Mining Engineer

Mining Engineer

• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
• Use your technical skills to improve productivity while building on your Leadership capability
• Permanent role based in Brisbane, QLD

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Mining Engineer to provide reliable, accurate and sustainable mine planning services in order to position Mining and Plant Operations for optimal performance aligned with shipping and commercial requirements.

This is a great opportunity to be in a critical which enables the planning team to evaluate scenarios, seize new opportunities, react opportunely to changes caused by internal and external factors and simultaneously maintaining uniformity with the targets set in the Annual Plan.

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 Operations Planning Superintendent and working in a collaborative community within the Operations Planning team, you will be:

• Transforming the Long-Term plan into operational detail. The fundamental priority behind this is to balance continual delivery of bauxite aligned with customer and shipping requirements.
• Produce the Annual Plan (Production & Development) and subsequent reviews every quarter.
• Providing an updated direction on the mines position to steer the operations back on track following deviations to plan.
• Liaising with relevant stakeholders to obtain adequate inputs for the plan.
• Provide guidance -sequence, shapefiles, maps, targets and grades
• Organising and chair discussions with relevant stakeholders for plan presentation.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team (standard for all job adverts)
• Tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering or a related discipline
• Demonstrated experience within mining operations with experience in productivity improvement
• Excellent numerical analysis and data validation skills
• Preparation of accurate and achievable monthly development plans
• Ability to engage with frontline leaders and key stakeholders to deliver outcomes
• Intermediate to advanced computer skills, particularly Microsoft Excel and Deswik.
• The motivation and ability to be self-driven and work autonomously

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 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)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

Where you’ll be workingRio Tinto is a global leader in aluminium, one of the world’s most widely used metals.

Active in the sector for more than 110 years, today we operate large-scale, high-quality bauxite mines and alumina refineries and have the world’s most modern and competitive aluminium smelter portfolio.

Our Pacific Operations sites are located along the east coast of Australia, at the tip of the Northern Territory and in New Zealand’s south. With more than 6,000 employees, we operate a full value chain approach—mining, refining and smelting. Our portfolio includes four bauxite mines, two refineries, four smelters and one power station, and is supported by technical experts located in our Brisbane hub, including a fully operational Operations Centre for our bauxite mines.

Applications close on Wednesday the 18th of December 2024 (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.