Specialist Wind Monitoring & PCV

Specialist – Wind Monitoring & PCV

• Exciting opportunity to join Rio Tinto Energy Development Western Australia team
• Make a difference with the things that matter
• Newly created opportunity within Rio Tinto Perth

Rio Tinto has recently launched a dedicated team to deliver large renewable energy solutions across our major jurisdictions. Rio Tinto Energy Development is focusing on accelerating the development of future energy assets and securing high quality renewable energy development optionality. The team's focus on the provision of green energy will enable the decarbonisation of the company’s existing industrial operations and support Rio Tinto’s future growth.About the roleRTED has been established to support and accelerate the delivery of the Rio Tinto strategy. RTED will drive project delivery, with multiple renewable energy workstreams moving at pace. To advance Rio Tinto’s decarbonisation agenda, RTED will work closely with existing teams across our Product Groups and supporting functions to accelerate the delivery of renewables into the energy supply mix. To achieve this objective and to maintain future growth optionality, RTED requires Specialists with a demonstrated experience in Wind Monitoring.

The Specialist will report to the Development Manager Wind, this position is based in Perth Responsible for managing investigations , design, procurement and execution of the wind monitoring and Geotechnical campaign and assessment. This includes validation of meteorological , geotechnical and power performance data collected from Wind and Solar development sites.

• Develop a wind monitoring program to characterise, assess and forecast potential wind resources
• Develop a multi site – multi year wind monitoring program
• Rank potential developments based on gross wind resource potential, environmental constraints, technical constraints, accessibility, constructability and proximity to available grid connections
• Develop monitoring project scopes, estimates and plans to manage the end-to-end project execution
• Select appropriate resource analysis systems
• Develop and implement an effective stakeholder engagement plan and manage stakeholder relationships throughout the life of the project
• Monitor, manage and report all relevant project performance indicators to meet business requirements
• Coordinate with vendors / consultants as required and monitor performance against contract requirements.
• Wind data and Power curve verification analysis
• Provide technical support and direction to project stakeholders, building on and sharing the lessons learnt
• Manage and analyse Geotechnical Investigations and co-ordinate site works
• Identify and where appropriate implement improvements to resource assessment program and project delivery methods

About you

• Commitment to uphold Rio Tinto values and behaviours
• Wind resource evaluation including the use of associated software
• Understand how to build trust quickly within a team and maintain that trust
• Experience with Met Mast, Sodar and LiDARs
• Experience using GIS tools
• Experience in statistical meteorological data analysis
• Early works Project management experience
• Engineering background (Civil or Electrical )
• Power curve verification (PCV) or Geotechnical experience would be beneficial but not essential

This is an exciting time at Rio Tinto and we are looking for an open minded and collaborative team member to come and join us. You will get to partner with this forward-thinking business, demonstrating your resourceful ideas at all levels and with various stakeholders.

What we offer

Be 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 culture that is supportive of flexible working options
• 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

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.

Applications for this role will close on October 23^rd however we do reserve the right to close the role earlier.