Senior Mine Planning Engineer

Senior Mine Planning Engineer

• Opportunity for career advancement within global mining company
• Join a team where diversity of thought and new ways of thinking are truly valued
• Drive innovation and promote value-added growth as part of your work
• Role is based in Central Park - Perth CBD, with flexible working arrangements

About the role

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

We are looking for a Senior Mine Planning Engineer – Integrated Mine Planning (IMP). This role offers great opportunity of understanding and influencing the strategic RTIO context. This role broadens exposure to mine planning financial optimisation using various software and techniques. You will be well regarded by wider Mine Engineering team and the team always look up to you for guidance and coaching.

This role is a great opportunity to gain exposure to the entire supply chain in iron ore across all 11 Pilbara sites and what the key value drivers are for an iron ore business. You will interact with iron ore senior leadership to present mine planning outcomes and recommendations. 

Reporting to the Principal Mining Engineer you will be: 

• Providing 10 year plan/Life of Mine and 5 year mine plan schedule and guidance (Grades, Product mix, pit staging, grade cut-offs and development sequence) as part of our annual Planning cycle and business plan submissions.
• Influencing and guiding mine to market value chain, RTIO Studies, Finance and closure outcomes.
• Assist with Annual Reserves and Resource estimates.
• Progress development of features in the linear programming based mine planning financial optimisation software (Mine, rail and port value chain).
• Accountable for maintaining high standards and improving systems and processes to ensure the success of the mine planning function in RTIO.

About You

This role requires expert level understanding of our mine planning systems and process, as well as good knowledge of the value chain of a mine. Knowledge in Iron ore value drivers is beneficial. You must have demonstrated a high level of motivation and drive throughout your career and have a bias for action and positive outcome for the business.

To be successfully considered for this role you will have the following skills:

• Tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering.
• Strong mine technical skills supported by practical and innovative ways of thinking, and experience in the application of optimisation methods in large scale mining.
• Experience delivering development studies.
• Liaising with multiple stakeholders with proven track record of excellent communication and technical report writing skills.
• Exposure to Ore Reserve estimation.

This a great opportunity to gain experience on a unique project and interact with a wide range of stakeholders across the business.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, thinking and 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 on full time or part time basis.
• 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 Integrated Mine Planning team actively encourages and supports work flexibility. This includes workdays, hours and location, in addition to flexible work schedules. This role will be based in at Central Park in Perth CBD, with occasional site travel will be required to maintain effective relationship with stakeholders.

Applications close on 6^th September2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date). This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Perth, Western Australia.

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.