Senior Mining Engineer

Senior Mining Engineer

• Advance your career in a dynamic, fast paced team environment

• Family friendly roster (9 Day Fortnight) – Be home each night!

• Residential role – You will live in Weipa a beautiful coastal community in Far North QLD

• Full domestic relocation available from within Australia 

About the role 

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. 

As a Senior Mining Engineer, you will play a vital role in providing expertise in mine engineering across planning and practices to ensure safe and economically viable mining operations. You will be responsible for tactical and strategic mine planning, design, and scheduling for surface mining operations, contributing to the optimization of production and the management of technical risks. You will provide direct leadership and mentoring to a small team of Mining Engineers and Graduates. 

Our surface mining team is dedicated to planning, executing, and improving surface mining processes while prioritizing safety and efficiency. We are committed to fostering a collaborative environment where every team member's contribution is valued, and where professional growth and development are encouraged. 

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible.Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job. 

Key Responsibilities 

This is a newly created position, reporting to the Operations Planning Superintendent, the main components of achieving the minimum required standard include:

• Assisting in the development of 'control of excavation' instructions, fostering safe and economically efficient recovery of ore reserves through close collaboration with technical and operations teams.

• Responsible for maintaining production monitoring and reporting systems, enabling the tracking of mining operations performance and identification of opportunities for enhancing quality and productivity

• Provide direct functional leadership to team members, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. Offer coaching and mentoring to new engineers and graduates, fostering their professional growth and integration into the team.

• Monitoring variances against the short and medium-term mine schedule, recommending adjustments as needed, and actively participating in technical risk assessments to contribute to the development of procedures aimed at mitigating technical risks 

What you’ll bring

• Mine Planning Experience: Demonstrated experience in mine planning, design, and scheduling in surface mining operations

• Computer Literacy: Proficiency in mining software and tools for mine planning and scheduling.Problem Solving Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to optimize production while ensuring safety and economic efficiency

• Communication Skills: Effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally with technical and operational teams

• Continuous Improvement: Proactive attitude towards identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing solutions 

Join us in shaping the future of surface mining operations and making a positive impact on our organization's success. If you're passionate about mine engineering and are ready to contribute to safe and economically sustainable mining practices, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity. 

What we offer 

• Full relocation provided to Far North Queensland from elsewhere in Australia

• Weipa accommodation benefit 

• Remote area allowance 

• Remote area holiday travel assistance 

• Be recognized 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 

• 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, 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 

Where you’ll be working  

Our Weipa Operations includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, ship loaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals. Located on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, each year the operation produces more than 35 million tons of bauxite.  

Our operations are supported by a 1,900-strong workforce—including 26 per cent who are women and 25 per cent Indigenous employees. Activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, ports, cultural heritage management, and processing facility management.  

The development of our new mine, Amrun, which was completed in 2018, will extend the life of our Weipa bauxite operations by decades to come and significantly build on our 55-year history on the Western Cape

Applications close on Tuesday 04th February 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

About Rio TintoRio 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 situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice MattersAt 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.