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Tom Mulcahy

Husband | Father | People Centered Leader
Wembley Downs

Summary

A versatile, people centered leader, who supports their team to deliver to stakeholders and achieve results. With extensive experience in the implementation of robust systems focusing on field based HSEC disciplines. Given the knowledge, experience and partnerships developed, I am looking to share my skill-set to lead and develop a new team of professionals to become a high performing team that can demonstrate best practice and deliver a service that others will strive to achieve.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Manager Health, Safety, Environment & Communities

Rio Tinto Iron Ore
11.2023 - Current

Number one challenge:

  • Navigating the relationship with the traditional owners of the land the asset operates on the Muntulgura Guruma people.

Number one highlight:

  • Highest people engagement survey participation; 90% and employee satisfaction score; 82%, just six months after a very disruptive organisational restructure.

Business Partner Health Safety Emergency Services

Rio Tinto Iron Ore
04.2023 - 11.2023

Number one challenge:

  • Leading the West Pilbara HSES teams during a transparent, long and disruptive externally lead organisational restructure.

Number one highlight:

  • Supported the environmental approval process for multiple projects that were critical to continued mine development.

Superintendent Health, Safety & Emergency Services

Rio Tinto Iron Ore
3 2021 - 04.2023

Number one challenge:

  • Lighthouse deployment of the global Rio Tinto Safe Production System, at one of the largest & most complex mining operations within Rio Tinto.

Key highlight:

  • Built a high performing team of more than forty HSES professionals who support the largest division within the RTIO portfolio.

Superintendent Health, Safety & Emergency Services

Rio Tinto Iron Ore
10.2018 - 02.2021

Number one challenge:

  • Arrived three months after the second fatality at the mine in two years and was assigned a critical role in understanding the culture & mindset of the teams.

Key highlight:

  • Successfully supported the journey and culture shift to a safe and productive asset.

Various Advisor Roles

Rio Tinto Iron Ore
02.2012 - 09.2018
  • Advisor Health & Safety
  • Advisor Emergency Management
  • Advisor Injury Management

Exercise Physiologist

Various Employers
03.2007 - 01.2012

Employers:

  • Body Active Consultancy
  • Prime Health
  • University of Western Australia


Education

University of Notre Dame
Fremantle, WA
02.2002 - 04.2007

LaMon Interactive Systems, Cert IV OHS
09.2009 - 05.2009

LaMon Interactive Systems, Cert IV TAE
05.2011 - 05.2011

Skills

My wife and I started our family in 2015 and now have three amazing children

Completed 10 Ironman triathlons

Volunteer ambulance officer for St John's Ambulance service

Selected as the people & talent sponsor for the RTIO HSEC function of >650 team members

Led the COVID-19 pandemic response for RTIO Paraburdoo Operations and supported the Shire of Ashburton with their management of the township

Paraburdoo operations achieved 214 days injury free & improved their safety maturity score by 20% in 2020

Awarded the Rio Tinto CEO safety award for the most improved asset across the group at the largest of the Ports Cape Lambert

Facilitated a belt maintenance Kaizen in 2017 at RTIO Cape Lambert Ports

Reduced the average injury management case duration from over 250 days, to less than 90 days, within six months as the rail IMA

Led the development of a memorandum of understanding between RTIO and medical & allied health providers in Karratha

First person to be offered a University of Western Australia graduate position, having not studied at the university

Timeline

Manager Health, Safety, Environment & Communities

Rio Tinto Iron Ore
11.2023 - Current

Business Partner Health Safety Emergency Services

Rio Tinto Iron Ore
04.2023 - 11.2023

Superintendent Health, Safety & Emergency Services

Rio Tinto Iron Ore
10.2018 - 02.2021

Various Advisor Roles

Rio Tinto Iron Ore
02.2012 - 09.2018

LaMon Interactive Systems, Cert IV TAE
05.2011 - 05.2011

LaMon Interactive Systems, Cert IV OHS
09.2009 - 05.2009

Exercise Physiologist

Various Employers
03.2007 - 01.2012

University of Notre Dame
02.2002 - 04.2007

Superintendent Health, Safety & Emergency Services

Rio Tinto Iron Ore
3 2021 - 04.2023
Tom MulcahyHusband | Father | People Centered Leader