Senior Process Engineer

Senior Metallurgist/Process Engineer – Perth based 

• Join our new Process Engineering Division providing world-class technical support
• Enjoy total flexible working hours and many other unique family friendly benefits
• Roles available at Senior Engineer level

About the role

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

We are currently looking for Processing professionals at multiple levels to join our central Process Engineering and Metallurgy team. Our operational support team provides technical support and delivers process improvement initiatives across Rio Tinto Iron Ore. These roles are offered as Perth based with occasional site travel.

We are a high-performing, engaged team of technical specialists working within a structure that supports collaborative problem solving with the operating business. Our new RTIO Process Engineering Division is dedicated to providing world-leading technical support to improve performance of our current and future operations. We have technical development programs that are industry-leading and recognise the unique nature of your role. Opportunities exist for operational and technically focussed process engineers with career pathways to senior levels.

These roles are a great opportunity for two experienced and highly motivated Senior Process Engineers or Metallurgists to implement improvements across major Iron Ore operations.

You will :

• Engage stakeholders to provide technical process guidance and support across the value chain
• Identify and implement process improvement initiatives to support current and future strategy
• Provide subject matter expertise for processing unit operations
• Produce unit operation and plant performance analysis and reports as required

What you’ll bring

• Minimum 7-10 years in process engineering or related technical discipline with fixed plant operational experience
• Ability to work across discipline and geographic boundaries, connecting people to collaboratively solve problems
• Experience in teams that have delivered improvements in safety and operating performance, and continuous improvement objectives
• Strong demonstrated experience in fixed plant front end operations, with iron ore Crushing & Screening optimisation and projects viewed favourably.
• Exposure to technical assurance activities across the different phases of strategic studies
• Involvement in processing reviews and investigations with sound knowledge of statistical analysis methods including experience with Minitab or equivalent.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications (Process Engineering, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering or equivalent)
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Current ‘C’ Class drivers’ licence

Training and practice in Six sigma or root cause analysis and hazop facilitation; process control experience, knowledge of SAP and exposure to downtime accounting systems such as Ampla or equivalent will be advantageous. Experience with process flowsheet modelling in Limn, Syscad or equivalent and programming skills in VBA and/ or SQL will also be beneficial.

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
• 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

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.

Ready to experience something unique? Come work with us.

Applications close on 7 December (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)