Geoscientific System and Data Specialist (Exploration)

• An exciting opportunity to be part of a team delivering business benefits to the exploration team through unlocking the value of data.
• Utilise your data transformation experience within an exploration environment
• Opportunity to work with a diverse range of partners
• Brisbane based role

About the role

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

We are looking for a Geoscientific System and Data Specialist (Exploration) to join our Data Transformation team to transform and deliver geoscientific data to the business.

This role is an exciting opportunity to work with a variety of stakeholders to provide advice and support on data transformation opportunities for the global exploration team. Reporting to the Principal Advisor, Data Transformation, you will be responsible for:

• Developing, capturing and documenting technical requirements and specifications to support the delivery of data projects to the global exploration teams in the discovery process.
• Developing and supporting standardised best practice approach for Data Transformation activities across all regions
• Assessing stakeholder requirements and providing fit-for-purpose data solutions.
• Managing partners as required to ensure projects are delivered to agreed requirements and to continually improve outcomes
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external partners
• Utilising your time management skills to track and prioritise projects
• Providing derived data products supporting the generation of data-based insights improve exploration success

What you will bring

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

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Geosciences, Earth Science or Information Technology;
• Demonstrated communication skills, including an ability to build relationships.
• Background in delivering geoscientific data solutions and projects.
• Passionate about dealing with a variety of sources and quality of data.
• Sound analytical skills to identify business requirements, as well as to evaluate data solutions to address business needs.
• The proven ability to work collaboratively with a range of senior leaders, professional and technical staff to achieve customer focused outcomes through the sharing of expertise, skills and technical capability
• Desired technical skills in using GIS (Geographic Information System), databases (SQL) and other geological based systems

What 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)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto's Exploration group seeks to create value for the business bydiscovering or acquiring new mineral resources. Organized into four regionalteams (Americas, Australasia, Africa-Europe and Eurasia), the Exploration groupprovides both a global reach and a local presence across a range of commoditiesincluding bauxite, copper, iron ore, nickel and uranium.

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.