Engineer Mining

Engineer Mining

• Advance your career in a dynamic, fast paced team environment
• Family friendly 9 Day Fortnight – Days Only!
• Residential role – live in Weipa a beautiful coastal community in Far North QLD.

About the role

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

We are currently seeking a Mine Production Engineer to consistently provide reliable, accurate and sustainable mine planning services and support in order to position Mining and Plant operations for optimal performance.

The principal role accountability is to produce the Weekly Plan with the aim of maintaining planned grades and production tonnes. Reporting to the Senior Mining Engineer, the main components of achieving the minimum required standard include:

• Producing accurate mine scheduling information for integrated operations.
• Completing production area maps for grade control.
• Communicating planning material to Mine Planning, Mine and Plant Operations and Field Maintenance personnel
• Providing relevant maps (dump floor, dumps, parent shapes, clearing, accesses, development, ancillary tasks) and machine guidance files as required to implement dig and dump plans.
• Completing and communicating weekly plan reconciliation.
• Liaising with Supervisors and Superintendents to ensure plan implementation.
• Managing plan deviations to maintain grades and tonnes. Ensure such changes are properly communicated to peers and direct report.
• Maintaining effective communication between site and peers.

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering or a related discipline
• 2 years’ experience as a short term mine planning engineer
• Experience in planning for bauxite operations would be highly regarded
• Detailed understanding of Truck / Loader scheduling and operation
• Practical understanding of all other mining design, scheduling, and operation
• Basic understanding of supply chain management.
• Sound level of proficiency in basic business software (Excel, Word and PowerPoint or similar)
• Basic proficiency in business management software (SAP or similar)
• High level of proficiency in CAD mining software, preferably Deswik and / or similar
• Excellent numerical analysis and data validation skills
• Knowledge of relevant mining legislation and industry practices

What we offer

• Domestic relocation assistance on offer
• Weipa accommodation benefit
• Remote area allowance
• Remote area holiday travel assistance
• Paid parental leave up to 9 months! (no distinction between primary or secondary carer)
• Health cover scheme for employees and their immediate family
• Salary sacrifice & packaging options – rental, mortgage, super, vehicle
• Rio Tinto employee share program
• Employee discounts – banking, accommodation, motoring, retail and more.

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Weipa is located 900km north-west of Cairns on the Gulf of Carpentaria and has been operating for over 50 years. Over the years, it has developed into a vibrant and diverse cultural hub of the Western Cape. Weipa offers a coastal community rich in geographical beauty and cultural heritage that provides families with opportunities to participate in leisure activities, sports and community events. With a strong sense of community, the region has plenty of natural beauty to offer including the opportunities for boating, fishing, camping and exploring. Construction of the Amrun mining operation, located 40 kilometers southwest of Weipa, was completed in late 2018 expanding our bauxite operations to continue production from one of the world’s premier bauxite deposits.

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 aluminum – 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.

#gts

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 situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and Inclusion

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.