Network Control Systems Engineer

IP Network Control Systems Engineer

• Great opportunity to join a global organisation at the forefront of mining
• Excellent work environment where people are valued and respected
• This new role will expose you to exciting technology and challenge the way you work
• Permanent role based at our Perth Operations Centre

About the role

We are looking for a Network Control Systems Engineer to analyse, standardise, provide operational readiness and ongoing optimisation of the IP Networks underpinning process control systems.  This role will work in close consultation with Engineers in other Rio Tinto divisions and provide expert technical advice for operational issues.

This role is a great opportunity for an IP Network subject matter expert (SME) to optimise current and emerging technology and deliver a reliable service to the business safely while working in partnership with global vendors.

Reporting to the Networks Platform Lead, and working in an exciting and collaborative environment within the Global IS&T Technology Platforms team, you will:

• Optimise control system IP networks by proposing and reviewing solutions for existing and new services and ensuring its safe delivery into a live environment
• Provide capacity planning and ensure physical assets can deliver the agreed service level targets in a cost effective and timely manner
• Configure, standardise, and implement cybersecurity compensating controls for control system IP networking infrastructure hosting assets such as PLC Controllers, DCS systems, MES, SCADA, etc.
• Participate in testing, planning, and controlling the releases of new configuration or changes to live control system IP networks to ensure minimal disruption to production operations during these planned activities.
• Development and ongoing updates to IP Networking and Communication standards, documentation and knowledge management to ensure the IP networks continue to be fit for purpose
• Providing input into IS&T IP Network Strategy and planning processes, collaborating with Architecture and Operations teams to ensure best practices are used whilst meeting business requirements
• Review of high-level and low-level designs fulfilling a Quality Assurance and Governance role

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Previous experience with Process Control Networks in either Greenfield or Brownfield environment
• Experience in support and guidance of Industrial Control Networks including Process Control IP Networks, Power and Utilities IP Networks, Train Control IP Networks, Mining Systems and automation IP Networks
• Strong knowledge of IP Transport/transmission – IP Routing and switching, QoS, Modbus, transmission planning and optimisation
• Experience with quality assurance and governance type role
• Sound knowledge of main equipment vendors such as Cisco, RuggedCom, Hirschmann and Schneider
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, negotiation and presentation skills with demonstrated ability to explain your thinking and influence decision making

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree qualification (Telecommunications/Engineering, IT/Data Networks)
• Mining, oil and gas or manufacturing experience preferred

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety and mental health is always the number one priority.
• Competitive base salary plus annual incentive program.
• Comprehensive medical benefits including fully subsidised private hospital insurance for employees and immediate family.
• Attractive employee share scheme.
• Career development and education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions.
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, 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.

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) operates to enable better alignment with customer priorities, end-to-end accountability and flexibility to prioritise critical work. The function provides solutions that are aligned with current and future business requirements through the development and ongoing delivery of IT strategy and solution roadmaps. Through appropriate governance, consultative processes, and the use of industry best practices, IS&T also ensures that emerging technologies and innovative ideas are constantly evaluated, considered, and adopted, to provide easy-to-use, best-in-class solutions and services.

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.