Manager Hydrogeology

Manager Hydrogeology - Perth

• Be a part of an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development

• Excellent opportunity to shape your career within Resource Development

• Perth based role, regular travel to the Pilbara

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Manager Hydrogeology to lead a team to assess and mitigate water-related risks by providing hydrogeological and hydrological understanding through the safe collection and interpretation of water data.

About you

You are curious with excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills. You enjoy working with leaders, peers and teams to solve problems, seek opportunities and to be a part of driving our technical work forward.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the General Manager Resource Development Iron ore, you will:

• Drive delivery of the water strategy for RTIO.

• Lead a team of SMEs to provide technical advice in the areas of hydrology, hydrogeology and water quality  within the Resource Development team, supporting technical water programs for new mines, existing and closure.

• Drive a best operator mindset, by developing the right metrics and qualitative assessments to measure performance, whether that be Hydrogeology program execution and/ or the impact of cultural change.

• Remain adaptable and flexible in response to evolving circumstances or unforeseen challenges. Adjust strategies as needed while staying aligned with the overarching vision.

• Lead by example by embodying our values of courage, care and curiosity.

• Empower your team by fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement and learning.

• Meet annual cyclical activities for compliance purposes.

• Sustain  networks externally with industry peers and academia to ensure that RTIO is adopting leading technical practices.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Tertiary Degree in hydrology, hydrogeology or a related discipline and have a strong foundation in all aspects of water resource evaluation.

• Demonstrated experience leading large teams.

• Experience across different geographies and water-related disciplines.

• Strong understanding of current mine water management best practices in data acquisition and interpretation.

• Strategic thinking and numerical/analytical skills.

• Agility, able to maintain perspective and switch between strategic and tactical priorities quickly

• Judgement: able to identify and frame complex issues and opportunities quickly, and bring to resolution with a solid ethical framework

• Strong communication skills. Outstanding verbal and written communication skills: ability to frame and convey complex messages to a range of stakeholders using a wide range of communication methods

Leaders with a strategic mindset, operational focus, curiosity and drive to contribute are strongly encouraged to apply.

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you have 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 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, sick 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 workingBased in the Perth CBD, Central Park, this role encourages agile ways of working, on a Monday – Friday roster. Regular travel to the Pilbara is required.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700 kilometre rail network and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. 

We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

Applications close on 14 February 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.

Every Voice MattersAt 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.