Senior Engineer Production

Senior Engineer Production – Brockman operations - Pilbara

• Lead and grow
• Respect, recognition, reward
• 5 days on, 2 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off fly in, fly out from Perth

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

A truly unique opportunity exists for an industry experienced Senior Engineer Production to join our mine operations team at Brockman 4. This is a vital role, and we will need you to motivate, inspire and keep your people safe and well. With signature leadership training programmes, growing, and developing is more than an opportunity – it is something we actively plan and make happen. Every day our leaders grow, while our rosters are designed to help you live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family.

As an integral part of the operational leadership team, this role will allow you to expand your knowledge of all functions within an operational mining environment and gain invaluable experience to continue growing your operational leadership career. This position will suit someone who is curious, passionate about driving continuous change, can embrace out of the box thinking and with the ability to challenge the status quo.

Reporting to the Manager Mining, you will:

• Work closely with the operations team to drive improvement projects with a specific focus on safety, productivity, and asset utilisation
• Provide support to the operational superintendents
• Collaborate with internal partners across mining technical services, dewatering, fixed plant, and mobile equipment maintenance to achieve the mine plan
• Provide coaching, mentoring and support to the mine production engineers, autonomous haulage system coaches and operations teams to ensure optimisation of the mine plans
• Utilise accurate data analysis to drive cost reductions and efficiencies
• Promote a culture of safety and provide input into critical risk management and incident investigation processes
• Demonstrate the Rio Tinto values of courage, care, and curiosity

This position will be based at our Brockman 4 site, working on a fly in, fly out roster 5 days on, 2 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off from Perth. 

Where you’ll be working

Located 60km north-west of Tom Price in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Brockman is wholly owned and operated by Rio Tinto. Opened in 2010, this open pit operation offers a family friendly fly in fly out roster with state-of-the-art camp facilities.

Brockman 4 drives the latest technological advancements, the open-pit mines offer an avenue for opportunity and career progression.

What you’ll bring

You will have a degree tertiary qualification in mining engineering and demonstrated experience in mine production, mine operations or technical mining engineering roles within a large open pit mining environment. You will be someone who thrives on a challenge, can think outside of the box and has a good understanding of the fundamental concepts that underpin value in the mining industry. Your exceptional relationship building skills coupled with your ability to engage and collaborate effectively with a diverse range of business partners will also ensure your success in this role.

A manual ‘C’ class driver’s licence will be required and a WA Unrestricted Quarry Manager’s Certificate or the ability to obtain one will be well regarded. Prior experience with autonomous haulage systems will also be advantageous.

You will be a Perth resident or someone willing to relocate to Perth on a permanent basis and you will have unrestricted and full eligibility for employment within Australian. 

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
• 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid or half paid parental leave
• 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
• Local relocation packages offered for Australian residents only

About Rio Tinto

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.

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.

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