Specialist Mine Planner

Mine Planning Specialist

• Work in a flexible work environment where we prioritise a healthy work/life balance
• Permanent Brisbane based opportunity
• Occasional travel to site to support Rio Tinto Bauxite operations
• Paid parental leave up to 9 months with no distinction between primary and secondary carer

About the Role

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

We are looking for a Mine Planning Specialist to deliver technical mine planning and project support to Rio Tinto bauxite operations located at Weipa and Gove. This role is a great opportunity for a proactive, technically savvy mining engineer to provide long term mine planning direction, leadership and support.Reporting to the Principal Advisor - Long Term Planning, you will be responsible for:

• Reserve estimation and reporting in accordance with Rio Tinto and regulatory requirements.
• Long term mine planning, and to provide guidance to the business on upcoming capital and project requirements.
• Various project work to support mine planning and business requirements.
• Performance analysis and reconciliation to ensure validity of planning assumptions.
• Be proactive in the area of business improvement and transformation.

What you will bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Degree qualified in mining engineering or similar.
• Site based, technical mine planning experience in an open pit environment.
• Strong technical mining engineering skills (design, planning, scheduling).
• Be proactive and enjoy a collaborative and team orientated working environment.
• Proficient with mine planning software (Deswik experience will be advantageous).

What we offer

• A safely 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
• Paid Parental Leave up to 9 Months (No distinction between primary and secondary carer)
• 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 well-being support for you and your family for personal and professional matters
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

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

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 diverse cultural backgrounds.

For US

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

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Closing date – 30^th August 2022

“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.”