Engineer Process

• Prepare harvest and production plans to meet shipping requirements

• Optimise wash plant performance and solve complex processing challenges

• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits

• Family-friendly 7:7 roster, day shift

• This is a Residential or FIFO opportunity based at our Dampier location

About the role

Finding better ways™ to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an experienced Process Engineer to take us to the next level of becoming Best Operator.

This is a great opportunity for a proactive, analytical, and solutions-focused engineer to optimise plant performance and drive operational excellence.

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible.

Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

Reporting to the Superintendent Quality and working in a collaborative community, you will: 

• Provide technical support and advice to Production, General Works and Maintenance crews and frontline leaders

• Analyse and monitor  field and wash plant performance through daily, weekly and monthly reporting formats

• Prepare and distribute harvest and shipping plans

• Identify process and flows bottlenecks, and implement practical solutions to resolve

• Engage external surveyors to conduct regular field and stockpile surveys

• Conduct investigations into quality non-conformances and implement suitable controls

• Support quality, ISO9001, Halal and Kosher audits.

What you’ll bring  

• More than 7 years’ experience in similar roles

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and other team members

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and time management skills

• Sound analytical, troubleshooting and problem solving skills

• Experience in scoping, planning and implementing minor improvement projects

• Demonstrated understanding of processing unit operations performance and levers to optimise

• It would be beneficial to have experience in PLC, SCADA and Citect

• Medium to advanced level in Microsoft office suite

• Bachelor Degree in Chemical or Process engineering, Chemistry, Metallurgy or equivalent

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

Where you’ll be workingDampier Salt Limited (DSL), located in Western Australia and comprising 2 solar operations at Dampier and Port Hedland is the world’s largest exporter of seaborne salt, harvesting millions of tonnes each year. DSL focuses on sustainable, premium salt production in thriving environments.

Between the 2 operations there are 53 ponds across 20,000 hectares, operated by a 99% residential workforce.

This position will be based on site at Dampier Operations.

Applications close on Thursday the 4th of December 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.