Engineer Project Delivery

Engineer Project Delivery – Gudai-Darri

• Help shape the future of our new generation mine site
• Join a team of technical experts who are truly passionate about what they do and extend your technical expertise
• Site based role with exposure to exciting streams of work

Where we’re all welcome

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 who we are.

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are currently looking for a Project Delivery Engineer to join the Gudai-Darri Project Readiness & Delivery team to support the mine and processing facilities with its future expansion plans. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the delivery of growth enabling projects in the fixed plant. The role will suit motivated and self-starting individuals who can apply their practical knowledge to safely deliver brownfields project work. The responsibilities of the role will allow the individual to grow their skill set with the support of a diverse team around them. 

Reporting to the Superintendent Project Readiness, your key responsibilities will be to:

• Site-based project management and implementation of varying key growth enabling projects
• Executing project scopes and working with operations and maintenance teams to achieve project milestones
• Managing contractors to execute works on-site
• Provide input into the engineering design and execution methodologies with a goal to successful project delivery
• Operational representative for design reviews and hazard assessments
• Managing and monitoring project documentation to the required company standards
• Assisting the project leads in cost estimation and control
• Ensuring that projects are adhering to quality standards and safety protocols
• Foster strong relationships with all partners through the project stages and influence at all levels
• Undertaking quality Leadership in Field (LiF) activities to review current activities, practices, and processes, and identifying any gaps for improvement
• Facilitate contractor meetings for project deliverables on-site
• Providing technical input into the definitive engineering design of the future assets, utilising your skills and experience from processing plants
• Being a point of contact on-site for Project Readiness & Delivery activities and assisting with queries from the D&T, EPCM, and Study team.

This permanent position will be offered on a fly in, fly out roster working 8 days on, 6 days off, flying out of Perth or Busselton, Western Australia. Flexibility to work in Perth when required.

What you’ll bring

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

• Tertiary or equivalent qualifications in mechanical, maintenance, reliability or mechatronics with solid background in mining and processing industries
• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Foster strong relationships with all partners in the project stages
• Minimum 3+ years fixed plant or heavy industry experience in an engineering and/or projects role
• Proven ability to plan and manage project-based work with a keen eye for detail.
• Experience in overseeing contractors within a management system framework is highly desirable
• Experience in project engineering within a brownfields mining context is highly desirable
• Solid working knowledge of industry standards and work procedures/guidelines
• Willingness to investigate and understand issues and recommend actions
• Strong communication skills with the ability to develop a rapport with key internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and as part of a high functioning team
• A knack for thinking about how the parts of a system and project work together
• Using systematic approaches to analysing problems, recording findings, and documenting them to inform future decisions.

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn’t align 100% we still want to hear from you.

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
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
• 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, cultural leave)
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:

• Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment
• Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career.
• Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.

Who we are

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 and meet opportunities.

Where you’ll be working

This position is based at our Gudai-Darri Operations, working on an 8/6 roster from Perth or Busselton.

Our $2.6 billion Gudai-Darriiron ore project is set to be our most technologically advanced mine. In addition to technology already in use across Rio Tinto, such as autonomous trucks, trains and drills, Gudai-Darri has more than 70 design innovations in scope.

When fully operational, in its first phase, Gudai-Darri will produce up to 43 million tonnes of iron ore a year, contributing to our flagship product, the Pilbara Blend™. It will also become a new production hub for our iron ore business, incorporating a processing plant and infrastructure including a 166-kilometre rail line connecting the mine to our existing network.

Gudai-Darri will also create jobs and business opportunities in Western Australia, including for Traditional Owners and Indigenous people. The construction phase will create over 2,000 jobs; when operational, we expect the mine to employ about 600 people.

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia. Rio Tinto offers Fly in and fly out options from Perth, our regional FIFO hubs and the opportunity to live in our residential towns where applicable.

Applications close on 24 April 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)