Principal Resource Geologist

Principal Resource Estimation

• Great opportunity to join a global mining organisation offering outstanding personal development & career opportunities.
• We offer competitive compensation, paid parental leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements.
• Permanent full-time role based in Salt Lake City or Brisbane

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. 

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 looking for a Principal Resource Estimation to create and protect value across our copper portfolio by ensuring the resource risks, opportunities and uncertainties are identified and quantified where possible, and are managed to stakeholder expectations.

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.  

This role is a great opportunity for a strategic thinking individual who enjoys collaborating with different stakeholder groups to deliver key business objectives. Reporting to the Chief Advisor Resource Development, Copper Technical, you will be required to:

• Ensure personal actions and behaviours are aligned with the aim of achieving Zero Harm and clearly demonstrate safety leadership;
• Be accountable for generating geology and resource models using various interpolation techniques;
• Develop a practical approach to resource estimation and work across the portfolio to benchmark and implement leading practises;
• Advise our growth strategy and project shaping, provide technical expertise, share best practises, anticipate current and future risks, and provide direction and guidance within the discipline;
• Work closely with project and operations teams to identify opportunities for improvement including risk management and productivity improvements;
• Improve mining efficiencies, accuracy of plans across various time horizons and delivery of those plans through reconciliation of model performance.

What you’ll bring 

To be successful in this role you will bring:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team (standard for all job adverts) 
• Bachelor Degree in Geoscience
• Extensive experience in resources estimation across different commodities
• Ability to mentor, train & develop on-site teams
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills and be able to successfully navigate a networked organisation

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Post graduate qualification
• Membership of a professional society

What we offer  

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements 
• 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid or half paid parental leave 
• 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); and 
• Local relocation packages offered for Australian residents only 

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 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. 

Where you’ll be working 

At Rio Tinto we have operations across the globe including a range of open pit and underground mines. Our copper operations supply products in China, Japan and the US which plays an important role in almost every home, office and vehicle.

Every Voice Matters 

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. 

Applications close on Monday 23rd October 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date) 

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.