Botanist

Botanist 

• A dynamic and varied role which allows you to think creatively
• Engage and partner across the business
• Perth CBD | Perm full time | Great employee benefits
• Role will require site based field work from time to time

About the role

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

We are looking for a Botanist to join our Biological Assessments team in Perth (with occasional site travel). Focusing on Botany within the Pilbara region these roles will be engaged on a full time permanent basis.

This role is a great opportunity for a motivated, safety conscious professional to join a multi-disciplined team; applying knowledge of relevant legislation and technical guides to Pilbara-focused environmental approvals and associated surveys.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Specialist Biological Assessments, you will:

• Independently lead biological surveys in remote Pilbara areas
• Undertake effective survey planning including, sampling design, logistics and health and safety
• Prepare technical reports, data, analysis and provide technical advice to support government and environmental approval requirements
• Contribute to the development and improvement of biological assessment methods, processes and technologies to ensure continuous improvement
• Build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders and technical specialists
• Contribute toward an inclusive culture through collaboration with peers across the broader Environmental Approvals team

What you’ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in botany science or related.
• Demonstrated experience as a field botanist/biologist, ideally within the resources sector
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills coupled with an ability to think on your feet and make sound rational decisions
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to quickly develop positive and robust relationships with stakeholders
• Experience with GIS software, preferably ArcGIS
• Experience/awareness of remote sensing techniques and environmental applications
• Must hold Australian working rights (international relocation not provided)

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
• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
• 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)

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

Perth based but with a working focus on the Pilbara region of Western Australia. In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets supported by functional teams in the Perth hub: 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 5 November 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)