Manager Studies
Rio Tinto
Manager Studies
- A great opportunity to be part of an inclusive team delivering the resources of the future
- Supportive team culture with a focus on people, capabilities, core work, business improvement, and partnerships
- Permanent role based in Brisbane, Australia
About The Role
Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.
We are looking for Manager Studies to lead a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, planning underground and surface drilling, engineering work packages, detailed design, budgets and project management activities to successfully deliver studies.
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 your focus will be Oyu Tolgoi an operating Copper / Gold open pit mine with a brownfields underground mining project. The site is located in the Gobi desert region of Mongolia. The reserves case for the underground project is in the order of 0.5 billion tonnes of ore to be mined from the 95,000 tonnes per day Hugo North Lift 1 (HNL1) panel cave mine with a 20 year operations life. There is also the potential for 3 further block cave districts to increase mine life beyond 100 years.
Reporting to General Manager Technical Strategic Mine planning. You will be accountable for:
- Resource allocation, schedule and budget planning and management;
- Providing guidance and leadership to the wide range of disciplines contributing to the study;
- Managing multiple stakeholders and subject matter experts;
- Managing specialty subcontractors to deliver the required scope;
- Ensuring robust trade-offs are undertaken to deliver an optimized study
- Ensuring alignment is maintained between the study and execution plans;
- Contributing to, and supporting the preparation of presentations for senior management and stakeholder consideration;
- Identifying, evaluating and mitigating study risks and delivering on identified opportunities;
- Ensuring a seamless relationship between the all relevant stakeholders
What you’ll need for this role
To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
- Bachelor Degree in Mining Engineering, Geosciences or equivalent
- Established Mine planning experience in large underground mining environments
- Must demonstrate proficiency in computer applications
- Must exhibit a strong understanding of mining principles.
- Ability to work in cross-functional and multi-disciplinary teams to ensure mine plans are integrated across ore body knowledge and the business.
- Requires excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with employees at all levels of the organization.
- Strong communication skills including preparation of technical reports and presentations to management and peers across the value stream.
- Stakeholder management skills
- Ability to solve and communicate technical problems with practical solutions.
- Requires strong reasoning and critical thinking.
- Desirable - Relevant experience to meet the requirement of a competent Person as defined within the JORC Code.
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 culture to support flexible working options
- 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)
Where you will be working
This role is based in Brisbane Australia
Advertising closes for this role on 15 April, 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.
