Specialist Production Planning

Rio Tinto

Posted on:  10th Nov 2025

Specialist Production Planning

  • Full time, Brisbane based mining engineering role.
  • Focus on long term mine planning, associated projects and business improvement.
  • Occasional travel to site to support Rio Tinto bauxite operations.
  • Attractive salary, annual incentive program and a huge range of employee benefits and discounts designed to make life better 

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.  

We are looking for a Specialist Production Planning 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 minded engineer to provide long term mine planning direction, leadership and support.  

Reporting to the Manager Production Planning, you will be responsible for:

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

About you 

To be successfully considered for this role, you will be;

  • 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 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)
  • Possible domestic relocation assistance if required

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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.

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