Development Technician

Development Technicians – Mine Technical Services, Drill and Blast Operations

• Grow your career
• Industry leading development programmes
• Fly in, fly out roster (8 days on, 6 days off) from Perth to Yandicoogina and Paraburdoo (residential at Paraburdoo an option)

About the role

Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s Mine Technical Services is recruiting to fill vacancies for the newly developed position of Development Technician to support their Drill and Blast Operations teams at Rio Tinto’s Yandicoogina and Paraburdoo Pilbara mine site operations in regional Western Australia.

This is a true career development opportunity for mining industry experienced people who can demonstrate proven capability across mine planning and experience in large-scale open pit surface mining operations.

Reporting to the Senior Mining Engineer, Mine Technical Services, key responsibilities will be to:

• Ensure all Rio Tinto Health and Safety standards, policies and procedures are adhered to
• Undertake blast vibration installation, monitoring and data capture and drill and blast data entry
• Assist with blast filming and prism placement
• Support radar deployment, troubleshooting, maintenance, site liaison and logistics
• Monitor crack meter, subsurface, and other monitoring installation, operation, and maintenance
• Undertake pit hazard inspections, geotechnical data collection and processing
• Inspect drone flights and panoramas (weekly)
• Act as UAV spotter and survey assistant

These permanent positions will be offered on a fly in fly out roster 8 days on, 6 days off from Perth in Western Australia to support our MTS teams at the Yandicoogina and the Paraburdoo mines (being residential at Paraburdoo an option). 

About you

To be considered suitable for this position you will have:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Previous site-based experience within a large-scale open pit surface mining environment
• Understanding of mine planning with an interest in career development within drill and blast
• Knowledge of mining and business software such as MS Office and Vulcan
• A current and valid manual C Class Driver’s Licence
•  Full unrestricted eligibility for employment in Australia is essential

Who we are 

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.  

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities. 

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own a world-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres 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. 

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
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
• 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, cultural leave)
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more, read more about the huge range of benefits here: https://bit.ly/43AQLue

Applications close on 1 Dec 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).