Engineer Closure Operations

Engineer Closure Operations

• Great opportunity to join a global mining organisation offering outstanding personal development & career opportunities
• Competitive compensation, benefits and flexible work arrangements
• Residential role in friendly coastal community of Gove

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a highly experienced Engineer to provide civil and/or geotechnical engineering support to the Rio Tinto Gove Tailings maintenance and operation teams.

Reporting to the Superintendent RDA Operations, you will contribute to the tailings management discipline and projects, as well as being responsible for ensuring:

• The tailings and water facilities conform to GISTM and D5 Tailings requirements and Water Standard
• The facility operates in accordance with the Operation, Maintenance and Surveillance Manual and the design intent of the facility
• Monitoring and surveillance is undertaken in accordance with the OMS manual, escalating non-conformances with the relevant trigger action response plan
• Dam safety related incidents are managed, investigated and reported

The role will also:

• Work closely with design and dam engineers to review and mange performance
• Work with dam safety operators to collect dam safety monitoring information, target inspections to address points of interest
• Assist with compliance reporting
• Review, update or develop dam safety documents

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Qualifications in Civil and/or Geotechnical Engineering
• Experience working within a civil and geotechnical engineering field within design, or an asset owners team environment
• Hands on experience in tailings or water design, construction or operation and management
• Demonstrated experience in managing the delivery of projects
• Strong influencing skills and ability to drive improvement

It will also be beneficial if you can demonstrate:

• Familiarity with Water Balance Management (OPSIM/GOLDSIM), Developing Tarps (Trigger Action Response Plan), OMM (Operations, Monitoring and Maintenance) Manual, TMP (Tailings Management Plan), WSP (Water Storage Plan), ERP (Emergency Response Plan).

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

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.

Where you’ll be workingOur Gove site in Australia’s Northern Territory has been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for more than 40 years.

Gove bauxite is shipped internationally as well as domestically to supply Queensland Alumina Limited and Yarwun refineries in Gladstone, Queensland. These refineries produce alumina as feedstock for our Australian aluminium smelting operations and for sale on the international market.

We expect our bauxite mining operations in the Gove Peninsula will cease later this decade and we are doing significant work to support closure of the operation.

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 Friday the 14 of July 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)