Engineer Mining - Drill & Blast

Engineer Mining (Drill & Blast) – Perth

• Opportunity to develop solutions that shape the future of Rio Tinto Iron Ore (RTIO) through innovation and growth.

• Be part of a group that values safety and inclusion

• Perth based role

About the role

Perth Operations Planning – Drill & Blast design centre is hiring a Mining Engineer (Drill & Blast) to join the team. This role is a great opportunity to be responsible for on time delivery of drill and blast engineering designs that comply to required standards and controls and deliver optimised blast outcomes. You will be working closely with the drill blast subject matter experts in the Drill & Blast Engineering team.

Reporting to the Superintendent Drill & Blast, you will:

• Drill & Blast engineering designs aligning with weekly mine schedules and priorities

• Contributing to high value projects within drill & blast engineering and operations at PMO level.

• Contribute towards;

  • Drill and blast design process improvement

  • Effective PDCA (plan-Do-Check-Act) = Post Blast assessment

  • Continuous improvement (Quality, quantity)

  • D&B vibration model data

What you will bring

• Analytical and Problem-Solving: Strong skills in analysing complex mining scenarios and crafting effective solutions.

• Communication: Excellent ability to communicate complex technical data to varied audiences, ensuring clarity and actionable insights.

• Business process: strong understanding of business planning process and inputs from mine scheduling.

• Drill and blast design fundamentals preferred

• Vulcan and blasting software experience is preferred

What we offer

• 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, personal 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

Where you’ll be working

You will be Perth based with opportunity to work flexibly from home combined with time in our Central Park offices. Our wider team is spread across a combination of Perth and Pilbara sites. 

Applications close on 17 November 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

About Rio TintoRio 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 situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and InclusionAt 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.