Mining Engineer

Mining Engineer

• Advance your career in a dynamic, fast paced team environment
• Family friendly Monday – Friday roster – Be home each night!
• Residential role – live in Weipa a beautiful coastal community in Far North QLD.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are currently seeking a Mining Engineer to consistently provide reliable, accurate and sustainable mine planning services and support in order to position Mining and Plant operations for optimal performance. Weipa Northern and Southern Operations plan to produce in excess of 35Mdpt of Bauxite in 2023 through conventional truck and front loader mining method.

The principal role accountability is to produce the Development Short Term Plan with the aim of maintaining adequate ore inventories ahead of the production fleet. Reporting to the Senior Mining Engineer, the main components of achieving the minimum required standard include:

• Producing accurate mine scheduling information for integrated operations.
• Providing relevant maps (dumps, parent shapes, clearing, accesses, development, ancillary tasks) and machine guidance files as required to implement dig and dump plans.
• Completing and communicating plan reconciliation.
• Maintain Push to Stockpile Database
• Managing plan deviations to maintain Development fleet productive. Ensure such changes are properly communicated to peers and direct report.
• Support production planning engineers when required especially when Development is off-season.
• Assist in miscellaneous Services projects.

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering or a related discipline
• Detailed understanding of Truck / Loader scheduling and operation
• Practical understanding of all other mining design, scheduling, and operation
• Experience in other heavy industry, aside from Mining, will also be highly regarded
• Basic understanding of supply chain management.
• Sound level of proficiency in basic business software (Excel, Word and PowerPoint or similar)
• Basic proficiency in business management software (SAP or similar)
• High level of proficiency in CAD mining software, preferably Deswik and / or similar
• Excellent numerical analysis and data validation skills
• Knowledge of relevant mining legislation and industry practices

What we offer

• Domestic relocation assistance on offer
• Weipa accommodation benefit
• Remote area allowance
• Remote area holiday travel assistance
• Paid parental leave up to 9 months! (no distinction between primary or secondary carer)
• Health cover scheme for employees and their immediate family
• Salary sacrifice & packaging options – rental, mortgage, super, vehicle
• Rio Tinto employee share program
• Employee discounts – banking, accommodation, motoring, retail and more.

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Weipa is located 900km north-west of Cairns on the Gulf of Carpentaria and has been operating for over 50 years. Over the years, it has developed into a vibrant and diverse cultural hub of the Western Cape. Weipa offers a coastal community rich in geographical beauty and cultural heritage that provides families with opportunities to participate in leisure activities, sports and community events. With a strong sense of community, the region has plenty of natural beauty to offer including the opportunities for boating, fishing, camping and exploring. Construction of the Amrun mining operation, located 40 kilometers southwest of Weipa, was completed in late 2018 expanding our bauxite operations to continue production from one of the world’s premier bauxite deposits.

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 almost 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.