Senior Process Engineer - Fixed Plant

Senior Process Engineer Fixed Plant – Greater Nammuldi Operation - Pilbara

• Real opportunity to develop your leadership experience and advance your career
• Build relationships with numerous Fixed Plant stakeholders at a senior level
• Great exposure working across wet fixed plant assets at the Greater Nammuldi site

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s Asset Management team is looking to recruit a Senior Process Engineer Fixed Plant to join the Greater Nammuldi mine operation in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

This position will provide a vital leadership role of a multi-discipline team of mechanical and process engineers and condition monitoring technicians and will be responsible for one of the largest engineering teams in the Pilbara Mining Operation portfolio.

Reporting to the Manager Fixed Plant, other responsibilities will be to:

• Support and develop a team of multi-disciplined engineers in the delivery of process and mechanical engineering improvements and projects
• Lead a breakdown recovery team during critical asset failures
• Prepare site parameters for business KPI and production targets
• Prepare and distribute operating strategies and measure conformance to plan
• Investigate deviations from plan, including identifying and recommending solutions
• Perform plant troubleshooting, optimisation and continuous improvement
• Provide expert technical advice to site operations and maintenance teams
• Be the focal point for all engineering related queries in the fixed plant setting
• Manage team deliverables and be accountable for engineering actions and incidents
• Recommend and implement tactics designed to support high levels of asset safety, reliability and integrity
• Monitor and analyse the performance of our assets and analyse primary/ secondary maintenance tasks to improve asset reliability and cost 

This permanent position will be offered on a fly in, fly out roster of 8 days on, 6 days off out of Perth, Geraldton, Busselton or Albany and will suit those currently living in Perth or willing to relocate to Western Australia on a permanent basis. 

What you’ll bring

To be considered suitable applicants will have:

• Tertiary qualification in Process/Chemical Engineering or similar
• Demonstrated leadership of multi-disciplinary engineering teams in large scale mining operations
• Proven experience across wet processing assets within fixed plant settings including managing tailings dam compliance
• Knowledge of compiling fixed plant production targets and metrics
• Radiation Safety Officer qualifications will be highly regarded
• Experience in using PowerBi and Sharepoint
• Experience in using SAP
• A current C Class Manual Driver’s Licence

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.

Where you’ll be working

The Greater Nammuldi mining hub represents one of the largest and complex mining operations in Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore Operations. Located in the Pilbara, 60km west of Tom Price the site formerly known as Brockman 2, comprises twelve active pits feeding two independent plants fed by three crushers. The mine targets expit movements of more than three million tonnes per week and is a key asset in Rio Tinto’s iron ore supply chain producing the industry renowned Pilbara Blend.

You will be joining a diverse, close-knit team of like-minded, high-energy professionals based on site and supported by a team of offsite specialists. Strong frameworks to support your personal growth through care, courage and curiosity are well embedded at Greater Nammuldi and provides the next step on your journey to the best you.

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.

Applications close on 9^th of June 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)