Principal Geoscientist

Rio Tinto
Almaty, ALM, KZ
Competitive
Jan 23, 2021
Feb 19, 2021
666210953
Permanent
Full Time
English
Principal Geoscientist
  • Join our dynamic team and lead exciting explorations projects
  • Contribute to specific specialist areas by developing and enhancing the region's technical capability and knowledge base
  • Provide technical input to project and regional improvement initiatives
  • Role based in Almaty, Kazakhstan

About the role

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

We are looking for a Principal Geoscientist to provide the technical support and leadership in Kazakhstan. This role will be focused on development of projects from exploration through to mining. The candidate will be a highly technical leader who can lead and implement studies that have impacts right through Rio Tinto's development cycle.

This role is a great opportunity to implement technical and operational leading practice to move a project from exploration through to development. Reporting to the Programme Manager, you will:
  • Develop a detailed understanding of all relevant project and studies requirements to successfully advance the project
  • Define risks and opportunities for the project and develop controls
  • Work with consultants, technical subject matter experts and management to refine project outcomes and provide inputs to all geological and business models
  • Generate new programmes and projects for follow up and contribute to review of third party opportunities.
  • Undertake technical and report writing for management and project teams.
  • Implement business best practice for discipline/commodity by applying the technical standards and building regional capacity.
  • Implement new or refined technologies and techniques that facilitate discovery and development within the region, by assessing the program requirements and applying technical expertise to achieve the regional RTX strategy.
  • Maintain a network of discipline specialists within Rio Tinto as well as throughout industry, academia and external research and development providers to enhance technical capacity.
  • Work with programme management and contractors to effectively deliver all in field activities.
  • Contribute to the management of all health, safety, environmental and communities compliance related activities in the region by setting and monitoring objectives to ensure standards are met, and anticipating current and future risks.

About you

To succeed in this role, you will have:
  • Qualifications in Geoscience or equivalent required
  • A passionate desire to participate in discovery and development of projects
  • Solid experience in similar roles or in specialist field, e.g. geotechnical, hydrogeological or geophysically derived geotechnical data. Demonstrated leadership experience
  • Copper Porphyry experience is essential. Knowledge and understanding of the economic, technical and competitive factors relevant to the commodity, and the ability to apply knowledge of these factors to recognize potential risks and opportunities
  • Practical and demonstrated experience to manage technical drilling programmes, i.e. campaigns to deliver geotechnical or hydrogeological outcomes
  • Leadership skills, particularly the ability to develop and mentor technical teams. Along with managing multiple projects in a complex and expanding environment
  • Strong communication and influencing skills including the ability to write recommendations and reports for management and present information for a range of stakeholders.
  • Fluent in English, Russian would be advantageous

What we offer

Here is just a glimpse of our industry leading rewards package:
  • Competitive salary
  • Quarterly incentive program
  • Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
  • Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
  • Wellbeing benefits
  • Attractive share ownership plan
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Exclusive employee discounts
  • Leave for all moments that matter in life

About us

Rio Tinto's Exploration group seeks to create value for the business by discovering or acquiring new mineral resources. Organized into four regional teams (Americas, Australasia, Africa-Europe and Eurasia), the Exploration group provides both a global reach and a local presence across a range of commodities including 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.

Where you'll be working

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

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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.