Advisor Drilling

Advisor Drilling– Resource Development

• Unique and dynamic role supporting our Pilbara operations
• Supporting the safe delivery of Drilling, Earthworks and Contracted Services
• Excellent career development opportunity
• Involved in a variety of work and project locations – FIFO 8 days on / 6 days off 

About the role

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

We are looking for a Drilling Advisor to provide specialist drilling discipline services to meet Resource Development requirements in order to rapidly advance projects with good potential across any stage of the project lifecycle until construction.

This is a great opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced Drilling Advisor to join the Resource Development team supporting the safe delivery of Drilling, Earthworks and Contracted Services across the Rio Tinto Iron Ore (RTIO) business.

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible. Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

Reporting to the Senior Advisor- Drilling and Mechanical, and working in a challenging and exciting environment, within our Resource Development team, you will be:

• Provide safety leadership, ensuring safety systems are in place to support the high risk activities undertaken by the contractor partner group
• Support the development and maintenance of contractor audit processes / metrics / data to support effective contract management
• Provide technical advice to contract partners and operations team relating to the application of the Rio Tinto, RTIO and Australian Standards
• Provide drilling and hazard awareness coaching and training to the operations teams
• Support the on-boarding of drilling contractors to the projects
• Support incident investigations related to drilling specific events
• Identify, drive and implement improvement initiatives specifically related to drilling 

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Extensive exploration and / or waterwell drilling experience with an understanding of multiple drilling methods
• Nationally recognised drilling qualifications
• Exposure to safety systems within a large mining company or structured organisation
• Ability to effectively influence, collaborate with and negotiate with operational teams, contract partners and planning teams
• Previous contractor management exposure
• Experience in remote working conditions
• Minimum ‘C’ Class drivers licence – 4WD training advantageous

What we offer

• 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 and salary packaging options;
• Career development and 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).

 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’ll be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Rio Tinto operates the world's largest integrated portfolio of iron ore assets with industry-leading margins. Our premium product suite, including our flagship Pilbara blend, drives strong customer relationships and is supported by technical and commercial marketing expertise. The iron ore business continues to be the world's largest autonomous truck operator and a proud leader in automated mining technologies.

Applications close on 24 May 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

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. 

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA2 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.