Advisor Biological Data

Advisor Biological Data

• Exciting opportunity to support the management of biological data in the Pilbara.
• Work in a collaborative and supportive team of professionals
• Full-time permanent | Perth based

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for an Advisor Biological Data to join the Biological Assessments team. The Biological Assessments team has a vital role in the identification and preservation of the native flora and fauna values in the Pilbara region, where our Rio Tinto Iron Ore mines operate.

This role is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly and supportive team, to provide biological data support to Rio Tinto’s Environmental Approvals, Environmental Operations and Biological Assessments processes and compliance requirements. Specifically, the work will involve supporting the Senior Advisor Biological Data in information management processes, including the delivery, processing, maintenance, and analysis of our biological datasets collected during environmental surveys.

Reporting to the Senior Advisor Biological Data and working in a collaborative and exciting environment within our State Agreements and Approvals team you will:

• Provide support to biodiversity information processes, maintain and integrate biological datasets collected and developed during environmental assessments
• Coordinate biological data integration from data providers against Rio Tinto data standards. Liaise with internal and external data suppliers
• Support quality assurance processes to maintain biological data integrity, including spatial and non-spatial data
• Work with Rio Tinto project leads regarding the data’s environmental protection requirements

What you will bring

• Experience in a similar role.
• Tertiary-level qualification in a data management, GIS or related discipline.
• Excellent spatial data management skills (including QA processes)
• Experience with GIS software (ArcGIS Enterprise).
• Database management skills (SQL).
• Effective communication skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to manage deliverables and work autonomously.
• Exposure to Environmental and Biological datasets.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe.

Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Where you will be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700 kilometre rail network and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand.

We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

Every Voice Matters

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.

Applications close on 11 October 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)