Process Engineer

Process Engineer

• Great opportunity to work for a pioneering organisation at the forefront of mining
• Join a global network and diverse team where people are encouraged to offer unique perspectives and build knowledge and connections
• We offer paid parental leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements
• Permanent role based in Gladstone

About the roleWe are looking for a Process Engineer to provide technical support to Reduction lines, analyse system performance and ultimately improve the operational efficiency of the Smelter.

Resilience, self-motivation and exceptional communication skills are essential for this role, as you will be required to interface with broad stakeholder groups, displaying credibility, building trust and influencing outcomes. You will be a solution focused leader, level headed thinker and most importantly committed to driving positive outcomes for the business. Working Monday to Friday and reporting to the Superintendent Process Control, your focus will be on: 

• Monitoring key reduction line metrics to ensure they remain within their specified limits and taking corrective action if there is any deviation.
• Developing reduction line standards as well as providing technical guidance and feedback to the reduction line controllers and management.
• Using engineering techniques to investigate, problem solve and implement relevant solutions.
• Helping to co-ordinate the quality control and acceptance of key input raw materials.
• Undertaking audits to ensure that reduction line standards are met and maintained.
• Initiate and complete general technical improvement projects while working closely with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Collaborating with the smelter technical team to ensure the stable, efficient operation of Reduction lines and achieve all key operating objectives in a safe manner.

Your ability to trouble shoot, problem solve and investigate will see you succeed in this role!

About youTo succeed in this role, you will have:

• Strong focus and background in safety improvement.
• Tertiary level qualification in Chemical engineering
• Previous experience in a Process Engineering role within a heavy industry environment
• Statistical analysis capabilities.
• Previous coding experience and skills
• Good technical communication skills to both technical experts and lay audiences
• Proven experience identifying and addressing improvement opportunities in a similar environment. 

Experience in reduction lines and electrochemistry as well as Power BI skills would be highly valued.

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

Other benefits including general admission movie tickets, free gym and golf memberships are also provided!

Where you will be workingLocated in Gladstone, Queensland, the region is famous for fishing and boating. With Australia's most northerly surf beach, Agnes Water and Town of 1770, proximity to National Parks, laid back coastal villages and rural hinterland lifestyles, make it an attractive destination to live and work.

Boyne Smelters Limited is Australia’s second largest aluminium smelter with a 1,000-person strong workforce. Located approximately 20km south east of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast, BSL produces around 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum.

Activities at BSL include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten material into aluminium products ready to ship. The smelter is connected via a conveyor belt to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for the supply of alumina.

BSL is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring safe work practices where people feel safe at work and care for each other.

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.

Applications close on 12 November 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

Please note, to be successfully considered for this role all application questions must be answered.