Senior Advisor Biodiversity

Senior Advisor Biodiversity

• Technical role linked to strategic growth and sustainable development of our operations
• Primarily bauxite mine support but scope of work and stakeholder network across Australia and New Zealand
• Offering the opportunity to be based in Brisbane or Weipa | Perm full time

About the role

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

We are looking for a Senior Advisor Biodiversity to lead targeted research projects and support our operations through technical advice and management response.

This role is a great opportunity to provide strategic leadership, technical support, and drive sustainable growth of our operations through research and development programs. Reporting to the Business Partner Environment you will be:

• Provide leadership and strategic direction for biodiversity and environmental programs and partnerships across Pacific Operations
• Through proactive engagement, maintain and enhance strategic partnerships with key biodiversity and community stakeholders across Pacific Operations
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of environmental risk profile as it relates to biodiversity across Pacific Operations
• Drives change management, provides advice and SME support to achieve positive outcomes for addressing biodiversity and land related risk
• Support and provide SME for implementation of leading practice in biodiversity matters across sites
• Critical technical and strategic analysis of biodiversity controls and practices across Pacific Operations
• Liaison/support for site governance activities in identifying and managing business risks related to biodiversity

• Contribute toward an inclusive culture through collaboration with peers across the broader Pacific Operations Environment team

What you’ll bring

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Ecology or Environment related
• Effectively engage, influence and support a wide range of stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
• Experience engaging with NGO’s, regulatory bodies and Traditional Owners
• Solid experience managing multi-faceted projects over large geographical areas and able to think critically and question the status quo
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and well-honed influencing and negotiation skills
• Applied knowledge of relevant industry legislation and regulations
• Previous experience in mining or industry in a similar role (5 years minimum)

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
• 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
• Relocation packages where suitable

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

Rio Tinto is a global leader in aluminium, one of the world’s most widely used metals.

Active in the sector for more than 110 years, today we operate large-scale, high-quality bauxite mines and alumina refineries, and have the world’s most modern and competitive aluminium smelter portfolio.

Our Pacific Operations sites are located along the east coast of Australia, at the tip of the Northern Territory and in New Zealand’s south. With more than 6,000 employees, we operate a full value chain approach—mining, refining and smelting. Our portfolio includes four bauxite mines, two refineries, four smelters and one power station, and is supported by technical experts located in our Brisbane hub, including a fully operational Operations Centre for our bauxite mines.

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.

Apply today if you want to work with the latest technology and innovation, in an environment where we challenge you to drive positive change.Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.If you would like to know more about careers at Rio Tinto, you can like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or join us on LinkedIn.