Senior Engineer Process Fixed Plant

Senior Process Engineer Fixed Plant – West Angelas

• Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority
• Real opportunity to develop your leadership experience and advance your career
• Build relationships with numerous Fixed Plant stakeholders at a senior level
• Great exposure working across dry fixed plant assets

Where we’re all welcome 

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. 

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

About the role

Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s Asset Management team is looking to recruit a Senior Process Engineer Fixed Plant to join the West Angelas mine operation in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

You’ll be part of a supportive team, supported by your Leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team. You’ll work on and 5/2, 4/3, 9/5 roster which will give you time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your life. 

Reporting to the Manager Fixed Plant, you will:

• Prepare site parameters for business KPI and production targets
• Prepare and distribute operating strategies and measure conformance to plan
• Investigate deviations from plan, including identifying and recommending solutions
• Perform plant troubleshooting, optimisation and continuous improvement
• Provide expert technical advice to site operations and production teams
• Be the focal point for all process engineering related queries in the fixed plant setting
• Manage team deliverables and be accountable for processing engineering actions and incidents

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualification in Process/Chemical Engineering or similar
• Demonstrated leadership of engineering teams in large scale mining operations
• Proven experience across dry processing assets within fixed plant settings
• Knowledge of compiling fixed plant production targets and metrics
• Radiation Safety Officer qualifications will be highly regarded
• Experience in using PowerBi and Sharepoint
• Experience in using SAP
• A current C Class Manual Driver’s Licence

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100% we still want to hear from you. 

We are committed to promoting diversity within Rio Tinto and as a special measure to we strongly encourage women to apply.

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
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
• 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, cultural leave)
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more, read more about the huge range of benefits here: https://bit.ly/43AQLue

Who we are 

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.  

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities. 

Where you’ll be working

Located 110km west of Newman, West Angelas operates on a fly in fly out roster from Perth, Broome and Busselton.

West Angelas is a pioneer in autonomous technologies – we were the first site to trial autonomous haul trucks and incorporate autonomous drilling into our operations in 2008, and we continue to have one of the largest mining fleets in the Pilbara.

Our high grade, low phosphorous Marra Mamba orebody is an integral part of the Pilbara Blend, contributing both lump and fines products on around four trains each day. At the West Angelas hub there are state-of-the-art power generation and refueling facilities. These facilities supply power and diesel fuel to the East Pilbara mine sites.

The future is bright at West Angelas with ongoing growth projects at Deposits C and D, as well as additional deposits under study providing enormous opportunities for personal development and career growth.

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 26^th of September 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)