Mine Production Engineer for the Oyu Tolgoi Underground

• Join dynamic group, committed to your growth and development
• Family Friendly 5:2 roster Brisbane
• Come join us at Rio Tinto where our people come first

For nearly 150 years, we have been producing materials essential to human progress minerals and metals that are still part of everyday life, including the copper that supports everyday life and sustainable opportunities.

Within the family of Rio Tinto operations is Oyu Tolgoi. Oyu Tolgoi LLC (OT) operates the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine, which will be one of the world's largest underground block cave mines. OT is located in the South Gobi region of Mongolia.

OT is a partnership between the Government of Mongolia (34%), Turquoise Hill Resources (66%) and Rio Tinto (approximately 50.8% of Turquoise Hill). Rio Tinto was appointed management controller of OT in December 2010 to deliver this strategically important asset for Mongolia. OT will contribute to Mongolia's social and economic development.

At Rio Tinto your voice matters. We are building a new generation mine with a family of talented people at its heart.

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Mine Production Engineer for Oyu Tolgoi. This role will be locally based from Brisbane, on a lifestyle 5:2 roster.

The Brisbane-based Technical and Integrated Planning (T&IP) team provide offshore technical support for Lift 1 of the underground operations. Within T&IP, The Underground Planning & Mine Design team provides medium-term (i.e. 3 months to 12 months, sometimes 12 months to 5 years) planning. The Studies team is responsible for long-term (i.e. >12 months to end of mine life) planning. The site-based Technical Services team is responsible for short-term (i.e. shift to 3 months) planning. There is flexibility along these default planning horizons such that teams may operate less than or greater than the specified range where there is a business need and agreement from key stakeholders.

We are an open, connected international team of technical specialists using some of the most exciting data and tools on the planet. We are the world leader in automation and smart mining. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills.

Reporting to the Senior Production Engineer, the Production Engineer will be initially responsible for supporting the medium-term Production Planning function. This involves working with the T&IP Production Planning team as well as supporting the T&IP Scheduling and Systems teams. The T&IP focus is to ensure safe delivery of credible, schedule compliant and sustainable plans to achieve the Panel 0 production milestones (i.e. Undercut Start, First Draw Bell and Sustainable Production) in Deswik and PCBC software scheduling systems.

The role will be complemented with the highest commitment to safety and ethics, in support of Rio Tinto and OT values and strategic objectives.

Reporting to the Senior Production Engineer, you will:

• Be involved with Mine Planning and Life of Mine initiatives
• Promote and adhere to the Rio Tinto safety system and risk management
• Participate in rolling annual planning and reporting cycles
• Establish strong working relationships with key internal stakeholders
• Optimisation projects to support schedule improvements as required
• Develop written procedures and documentation for scope and activities
• Potential for international travel to site when travel restrictions are eased (i.e. potential frequency is once per quarter for approximately 2 weeks per trip)

What you'll bring

• Strong Production and Planning knowledge
• Mine Design
• Analytics knowledge
• Critical Thinking
• Exposure to and experience with Vulcan and/or PCBC, and Deswik software with an ability to upskill quickly
• Demonstrated experience in both mine engineering and mine production roles in an underground environment
• Concise and deliberate written and verbal communication skills on technical matters
• Initiate, develop and maintain effective and sustainable relationships with working groups
• Work closely with the stakeholder teams to ensure that potential issues are identified early, and effective solutions are implemented to resolve them
• Excellent time management capacity
• The motivation and ability to be self-driven but also collaborative
• AusIMM Member, Competent Person (CP), or CP in Training will be highly regarded

What we offer
Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress. We offer:

• 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)

Creating an inclusive and diverse workforce

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.

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.

Applications for this role will close on May 28th however we do reserve the right to close the role earlier.

This role is for applicants residing in Australia.