Technician Laboratory

Technician Laboratory – Cape Lambert

• An exciting opportunity at the cross-section between operations, maintenance and reliability, and quality, to deliver outstanding value for the company
• Join a professional leadership group striving for improvement and alignment in quality outcomes, that are safety-driven and values inclusion
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• FIFO flexible roster options ex Perth or residential in Wickham

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

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.

The Quality Measurement and Process and Technical team at Cape Lambert deliver exceptional value for Rio Tinto through ensuring reliable and consistent quality data for all ore shipping from our Port to ensure our product is valued correctly and provide certainty for our global customers.

We are looking for a self-motivated and enthusiastic Technician Laboratory to join the Process and Technical team at Rio Tinto Cape Lambert.

The role is a great opportunity to combine your technical knowledge and experience of analytical laboratory operations, drive for continuous improvement, problem solving skills, stakeholder engagement and leadership capabilities. Working on a lifestyle roster and reporting to the Process and Technical Superintendent you will:

• Lead laboratory equipment reliability and quality outcomes, with stakeholder collaboration, to build best proactive routines to sustain changes and improvements
• Oversee effective contract management of OEM vendors
• Coordinate maintenance activities with shut planning and shift maintenance teams, and key contract partners
• Oversee quality verification process, aligned to ISO audit requirements, and monitor compliance to quality standards and manage the execution of routine quality checks
• Oversee Starlims system management
• Provide technical support to an experienced laboratory team of supervisors and operators
• Oversee the reporting of accurate analysis results
• Ensure that plant sampling and laboratory analytical test methods are undertaken safely and to a high standard
• Closely collaborate with supply chain stakeholders to ensure quality processes are provided in a timely manner including marketing and scheduling
• Identify, implement, and sustain improvements to laboratory practices and processes and ensure consistency across all teams in the lab.

This permanent position will be based at Rio Tinto’s Cape Lambert operation working on a fly in fly out roster from Perth or being residential in Wickham. Roster options are flexible.

Where you’ll be working Our port facilities consist of four shipping terminals located on the Pilbara coast at Dampier and Cape Lambert which form an essential part of our logistics process. Each terminal has facilities for train unloading, iron ore stockpiling, product blending and ship loading.

About you

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

• A commitment to safety for yourself and the wider team
• Demonstrated similar experience in sampling and laboratory analysis processes
• Tertiary qualifications in related discipline and/or Cert IV Laboratory Techniques
• Knowledge of asset reliability and related work management and shutdown processes
• Experience leading technically complex projects including developing and coaching teams
• A current "C Class" WA Manual Driver’s License

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• Attractive relocation package with subsidised housing benefits
• 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 an 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)

About Rio Tinto

Rio 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 and meet opportunities. 

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 being 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 close on 1 Dec 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)