Specialist Studies Engineer

Specialist Studies Engineer

• Join an organisation where the culture is inclusive, exciting and performance driven
• Build a rich and rewarding career with a global mining organisation
• Be an integral part of a small team with a rapidly expanding portfolio of work – based at our Central Park office, Perth

About the role

We are currently looking for a Specialist Studies Engineer to join our Dampier Salt Limited (DSL) Engineering and Reliability team. You will be responsible for the development of key strategic projects through the study phases.

This role is a great opportunity to apply your skill set in project development, including scope development, managing delivery of order-of-magnitude and pre-feasibility studies, and developing business cases for key, strategic projects. Your work will set-up Dampier Salt assets for long-term and sustainable success.

As part of the wider Rio Tinto Iron Ore operations, Dampier Salt has three operations located at Dampier, Port Hedland and Lake MacLeod and is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. Through a sustainable process of solar evaporation of sea water, we reliably deliver high quality salt essential for making thousands of products used in everyday life. At our Lake MacLeod operations, we also mine and export gypsum to customers in Australia and Southeast Asia. DSL is the world’s largest exporter of seaborne salt, with capacity to produce approximately 10.3 million tonnes every year.

Reporting to the Engineering and Reliability Superintendent, you will:

• Establish boundaries and strategies for project studies by identifying business needs, stakeholder requirements and key risks.
• Produce comprehensive business cases, present to senior leaders and gain approval to progress projects through stages.
• Develop detailed scopes of work and tender packages.
• Complete tender evaluations from both a technical and commercial perspective.
• Lead and manage delivery of projects through the study phases (OoM, PFS) – either through engaging a consultant or completing an in-house study.
• Work closely with stakeholders throughout the studies to determine viability of options, from construction to operation.
• Ensure that safety is considered at all stages of the project cycle
• Take a cost-effective approach to delivery of project scopes, and ensure outcomes meet business constraints.
• Develop and manage schedules, workflow and deliverables, with regular reporting to stakeholders and leaders.
• Lead the studies planning and budgeting for future years
• Contribute your knowledge to developing engineering standards and specifications.

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

• A tertiary qualification in an Engineering discipline
• Demonstrated engineering project development and delivery capability
• Experience in the development of sustaining capital projects through study phases
• Experience in project management and construction
• Site based experience in the mining and resources industry
• A proactive approach with a commitment in driving a safe and inclusive team culture
• C Class driver’s licence
• Full and unrestricted eligibility for employment within Australia

Where you will be working

This position will be based in Perth at our Central Park office, working Monday to Friday. This role will include some site travel to our three Dampier Salt Operations, but with the flexibility to work around your own personal and family priorities.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, you’re 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 competitive 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 and extensive salary sacrifice and 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)

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.

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.

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia.

Applications close on 03 February 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).