Senior Field Technician

Senior Field Technician – Exploration

• Plan and coordinate logistics work in an exploration field environment
• Leading field teams providing logistical support operations in remote field environments
• Use your judgement and field experience to deploy resources in exciting and remote locations
• FIFO role from Perth to remote sites in Western Australia on two-weeks in location, with a dedicated rest cycle following
• Ad hoc office time will be required throughout the year
• 12-month fixed-term contract, with opportunity to extend

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

This role is a great opportunity for someone with field and leadership experience to play a vital role within the Rio Tinto Exploration (RTX) Western Australian Greenfields project team. The successful Senior Field Technician candidate must enjoy being part of an exploration team, have a passion for field activities, and the execution of logistics and operational requirements. 

Reporting to the Project Operations Supervisor and working in a challenging and exciting environment within the Australian and Asian Logistics and Operations team, you will:

• Organise, plan and lead the day-to-day logistical support for all accommodation and camp areas for remote camps of up to 24 people, including overall supervision of general site service support tasks (camp mobilisations, water bores, camp generators, vehicle maintenance etc);
• Coordinate all freight in/out of the camp, and manage the storage facilities within the camp;
• Ensure work and resources meet project priorities;
• Ensure field support team member adhere to RTX Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE), and project standards;
• Liaise with Belmont-based RTX support staff to coordinate administration for the logistics support field team as required;
• Ensure allocated field equipment is maintained and operationally ready at all times;
• Regularly consult with field geoscience team to identify logistical and operational support as required, including the ordering of consumable drilling stores and other operational needs, collection and dispatching of field samples; and
• Lead, train, and mentor less experienced L&O team members with HSEC policies and procedures, as well as operating skills.

About you

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

• Current and unrestricted C-class driving license;
• Experience working in remote field-based environments with exposure to a wide range of field related tasks;
• The ability to communicate with project leads to understand project needs,
• The ability to coordinate logistics and operational support tasks, and prioritise work to achieve project outcomes;
• The ability to make assessments and apply practical judgement to identify hazards and risks, and take appropriate mitigating actions,
• The ability to interpret HSE standards to achieve safe and effective practices working in challenging physical environments;
• The ability to develop positive and productive team relationships with all project team members;
• The ability to adapt to change quickly and identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency;
• Have sound computer knowledge – to include the utilisation of Outlook, Excel, Word, OneNote, and Teams as minimum; and
• Have a degree of mechanical aptitude with an ability to fault find and undertake limited field maintenance as/ when required across a broad and diverse fleet of field equipment.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Current licenses - HR, Forklift/ Telescopic Material Handler, and High-Risk Work

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 competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees
• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
• Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan
• Wellbeing benefits
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

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 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 aluminum – 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's Exploration group seeks to create value for the business by discovering or acquiring new mineral resources. Organised into three regional teams (Americas, Australasia, and Africa-Europe-Eurasia), the Exploration group provides both a global reach and a local presence across a range of commodities.

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.

Closing date: Monday, the 8^th of August 2023