Join a leading global company
Based in the beautiful outdoor and family-oriented community of Gladstone
Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
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
We are looking for an experienced HR Adviser to join our People Experience team at Boyne Smelter in Gladstone. This role provides frontline HR support to leaders and employees, with a strong focus on employee relations, case management, policy guidance, leader coaching and consistent delivery of global processes.
This is a great opportunity for a resilient, pragmatic and relationship-focused HR generalist to work across a wide range of people matters in a fast-paced, high-volume operational environment. You will partner closely with leaders to build capability and contribute to a safe, inclusive and high-performing workplace.
This is a parental leave cover fixed term contract opportunity until October 2027, based in Gladstone, with a 9-day fortnight roster.
Reporting to the HR Team Lead and working as part of a close-knit and supportive team, you will be:
Providing practical HR advice and support to leaders and employees across operational client groups
Managing employee relations matters, including absenteeism, conduct, performance, workplace investigations and policy-related concerns
Coaching leaders to apply HR policies, processes and systems consistently and confidently
Partnering with HR Business Partners, HR Officers and specialist teams to resolve matters and escalate where appropriate
Supporting recurring people processes, including performance, salary and talent reviews
Identifying opportunities to strengthen HR processes, leader capability, employee engagement and workplace effectiveness with a continue improvement mindset
About you
You enjoy working with people, building capability and helping teams navigate workplace challenges. You bring curiosity, sound judgement and a collaborative approach, along with the ability to influence, coach and support through day-to-day operations, change and complexity. You will bring:
A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
Experience in a generalist HR advisory role, ideally within an operational, industrial, resources, manufacturing or similar environment
Strong employee relations and case management experience, including the ability to manage matters objectively, sensitively and with sound judgement
Confidence coaching, influencing and constructively challenging leaders while maintaining trusted stakeholder relationships
Resilience and adaptability to work across a broad scope of HR matters in a fast-paced, high-volume operational environment
Strong written documentation, confidentiality and case-management discipline, with the ability to navigate HR systems such as Workday, ServiceNow, SAP or similar platforms
If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes, but your experience does not align with every requirement, we still want to hear from you.
What we offer
Come join our team and enjoy some great benefits:
A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
Career development to further your ambitions
Competitive salary package
Ongoing individual wellbeing support
Exciting multicultural working environment
Where you’ll be working
Boyne Smelters Limited is Australia’s second largest aluminium smelter with a 1,000-person strong workforce. Located approximately 20km south east of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast, BSL produces around 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum.
Activities at BSL include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten material into aluminium products ready to ship. The smelter is connected via a conveyor belt to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for the supply of alumina.
BSL is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring safe work practices where people feel safe at work and care for each other.
Applications close on Friday 21st August (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).
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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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ 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.
Skills Required
- Commitment to safety
- Experience in a generalist HR advisory role
- Employee relations and case management experience (absenteeism, conduct, performance, investigations)
- Confidence coaching, influencing and constructively challenging leaders
- Resilience and adaptability to work across a broad scope in a high-volume operational environment
- Strong written documentation, confidentiality and case-management discipline
- Ability to navigate HR systems such as Workday, ServiceNow, SAP or similar platforms
- Experience supporting performance, salary and talent review processes
What We Do
Rio Tinto is a leading global mining group focused on finding, mining and processing the Earth’s mineral resources. The company operates across 34 countries and six continents, with more than 61,000 employees working to provide materials the world needs. Its business is centered on large-scale exploration, extraction and processing of minerals and metals for industrial and everyday applications worldwide across global markets.
