Advisor Environment - Gove

Advisor Environment 

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities

About the role

We are looking for an Advisor Environment to join our Health, Safety, Environment team to provide technical knowledge and day to day guidance to our mine operations as well as other key stakeholders including closure, projects, technical services and study teams. 

This role is a great opportunity to be the main environmental focal point for our Gove site where you will offer your support and guidance in the management of environmental site issues. Reporting to the Environment Superintendent, you will be: 

• Providing oversight and governance to site on environmental matters, including but not limited to; land clearing, air quality, surface water quality, ground water management, marine environment and hydrocarbon management and contamination
• Providing environmental advice in the interpretation of legislation, acts and regulations
• Interfacing with on-site personnel to promote environmental goals and solve environmental issues including performing inspections to assess compliance risks
• Preparing and submitting compliance reports required to comply with environmental permits
• Managing project contractors and consultants providing environmental services
• Coaching and supporting operational leaders to know and understand their environmental risk and controls

What you will bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science or Engineering ( or equivalent)
• Data evaluation and interpretation skills
• Solid experience in a similar role
• Experience or understanding of GIS software and Microsoft applications
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent writing skills, attention to detail and an ability to interpret and problem solve

What we offer

• Domestic relocation assistance on offer
• Remote area allowance
• Paid parental leave up to 9 months (no distinction between primary & secondary carer)
• Health cover scheme for employees and their immediate family
• Salary sacrifice & packaging options – rental, mortgage, super, vehicle
• Rio Tinto employee share programme
• Employee discounts – banking, accommodation, motoring, 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 will be working

 Rio Tinto Aluminium – Gove Operations

Our Gove Operations have been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for more than 40 years. Located in Australia’s Northern Territory, each year the operation produces approximately 12 million tonnes of bauxite.

With a workforce of 460 people, daily activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, shutdown planning and execution, export operations, cultural heritage management, and closure activities following our decision to close the site’s alumina refinery and associated Residue Disposal Area in 2017. 

We expect our bauxite mining operations on the Gove Peninsula will cease in 2030 and we are undertaking significant work to support closure of the operation. We also recognise our operations take place on Indigenous-owned land, and we are committed to working together to achieve a positive future for Nhulunbuy and the Gove Peninsula post-mining.

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.