Production Engineer

Engineer Production

• Exciting and dynamic role in the Production Engineering team always seeking excellence
• Innovate, collaborate, and utilise your skills to lead safety & productivity improvements in the mining team
• Consistent coaching and support provided for continued growth and development
• FIFO role at Yandi on 8/6 roster from Perth, Busselton or Derby

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Production Engineer - Mining to develop, lead and manage productivity and cost improvement initiatives at our Yandicoogina site.

This role is a great opportunity for a strong minded individual who wishes to further their knowledge of all functions within the operations space and gain leadership exposure within the mine operations team. Moreover this is for someone who is willing to think outside of the box, challenge the status quo and drive change. Reporting to the Senior Production Engineer, you will be:

• Work closely with the operations team to drive improvement projects with a specific focus on safety, productivity, and asset utilisation
• Provide support to Mine Operations and Mine Technical Services teams
• Collaborate with internal partners across Mine Technical Services, Dewatering, Fixed Plant, Integrated Operations and Mobile Equipment Maintenance to achieve the mine plan
• Support Mine Operations and mine technical services teams to ensure optimisation of the mine plans
• Manage capital projects
• Support Mine Operations data analysis and reporting
• Provide Contract Management Supervision

About You

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A strong personal commitment to safety
• A manual ‘C’ class driver’s licence
• Minimum 2 years mining experience
• Ability to lead safety & productivity improvement project work & drive improvements
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise tasks and negotiate accordingly
• Respect for others and an ability to work efficiently within a team environment, but also able to work independently
• Strong communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Intermediate computer skills (Microsoft Office: Word Document, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI) and reporting and analytics skills

 It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Quarry manager ticket or ability to obtain one
• Degree, Diploma or Certificate in Mining
• Sound understanding of AHS Front Runner System
• Ability to understand and follow mine plans, development priorities & design sheets
• Experience across production, drill and blast, and dewatering
• Sound understanding of RTIO systems and processes including productivity reporting

What we offer

• 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 and salary packaging options
• Career development and 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)

Where you’ll be working

Located 95km north-west of Newman, Yandicoogina offers a range of fly in fly out rosters. As one of Australia's largest-producing iron ore mines; operating a fleet of autonomous trucks and drills, it generates more than 55 million tonnes of Hammersley Iron Yandi (HIY) fines each year.

Yandicoogina is known for its culture of teamwork, can-do attitude and pioneering spirit, leading the way with innovation and technological advances in autonomous operations and robotics.

Applications close on 10th April 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia.

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. 

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.