- A high impact role where your occupational health expertise directly protects people across underground and surface operations
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Strong team support and the chance to grow into broader site health leadership within a best operator culture
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Long term career opportunity near Superior, Arizona with the stability and standards of a global mining leader
At Rio Tinto, we are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace where everyone feels safe, respected, and able to succeed. We actively encourage applications from women and from people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We know that great technical capability comes in many forms, and we’re focused on building teams that reflect the communities we operate in and support each other to do their best work.
We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.
About the Role
As a Health Senior Advisor, you will be a trusted partner to the operation and a key contributor to managing health risks in an underground environment. This role offers the opportunity to apply your technical expertise in the field, build leadership capability through coaching and influence, and support consistent delivery of exposure monitoring, surveillance, investigations, and improvement plans. It is a strong next step for someone with solid occupational health experience looking to broaden their scope with the support of experienced leaders and clear governance.
Reporting to the Health, Safety, and Security Principal Advisor, you will work closely with operational leaders, contractors, and the wider HSES team in a collaborative environment. You will be relied upon for your expertise, bringing clarity, consistency, and practical support across health-related activities.
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Put the health and safety of people first in all decisions, programs, and field activities
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Lead and support site occupational health programs with a strong focus on underground health hazards such as dust, noise, diesel particulate matter, thermal stress, and hazardous substances
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Provide expert health advice to operational leaders to proactively identify, assess, and manage health risks
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Support compliance with MSHA, OSHA, and applicable occupational health legislation and Rio Tinto standards
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Oversee health exposure monitoring, medical surveillance, and occupational hygiene assessments
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Investigate health related incidents, near misses, and emerging trends, recommending sustainable corrective actions
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Partner with contractors to ensure consistent understanding of health requirements and expectations
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Support continuous improvement through audits, data analysis, performance reporting, and workforce training
About You
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A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
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Bachelor’s degree in occupational health, industrial hygiene, health sciences, or a related field
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Experience in occupational health or industrial hygiene, ideally within mining or heavy industry environments
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Strong knowledge of health hazards, control strategies, and health program management, including regulatory engagement
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Ability to communicate clearly and influence leaders, contractors, and frontline teams
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Valid driver’s license and ability to meet site requirements, with the flexibility to work across underground and surface environments and use health data systems (e.g., Cority, Microsoft Office)
Even if your profile does not fully meet all qualifications, we encourage you to apply, transferable skills and the right attitude are highly valued.
What we offer
We are committed to providing our employees with a generous benefits package. Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking, your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress, we provide:
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A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
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Advantageous salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
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Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.
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Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program
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Generous Rio Tinto employee share program, which allows you to purchase Rio Tinto Company shares.
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Comprehensive leave policies which cover all moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
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A favorable child-caregiver leave program (Up to 100% salary top-up)
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Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing
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Ongoing Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family; to help in addressing educational opportunities, addiction treatment, depression, stress, domestic issues, financial management, and legal concerns.
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Our team and industry experts are here to support and work with you to explore your learning potential and career goals
Where you will be working
You will be joining Resolution Copper at a pivotal moment in the project’s history. With the Resolution Copper Land Exchange now complete, the project is advancing its next phase of technical work, community engagement, and state permitting activities.
Resolution Copper has the potential to supply nearly 25% of total U.S. copper demand and generate several thousand direct and indirect jobs in the Pioneer Mining District of Arizona, delivering an economic value of several billion dollars over the life of the mine. The project will rely on block caving, a proven underground mining method that uses gravity to extract ore from a deposit located more than 2,000 meters below the surface. This technique is the most viable way to safely and efficiently recover the resource.
As development continues, Resolution Copper will expand its underground operations, conduct extensive drilling and orebody characterization, and maintain both the permitting process and ongoing public engagement with Native American tribes, local communities, and stakeholders.
The Resolution Copper project is vital to securing America’s energy future, infrastructure needs, and national defense by providing a domestic supply of copper and other critical minerals. Once operational, it has the potential to become one of the largest copper mines in the United States, contribute approximately $1 billion annually to Arizona’s economy, and create thousands of local jobs in a region with more than a century‑long mining heritage.
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
Rio Tinto is committed to equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel safe, respected and valued. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome but are essential to our success. We treat all our people fairly and with dignity.
Rio Tinto participates in E- Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.ucis.gov/ for more information.
