Senior Geotechnical Engineers - Pilbara

Rio Tinto
Brockman, WA, AU
Competitive
Nov 25, 2021
Dec 23, 2021
721265603
Permanent
Full Time
English
Senior Geotechnical Engineers Pilbara
  • Be part of a team with an exceptional safety culture
  • Great opportunity to make a difference
  • Join our close-knit leadership team

About the role

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

We are looking for Senior Geotechnical Engineers to join our mine technical services teams in the Pilbara. This role is being offered on a family friendly 8 days on, 6 days off, fly in fly out roster.

In this site-based leadership role, you will lead and mentor a team responsible for the proactive management of geotechnical risk. You will also provide input into drill and blast design as well as slope monitoring system design, installation and performance management.

What you'll bring

With tertiary qualifications in Science, Earth Science or Engineering, you will have considerable open pit operational geotechnical experience including structural/geological pit and/or surface mapping. You will also have experience in geotechnical logging, data collection and validation, along with excellent writing skills, attention to detail and an ability to problem solve.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard 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

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 will be working

In the Pilbara region of WesternAustralia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class,integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700kilometre rail network and related infrastructure all designed to respondrapidly to changes in demand.

We are one of the world's leadingproducers and exporters of iron ore.

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.

Applications close 24 December 2021 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).