Safety Advisor – NZAS
Tiwai Point, Invercargill | Permanent Role | Relocation Provided
Join New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) — home to some of the world’s purest, lowest‑carbon aluminium and one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most complex industrial operations. This is your opportunity to influence safety where it matters on the floor, with the people doing the work.
We’re building a future‑focused safety culture grounded in leadership, discipline, and Human & Organisational Performance (HOP). If you want to shape how safety is
done, not just how it’s documented, this is the role for you.
Shape the way safety is done – not just the way it’s documented.
This is not a back-office safety role. This is a
hands‑on, high‑credibility advisory role at the sharp end of a 24/7 heavy industrial environment where safety decisions matter, leadership behaviours count, and credibility is earned on the floor.
You’ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with operational leaders across production, maintenance, logistics, and support areas to
- Provide trusted safety advice and challenge unsafe norms with confidence and credibility
- Strengthen critical risk controls and operational discipline
- Build a consistent, respectful, high‑performance safety culture
- Coach leaders in effective risk conversations, field interactions, and learning practices
- Support incident investigations with a focus on systemic and human‑factor insights
- Translate safety expectations into practical, usable tools for the frontline
- Drive continual improvement across safety, health, security, and wellbeing
- Embed Human & Organisational Performance (HOP) and Human-Factors thinking across our workforce and contracting partners
You’ll earn influence through presence, judgement, and credibility—not paperwork.
What You’ll Bring
We’re looking for a
trusted practitioner, not a compliance enforcer.
You will have
- Solid safety experience in heavy industry (processing, mining, manufacturing, energy, etc.)
- Practical understanding of New Zealand H&S legislation
- Strong capability in risk management and critical controls
- Experience or strong interest in HOP / human factors
- Confidence engaging with everyone from operators to site leadership
- Sound judgement, resilience, and the ability to speak up when it matters
- Relevant H&S qualifications (formal credentials valued, but real‑world experience matters more)
This Role Is for You If You…
- Want to make a meaningful impact—not just maintain a system
- Are calm under pressure and comfortable in PPE, on the shop floor
- Back your professional judgement and are willing to challenge unsafe norms
- Value humility, teamwork, and practical solutions
- Believe good safety is built through leadership, discipline, and respect for risk
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What We Offer
- A permanent role based in Invercargill, with full relocation support
- Competitive salary package with annual incentive
- Retirement plan, medical benefits, and comprehensive leave
- Flexible working arrangements
- Rio Tinto employee share program
- Ongoing wellbeing support for you and your family
- Career development opportunities across a global mining organisation
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 Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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.
