Rehabilitation Planning Specialist

Specialist Rehabilitation Planning

• Mine rehabilitation and closure is a challenging and rewarding field of work
• Be part of an organisation that embodies values of Care, Courage and Curiosity and places people at the heart
• Flexible work arrangements
• Perth CBD Location – Monday to Friday with ad-hoc travel to our Pilbara Operations

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Rehabilitation PlanningSpecialist to join our Rehabilitation & Closure team. This exciting role provides opportunity to contribute to our expanding progressive rehabilitation program. We are looking for an experienced technically minded individual with an understanding of mining and construction related earthworks, ideally with a mining planning / scheduling background and or mine landform design experience. You are a proven and proactive mine planning and design specialist that can work in a passionate and high performing team. Your skill set will enable planning and design of rehabilitation projects to deliver on an expanding annual portfolio.

Reporting to the Superintendent Rehabilitation Planning, working Monday to Friday with irregular travel to our operations in the Pilbara, you will:

• Have an ability to apply your technical skills in planning, scheduling, and designing rehabilitation projects for our Pilbara operations
• Actively seek and identify opportunities for progressive rehabilitation, and provide input into annual rehabilitation plan
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders and display an ability to negotiate positive outcomes
• Develop and sustain working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Identify potential cost risks, and drive opportunities for reducing company closure liabilities
• Develop and optimise detailed rehabilitation designs and documentation ready for implementation
• Support implementation of rehabilitation projects by completing design conformance assessments and reconciliations.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Tertiary or University level qualifications in engineering, earth sciences or relevant discipline, with at least 3 years’ professional experience
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in mine planning, surveying, or a related field
• Experience in mining, rehabilitation, civil or earthworks
• Experience in using Vulcan or other CAD and planning software
• Exposure to GIS software packages
• A proven ability to learn.

What we offer 

Be recognised for your contribution, you’re thinking and your 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.

Where you’ll be working 

The Rehab and Closure team actively encourages and supports flexible work. This includes workdays, hours and location, in addition to flexible and part-time work schedules. Occasional site travel will be required. 

Applications close on Sunday, 12^th March 2023. (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date) 

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.