Senior Project Engineer - Fixed Plant

Senior Project Engineer – Fixed Plant

• Dynamic role, overseeing the planning, preparation, execution of Brownfields scope for successful delivery
• Opportunity to utilise your effective stakeholder engagement skills
• Future career opportunity within Major Capital Projects
• Permanent role based in Perth, WA

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Senior Project Engineer to join the Project Owners Team to support the delivery of the Brownfields Scope within the Western Range Project. You will play a key role in overseeing an EPCM project delivery team who is responsible for delivery of engineering designs, managing cost and schedule, interfacing with key stakeholders, and safe execution of site works.

This position is a great opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic project professional to extend their expertise and apply their project knowledge in a large Fixed Plant brownfields shutdown.

We are an open, connected international team of technical specialists using some of the most exciting data and tools on the planet. We are the world leader in automation and smart mining.

We have technical development programmes that are industry-leading and recognise the unique nature of your role. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills.

Reporting to the Area Manager and working in a collaborative community within the Western Range Brownfields team, you will be:

• Provide leadership and guidance to an EPCM Project delivery team
• Manage project scope progress and compliance to schedule and cost
• Liaise closely with key stakeholders throughout the project delivery
• Review and implement project plans, documents and standards
• Ensure all site construction activities are delivered in line with Rio Tinto HSE standards and policies
• Be prepared for frequent site travel for the duration of the shutdown

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Significant experience in project engineering and/or project management.
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Relevant fixed plant brownfields shutdown experience
• Project management experience within a mining or heavy industrial environment
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build positive and trusting relationships across a wide range of stakeholders
• Knowledge of fixed plant bulk materials handling equipment
• An understanding of schedule and cost management
• A current ‘C’ class driver’s licence

What we offerBe 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 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)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Domestic relocation assistance

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 workingRio Tinto Projects helps to grow our business by building new mines and assets as well as studying the different options for both new construction projects and operations approaching closure. We are recognised for delivering safely, on time and on budget or better, and have won multiple awards for our work, including at the Amrun Bauxite mine in North Queensland, Australia, and on the AutoHaul™ driverless trains in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

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 Friday the 23^rd of June 2020 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).