- Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
- Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
- Location: Richards Bay, South Africa
About the role
All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.
We are looking for a Medical Technician To lead the Occupational Health team and manage the day-to-day functions of the Occupational Health section.
Reporting to the Manager: Health & Safety and working in a collaborative community within the local Technical, you will:
- Manage the activities of the occupational health centre to ensure legal and corporate compliance and the provision of Occupational Health Medicals according to specific standards.
- Manage the activities of the radiation protection function in order to ensure legal and corporate compliance.
- Manage the identification and evaluation of occupational health hazards.
- Assist with HSE strategic direction to business in own area of expertise.
- Supervise and control the activities, standards of performance and behaviour of designated support staff.
- Provide guidance and leadership to enable team to carry out tasks safely and professionally.
- Ensure that staff training and development needs are identified, and technical skills imparted to facilitate optimal functioning.
- Prepare and control the section’s annual budget by forecasting operating costs and monitoring expenditure on a monthly basis.
- Manage OH systems and documents.
- Complete regular and exception reports required for regulators or shareholders as per requirements.
What you’ll bring
- Diploma minimum requirement and a post grad qualification will be advantageous.
- Minimum experience 5years the Occupational health space.
- Professional registration with SA Nursing Council, the South African Society of Occupational Health Nurses or Registration with SA Institute for Occupational Hygienists as an Occupational Hygienist; CoM Intermediate Certificate in Mine Environment Control
What we offer
- A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
- A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience
- Annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
- Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
- Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans
- Wellbeing benefits
- Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
- A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental, etc)
About Rio Tinto
Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.
For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.
Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.
Where you’ll be working
Certified as a Top Employer for 4 consecutive years, located in the Kwa-Zulu Natal province, Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) is part of the Rio Tinto Group and is an internationally recognised sand mining and mineral processing operations leader and one of the world’s foremost producers of titanium minerals, high purity pig iron and zircon. We have implemented a sound corporate social development programme and an internationally recognised environmental rehabilitation programme to restore the mined dunes to their natural state once mining operations have ceased.
Every Voice Matters
RBM is an equal opportunity employer and preference will be given to candidates from the designated groups in line with the company’s employment equity plan.
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.