Hydrologist Specialist / Environmental Engineer

Hydrologist Specialist / EnvironmentalEngineer 

• Global mining organisation with an exceptional safety culture
• Unique opportunity - use your technical expertise to provide mentoring / technical coaching for an established team of professionals
• Perth based role – Central Park, Perth CBD with the opportunity to establish a good work/life balance.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

Our Water Resource Evaluation (WRE) division is responsible for providing the technical advice and direction necessary to mitigate water-related risk across our Pilbara operations at all stages of mine development, from concept through to feasibility, implementation, operations and closure.

We are now looking for a Specialist Hydrologist / EnvironmentalEngineer to join our Water Resources and Evaluation (WRE) team to identify and characterise hydrologic (flooding) risks to current operations and future mine development and then effectively communicate the magnitude to site and multi-disciplinary study and project teams.

You’ll be a part of a close-knit team where working together, looking out for each other and enjoyment are priority. You will be supported by a great leadership team who understand that there’s more to life than work! This role is a great opportunity for a highly motivated individual, with a passion for surface water management and contributing to a strong team environment. This individual will possess an enthusiasm for motivating and mentoring others in the delivery of highly technical work. Working a 5 days on, 2 off roster and reporting to the Superintendent Hydrologist, you will: 

• Provide technical input into expansion studies for Conceptual, Order-of-Magnitude, Pre-feasibility, Feasibility, Life-of-Mine, closure and 5-year mining studies
• Undertake the annual flood risk assessment and support the annual wet season management plan development for operational sites
• Provide, and effectively communicate, technical advice to operations on surface water issues
• Scope, undertake and review surface water investigations to establish hydrologic and hydraulic conditions and develop strategic and tactical surface water management plans
• Provide advice on surface water management issues to other business services (Approvals, Environment, Engineering and Asset Management, EPCM contractors)
• Provide technical input into establishing RTIO hydrological standards and guidelines. Support the Superintendent Hydrologist in developing and guiding the Hydrology team as required
• Engage and manage consultants for surface water investigations (including the review of consultant’s reports and recommendations) as required
• Build and foster strong relationships with site mining personnel, hydrogeologists, and environmental officers
• Provide technical review of Hydrologist technical work eg. model builds, study chapters, technical memos
• Provide mentoring / technical coaching for an established team of professionals.

We’ll support and empower you to challenge yourself, learn from others, share your own ideas freely and achieve excellence in technical and leadership outcomes. You’ll get to work with key stakeholders across Operations and Technical Support.

Your development is important, and we will support you to further build your skills and knowledge through a structured mix of experience, exposure, and education opportunities.

About You

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A commitment to the health and safety of yourself, your team and the environment
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering, Geography or Environmental Science (post graduate qualification in engineering, hydrology or water resource management advantageous)
• 6+ years relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience in assessment of surface water flow and flood estimation in the Pilbara region of Western Australia
• Practical experience in surface water management, design of flood mitigation structures and development of surface water management plans
• Practical experience of 1D-2D hydraulic modelling and GIS tools
• Experience in presenting complex technical assessments to a range of stakeholders
• The ability to engage effectively and collaboratively with a diverse range of internal and external partners
• Strong report writing skills
• A manual C class drivers’ licence.

What we offer

• 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 and salary packaging options
• Career development and 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’ll be working

You and your team will be Perth based with opportunity to work flexibly from home combined with time in our Central Park offices. Some visits to Pilbara sites will be required: however these can be accommodated on a very flexible basis.

Applications close on 6th October 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles priorto this date).

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

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.