2023 Health, Hygiene & Safety Graduate (Jan 2023)

• Generous Graduate Salary and Conditions
• Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
• Excellent Professional Development Opportunity

Glencore Zinc Assets Australia has a number of opportunities opening to graduating or recently graduated university students to join our Health, Hygiene and Safety Graduate Program. You will be an important part of a global company that wants you to succeed, not just for the benefit of the organization but also so you can achieve your own career aspirations.

About the role

As a Health, Hygiene or Safety Graduate, you will become one of the valuable health and safety champions at our mine sites. As Glencore is committed to keeping our workplace safe with zero harm, you will play an important role in assisting line management to identify, develop, coordinate and implement safety and health initiatives management systems and strategy.  From day one, you will work together with an experienced team to conduct risk assessments and assist to implement suitable controls and monitoring. In addition, you will be participating in incident investigations and recommending changes, assisting with training employees on safety & health issues, and coordinating emergency procedures, mine rescues, fire-fighting and first-aid crews. Depending on your career aspirations and opportunities available, you may become a Safety and Health Advisor, Risk and Compliance Officer, Occupational Hygienist, or Health and Injury Management Coordinator. 

You will be involved in managing a diverse range of health, hygiene and safety issues in underground and open-cut metalliferous mining, processing, smelting and associated operations.  Depending on your discipline, you may assist in the development and facilitation of programs, undertake workplace assessments, complete compliance reporting and provide advice to operational management on improvement opportunities. You will be liaising and communicating across multiple levels of the workforce, management, regulatory bodies, medical and health providers in these exciting and important graduate positions.

The successful applicant will have:

• A tertiary qualification in health/safety/occupational hygiene or similar tertiary qualification
• Have graduated from university within the last 2 years

Why choose Glencore?

With operations across the globe, there is a world of opportunities waiting for you at Glencore.  Glencore provides unrivalled career and development prospects, great communities and the opportunity to work with leaders in your field.  As part of Glencore's Graduate Program, you will: 

• Receive structured, professional development with a real focus on the on-the-job experience.
• Have scheduled networking and social events with other graduates and members of the senior management teams.
• Be mentored by experienced professionals in your field and receive practical support from business leaders.
• Attend a structured Graduate Professional Development Program designed to accelerate your leadership potential; and ultimately.
• Be assisted to achieving your chosen career trajectory, with many of our graduates going on to become leaders in our business.

Benefits

You will be entitled to a comprehensive range of benefits aimed at attracting and retaining our most valuable asset, our people. We offer competitive remuneration and other financial benefits including medical and insurance discounts, discounts with Virgin, Qantas and Lenovo as well as the use of Glencore Rewards, our online discount platform with 100s of retailers.  While it is easy to focus on remuneration, other benefits include training and development, ambassadorship opportunities, health and lifestyle, recognition and reward programs as well as lifestyle rosters.

Locations

• Mount Isa, North West Queensland (Residential).  Mount Isa is a thriving city of 23,000 acting as a hub for regional business, transport, services and government in northwest Queensland.  With every sporting club you can think of, golf course, restaurants, gyms and movie theatre, there is always plenty to do.  Explore the region with some of the best fishing and camping locations right at your doorstep.  Residential roles will also attract relocation assistance, three months’ transit accommodation, as well as housing assistance.
• McArthur River, Northern Territory (FIFO from Darwin).  Situated in the remote Gulf of Carpentaria 900 km southeast of Darwin, McArthur River Mine (MRM) is a world-class zinc-lead mine with a long future ahead of it.  Flying in and Out from Darwin, you spend your onsite time in a camp with a dining room, bar, gym, movie theatre, golf driving range, volleyball courts, cricket pitch, and swimming pool.
• Townsville, North Queensland (Residential).  Located on the coast in tropical North Queensland, Glencore’s Townsville Operations encompass Copper Refineries Pty Ltd and Glencore Port Operations.  Our Townsville Operations marks the final link in Glencore’s fully integrated north Queensland supply chain, connecting the natural resources we produce with markets around the world.  Copper Refineries Pty Ltd is one of the world’s leading electrolytic copper refineries, capable of producing 300,000 tonnes per year of premium-quality ISA brand LME Grade A copper cathode using Glencore’s proprietary IsaKIDD refining process. Glencore Port Operations at the Port of Townsville is the export gateway for our north Queensland products.