Engineer Mine Water Management

Engineer Mine Water Management - Marandoo

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
• Permanent role on a 8:6 roster FIFO from Perth

About the role

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

We are looking for an Engineer to join our Mine Water Management Team at Marandoo to assist in optimising and planning dewatering tasks and supporting our operational team.

This is a permanent position based at Marandoo, reporting to the Superintendent Mine Water Management. You will be:

• Planning the dewatering tasks required to support the mine plan and present the priorities to the Dewatering Supervisors and crews, providing context and scope for the execution works.
• Supporting the operational execution teams as required.
• Liaising with MTS and Mining teams to ensure dewatering plans are adequately integrated into the 2-week planning cycle.
• Liaising with WRE Hydrogeologists to understand the dewatering targets and implement plans to enable these to be achieved.
• Assisting in the design of sumping locations, bore pads and pipeline access tracks.
• Understanding and monitoring the water distribution network to ensure water is being used as effectively as possible and maintain flow monitoring compliance.

What you’ll bring

• Practical dewatering experience in the mining sector.
• Strong technical knowledge of dewatering equipment (submersible and centrifugal pumps), applications and techniques.
• Ability to problem solve and adapt quickly to changing circumstances to ensure the strategic plan is met.
• Experience in project management and execution.
• Experience in, and knowledge of pipeline hydraulics (pipe capacities, pressure ratings, head calculations, friction losses).
• Experience working within an active open cut mine with an understanding of the Technical Services and Mine Planning function.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the site progress. The role includes:

• 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)

Where you will be working

The Marandoo mine is located at the foot of Mount Bruce adjacent to the Karijini National Park, 50 km east of the town of Tom Price. Marandoo is known for its picturesque hills and mountain ranges. Our operation currently employs a fly in fly out workforce.

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 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.

If this sounds like your next career path, then apply today!

Applications close on Monday 7^th November 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)