Rehabilitation Planner – Resource Development

Rehabilitation Planner – Resource Development

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion and diversity
• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Monday to Friday Perth based role, with flexible working arrangements available

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a motivated a safety conscious individual to join our Resource Development team in Perth, as a Rehabilitation Planner. This critical role will support the activities required to sustain our license to operate to further support the delivery of the Geoscience and Water Resource Evaluation 5-year plan technical objectives.

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.

Reporting to the Senior Planner and working in a diverse team within the Resource Development Planning department, you will:

• Plan, maintain, communicate, and track progress of near mine and remote drilling drill pad rehabilitation
• Complete end to end process of all approvals required for land access and funding approvals
• Deliver detailed project scopes in a timely manner
• Update and maintain data management systems
• Input approved accommodation demand
• Implement risk mitigation strategies

What you will bring

The scope of work you will be accountable for is challenging and diverse. Your demonstrated ability to engage, connect and positively influence key stakeholders at all organizational levels will play a critical part to the effectiveness in this role. You will also have:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Demonstrated skills in planning or scheduling activities, preferably within a project management environment
• Strong people skills, with the ability to work with all stakeholders and contractors
• Capable to work in challenging environments, and maintain effective time management skills
• Arc GIS experience is highly desirable
• A current manual WA Driver’s license

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)

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’ll be working

This role is based in Perth, at our head office in Central Park, and working Monday to Friday. We want you to have a great work/life balance, so the days, hours, location of work are flexible (including working from home). You may be required to travel to the Pilbara to support our customers on an as required basis.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700-kilometre rail network and related infrastructure –all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world's leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

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 Friday the 25^th of November 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).