career

• Indigenous leadership programs across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders

Ready to experience something unique? Apply today

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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 situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and Inclusion

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ 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.