Specialist Engineer Production

Specialist Engineer Production – Robe Valley

• Work for a supportive leader who genuinely cares about the development of their team

• FIFO role at Robe Valley on an 8 days on, 6 days off roster from Perth

• Real opportunity to extend your technical experience and advance your career

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

A unique opportunity exists for an enthusiastic and motivated Specialist Engineer Production to join our Robe Valley mine operations team. With support of the brightest minds in the industry you will safely optimise production processes and drive continuous improvement to maximise output and reduce costs.

As an integral part of the Mine Technical Services team, this role will allow you to expand your knowledge of all functions within an operational mining environment and gain invaluable experience to continue growing your career. This position will suit someone who is curious, passionate about driving continuous change, can embrace out of the box thinking and with the ability to challenge the status quo!

Reporting to the Superintendent Operational Planning, you will:

• Deliver mine productivity 90-day improvement plans, data analysis, and insights into planning parameters and to drive cost reductions.

• Collaborate with internal partners across mining technical services, dewatering, fixed plant, and mobile equipment maintenance to support the mine plan.

• Inform and influence the Mine Planning team by providing appropriate parameters.

• Conduct deep dives into parameters vs. actual performance of assets against input.

• Demonstrate the Rio Tinto values of Courage, Care, and Curiosity.

About You

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering or equivalent

• Ability to lead safety & productivity improvement project work & drive improvements

• Exceptional relationship building skills coupled with your ability to engage and collaborate effectively with a diverse range of business partners will also ensure your success in this role

• A manual ‘C’ class driver’s licence

• Demonstrated experience in mine production or technical mining engineering roles within a large open pit mining environment

• Someone who thrives on a challenge and has a good understanding of the fundamental concepts that underpin value in the mining industry

• Great computer skills (Microsoft Office: Word Document, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI) and reporting and analytics skills

 It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Experience in planning and using planning software such as APS

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100% we still want to hear from you.

What we offer

• 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 and salary packaging options

• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support

• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, personal leave)

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

Where you’ll be working

Robe Valley Operations, located on Robe River Kuruma Country, is close to the community of Pannawonica in the scenic Pilbara region, approximately 200km south-west of Karratha. The operation comprises two key sites: Mesa A, which is primarily fly-in-fly-out, and Mesa J, which is strongly supported by a residential workforce living in Pannawonica.

Rio Tinto provides subsidised housing for residential employees and their families looking to enjoy a comfortable and laid-back lifestyle with modern amenities including a supermarket, cafe, medical centre, community gym, youth centre, and a primary school that also supports secondary education through supervised distance learning for older children.

Community groups provide sporting and social options for residents to get involved in, encouraging a unique balance between work and leisure for families and individuals residing in town.

Applications close on 23 November 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.

Respect and InclusionAt 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.