Superintendent Protection Services

• REFERENCE:
  HR0320450
• CONTRACT:
  Full-time
• PRIMARY LOCATION:
  Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia
• DATE POSTED:
  21 Aug 2014

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK. Rio Tinto'sbusiness is finding, mining and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and Southern Africa. For more information, please visit www.riotinto.com.

The primary purpose of this role is to mitigate potential security risks and to protect the company’s assets from damage due to fire/ explosion and to provide comprehensive emergency services to Rössing Uranium Limited, In addition this role administers the company’s “Business Resilience and Recovery Programme (BRRP), ensuring a robust response and recovery is in place and regularly practised.  

 

Key Performance Areas:

• Ensure that the Section complies with and adheres to all company HSE and Security policies, standards and directives.
• Drives long-term planning by defining sectional goals, objectives and strategies.
• Supervise and coordinate the investigation of criminal transgressions, or potential transgressions, using all legitimate means (information, police, security agencies, etc.) to identify and bring to justice the person(s) responsible.
• Directs security audits, surveys and risk assessments and ensures that there are appropriate, cost effective acceptable solutions to mitigate security risks.
• Commands the company’s fire and emergency services.
• Prepares emergency plans for specific risks, (Fire, Flood, Ammonia, Uranium Oxide, Sulphuric Acid), and ensures that all related support groups are trained on their specific actions.
• Documents and administers the company’s Business Resilience and Recovery Programme, facilitates all BRRP coordinating sectional meetings and oversee all related testing of the programme.

  Minimum Requirements:

• B Degree or National Higher Diploma in Security & Risk Management from a recognized tertiary institution
• A minimum of five (5) years’ experience in a security and/or risk management environment, of which two (2) should have been at a supervisory level.
• Level four (4) Certificate in Fire Science and Fire Safety (desirable)
• Experience in Forensic Investigations (Desirable)
• Code BE driver’s licence

Closing date:  05 September 2014

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