Senior Scheduling Engineer | Underground

SENIOR ENGINEER SCHEDULING | OYU TOLGOI UNDERGROUND OPERATION

• Join a dynamic & innovative team, helping shape one of the world’s most significant underground operations
• Encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Permanent role based in Brisbane | Family-friendly 5:2 roster | Working at home flexibility & international travel

About the role

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

We are looking for a Senior Engineer Scheduling for Oyu Tolgoi (OT). This role will be Brisbane-based, on a lifestyle 5:2 roster. Occasional international travel to Mongolia will be required (~2 trips per year).

This is a great opportunity for a mining engineer to join one of the world’s most significant underground mining projects. The role offers a broad scope of unparalleled experiences and will put you at the forefront of mining innovation and technology. We are currently commencing a critical phase of undercutting of our “Super Cave”, so it’s a very exciting time to join the team.

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 Superintendent - Scheduling & Systems, key duties will include:

• Leading the life-of-mine underground development schedule (typically twice per year)
• Working closely with the Studies team to run life-of-mine schedules for study cases
• Working closely with the OT site teams to cascade long-term schedules through to the medium and short term
• Fostering strong stakeholder relationships
• Ensuring schedules are practical, consider key interactions, and are adequately resourced
• Undertaking general scheduling related project and trade-off work
• Management of the long-term critical path to key mining milestones
• Further establishment, refinement and simplification of scheduling processes and ways of working
• Seek opportunities to improve safety and implement improvements to reduce risk

What you will bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and others
• Mining Engineering degree or equivalent with significant post graduate experience
• Extensive mine design and scheduling experience using the Deswik suite
• Demonstrated practical underground mining experience
• A strong desire to learn and grow not only as an engineer, but as an individual
• Highly effective communication and stakeholder management skills, including ability to collaborate remotely with global teams
• Integrated schedule management, with sound understanding of ventilation, construction, and geotechnical influences
• Mass mining exposure (highly regarded)
• Experience in data management, analysis and visualisation with programs such as Tableau, PowerBI or Excel (highly regarded)

What we offer

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP)
• Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
• Excellent retirement plan
• A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays)
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

Where you will be working

The Rio Tinto Copper group is a global organisation with operations and projects in the U.S. (Kennecott Utah Copper, “RTKC”, and Resolution Copper Project), Mongolia (Oyu Tolgoi), Simandou (Guinea) and Western Australia (Winu Cu-Au project). The portfolio also includes interests in a non-managed joint venture in Chile, in addition to exploration & evaluation interests and other minor investments. 

Oyu Tolgoi LLC, Mongolia’s largest copper and gold mining company, is a strategic partnership between the Government of Mongolia, Turquoise Hill Resources and Rio Tinto. Located in the South Gobi, Oyu Tolgoi commenced shipment of product to customers in July 2013. Oyu Tolgoi is managed by Rio Tinto, which is investing global expertise and cutting-edge technology to help develop Mongolia’s mining industry and ensure Oyu Tolgoi is one of the world’s most advanced mines. For Oyu Tolgoi, nothing matters more than safety. The business operates under the principle that if a job cannot be done safely, it will not be done at all.

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

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.

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.

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.