Specialist – Laboratory

Specialist Laboratory

• Work a 5/2/4/3 condensed work week
• Enjoy a relaxed coastal lifestyle in an ideal residential environment – Weipa
• Permanent full-time employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• We offer paid parental leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Specialist Laboratory to lead the Laboratory Team who provide accurate and timely analytical services to core areas of Geology, Grade Control, Production and Commercial, in a safe and cost-effective manner. Your team will include 2 direct reports and 16 indirect reports. This challenging role involves a team split across two sites at both Northern and Southern Operations. The split of teams leads to an exciting mix of both residential and camp-based work life. 

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family; because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible.

Your role as a leader will be pivotal to the success of your team and the Weipa operations.

Reporting to the Manager Amrun Mine and working a 5/2/4/3 condensed work week across both Northern and Southern Operations, you will:

• Leading and coaching your team in safe behaviours and practices
• Coaching and guiding your team to safely prepare & analyse samples using appropriate standard procedures, ensuring quality practices are validated;
• Auditing and reviewing planned maintenance and inspection of equipment to provide safe and reliable operation;
• Facilitating the continual improvement of the Laboratory Quality Management System;
• Working closely with the leadership teams across Northern and Southern Operations

What you’ll bring

• Leadership skills and experience
• High focus on safety and productivity
• The ability to coach and guide teams to achieve goals
• Laboratory experience
• Current and valid Driver’s Licence

What we offer

• Domestic relocation assistance on offer
• Weipa accommodation benefit
• Remote area allowance
• Remote area holiday travel assistance
• Paid parental leave up to 9 months (no distinction between primary or secondary carer)
• Health cover scheme for employees and their immediate family
• Salary sacrifice & packaging options – rental, mortgage, super, vehicle
• Rio Tinto employee share programme
• Employee discounts – banking, accommodation, motoring, retail and more.

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

Our Weipa Operations includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, ship loaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals. Located on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, each year the operation produces more than 35 million tonnes of bauxite.

Our operations are supported by a 1,900-strong workforce—including 26 per cent who are women and 25 per cent Indigenous employees. Activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, ports, cultural heritage management, and processing facility management.

The development of our new mine, Amrun, which was completed in 2018, will extend the life of our Weipa bauxite operations by decades to come and significantly build on our 55-year history on the Western Cape.

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.

“Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date, therefore, if you are interested in applying for this vacancy please submit your application as soon as possible.” 

Closing date: 1^st of June 2023