Engineering Manager – Renewable Energy

Engineering Manager – Renewable Energy

• Help drive our business towards a greener future
• Lead early-stage engineering for renewable energy projects
• Be part of a collaborative, creative and innovative team who are working to integrate and optimise the renewable energy program in Western Australia

As one of the world’s largest industrial users of energy, Rio Tinto has a unique challenge in the energy transition. The Renewable Energy Western Australia (REWA) team is part of the Rio Tinto Energy & Climate (RTEC) group led by the Chief Decarbonisation Officer. The team leads the renewable energy program within Western Australia by working collaboratively across the business to deliver on our climate commitments while ensuring our business is well positioned for the future low-carbon economy.

Rio Tinto’s iron ore operations include an electrical network of 1,000km of transmission lines, multiple 220kV substations, gas turbine generators, solar generation and battery storage feeding mines across the Pilbara region.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the worldneeds

We are looking for a collaborative and talented Engineering Manager to lead and oversee the delivery of early-stage engineering for renewable energy projects which include wind and solar generation, battery storage, substation, transmission and high voltage switchyard designs to connect projects to our transmission system.

We are an open, connected international team of technical specialists using some of the most exciting data and tools on the planet. We are the world leader in automation and smart mining.

We have technical development programmes that are industry-leading and recognise the unique nature of your role. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills.

Reporting to the Chief Advisor Renewable Energy WA working as part of a dynamic and exciting team, you will be:

• Developing and managing the engineering deliverables for Concept, Order of Magnitude and Pre-feasibility study phases.
• Shaping and developing robust concept designs according to budgets, schedules and quality.
• Ensuring engineering outputs meet project objectives and stakeholder requirements.
• Demonstrating trust and teamwork to optimise designs in conjunction with the REWA team, Iron Ore product group, functional support groups and utility teams.
• Analysing trends in engineering technology and maintaining consistency in approach across the engineering of the portfolio.
• Working with study and commercial teams to determine power decarbonization scenarios and completing trade-off analysis of the different technologies and system designs.
• Engage with procurement to establish equipment specifications.
• Maintaining relationships with engineering professionals in the global renewables team to drive a culture of collaboration and improvement using lessons learnt from other projects.
• Managing a small team and growing the engineering capability to meet future requirements of REWA and also providing support to the Global renewable energy projects, as needed.
• Ensuring all approval processes are followed and designs compliant with Rio Tinto standards and industry best practice.

What you’ll bring

• Innovative mindset with experience in solar and wind farm electrical design and associated renewable energy modelling software tools, such as OpenWind, WindPRO, PVSyst, PlantPredict, HST, AutoCAD, 3D Modelling and ArcGIS.
• Knowledge of transmission networks, grid connection and operations.
• Experience with solar and wind farm project evaluation and facilitating handover of concept design and development work for early-stage study phases.
• Sound understanding of equipment technologies such as wind turbines, photovoltaic technology, trackers, inverters, transformers and battery storage systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with non-specialists both face to face and remotely.
• High levels of accuracy and attention to detail, strong report writing skills and the effective use of graphical information.
• Clear and concise communication skills with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships across all levels of the business and influence multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to support and effectively lead a small team of engineering professionals.
• Degree in engineering or related experience.

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.

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 for this role will close on 10^th October 2024 however we do reserve the right to close the role earlier.

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to relocate to Western Australia permanently