Superintendent Rehabilitation Planning

Superintendent Rehabilitation Planning

• Mine rehabilitation and closure is a challenging and rewarding field of work
• Be part of an organisation that embodies values of Care, Courage and Curiosity and places people at the heart
• Flexible work arrangements considered
• Perth CBD Location – Monday to Friday with ad-hoc travel to our Pilbara Operations

About the role

We are looking for a Superintendent Rehabilitation Planning to join our Rehabilitation & Closure team. This exciting, new role provides opportunity to contribute to our expanding progressive rehabilitation program. We are looking for an experienced leader with technical understanding of mining and construction related earthworks, ideally with mine landform design experience. This role will shape the future of our operations and post mining landscape. You are a proven and proactive leader and will support a passionate and high performing team. Your skill set will enable planning to deliver on an expanding annual portfolio.

Reporting to the Principal Rehabilitation, working Monday to Friday with irregular travel to our operations in the Pilbara, you will:

• Be familiar with rehabilitation and closure policy, regulation, stakeholder requirements and key risks relating to rehabilitation planning and design
• Coordinate the development of rehabilitation designs that are procurement ready to meet annual and 5 year business targets
• Have an understanding of relevant landform design tools, software and modelling
• Provide program and schedule oversight, and provide leadership to a small team
• Identify and implement improvement opportunities to enable capacity uplift
• Support successful partnerships with our contractors, SME’s and internal teams

About you

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

• Tertiary or University level qualifications in engineering, earth sciences or relevant discipline, with at least 7 years’ professional experience
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in mine rehabilitation and or civil design
• A proactive approach with a strong commitment in driving a safe working culture
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, presentation & negotiation skills, with demonstrated ability in influencing others
• Experience in contractor/consultant management
• The ability to define and implement project improvement initiatives to maximise efficiency and solutions

What we offer 

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your 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 

Where you’ll be working 

The Rehab and Closure team actively encourages and supports flexible work. This includes workdays, hours and location, in addition to flexible and part-time work schedules. Occasional site travel will be required. 

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 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. Rio Tinto offers Fly in and fly out options from Perth, our regional FIFO hubs and the opportunity to live in our residential towns where applicable. 

Applications close on 24^th January 2023. (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)