Health and Safety Consultant

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.

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 looking for a site-based residential role that lets you be home every night?

Join our WA Mining H&S team as a Health & Safety Consultant and make a significant impact on our Huntly location. Reporting to the Health & Safety Superintendent, you'll be key in reducing risk and improving safety performance in the mobile maintenance team.

This permanent position will be days only, working 8 hours a day, based at our Huntly Mine Site, (Please google maps the location before you apply, we are in the Dwellingup/Pinjarra region, and this is a residential opportunity)

You will be providing comprehensive Health & Safety support, technical advice, and coaching across our Mobile Maintenance department through:

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

• Conducting audits to ensure compliance with company policy and legislation

• Investigating incidents utilising the ICAM process establishing corrective actions focusing on engineering and above controls

• Creating and deliver engaging training programs will drive positive improvements

• Leading teams on various safety projects and initiatives and be part of a dynamic team focused on transforming Alcoa's safety culture

• Advise and support health and safety committees and representatives in Mobile Maintenance.

This is an exciting time for Health and Safety within Alcoa. We are focused on developing improved systems and influencing major change in safety programs across the organisation and we’d love you to be part of this!

What’s on offer:

• Attractive remuneration and variable bonus plan.

• Family friendly rosters that allow you to be home after each shift.

• 18 weeks Parental leave for primary caregivers.

• One additional paid Alcoa Flexi Day.

• Alcoa Live Well program offering travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing discounts.

• Generous leave entitlements including a leisure a day off every 4-week period.

• Salary packaging for a novated car lease, employee share plan and superannuation options.

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 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.

Disclaimer: Please note that applications close midday Australian Western Standard Time of the posting end date.

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.

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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.