Metallurgist Evaluation

Process Engineers / Metallurgists – Processing Studies – Perth or Karratha/Dampier based

• Join our Process Engineering Division providing technical support to studies teams

• Extend your technical or operational experience and contribute to the future of iron ore processing

• Enjoy flexible and agile working arrangements and other unique family benefits

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. 

We are looking for Process Engineers / Metallurgists to join our Development Projects team. The role is technically focused, examining the beneficiation of iron ore primarily. This role is Perth based with occasional site travel. The role could also be performed from Dampier/Karratha, applicants wishing to be based in these locations will be considered.

We are a high-performing, engaged team of technical specialists working within a structure that supports collaborative problem solving with the operating business. Our RTIO Process Engineering Division is dedicated to providing technical support to improve performance of our current and future operations, including our green steel pathway. Opportunities exist for technically focussed process engineers with career pathways to senior levels.

Reporting to the Principal Development Projects, you will be: 

• Engaging stakeholders to provide technical process guidance and support across the value chain
• Organisation of metallurgical testwork at internal and external facilities
• Testwork data analysis and reporting
• Collecting bulk samples at minesites
• Managing small scale pilot testwork at external facilities

What you’ll bring

• Background in process engineering or related technical discipline
• Ability to work across discipline and geographic boundaries, connecting people to collaboratively solve problems
• Experience in teams that have delivered improvements in safety and operating performance, and continuous improvement objectives
• Relevant tertiary qualifications (Process Engineering, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering or equivalent)
• An analytical approach with strong problem solving, data analysis, report writing and presentations skills
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Experience with process flowsheet modelling and programming would be beneficial

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 team where safety (physical and psychological) is always the number one priority
• A competitive salary package 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 and 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 primary carer, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

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.

Ready to experience something unique? Come work with us.

Applications close 21^st April 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)