Manager Land, Water & Facilities – Ranger Rehabilitation Project

Manager Land, Water & Facilities – Ranger Rehabilitation Project

• One of the world’s most unique rehabilitation projects at the heart of Kakadu National Park

• Enjoy a diverse and challenging environmental management portfolio as part of our site Senior Leadership Team

• 2/1 roster BIBO Darwin to Jabiru or 2/1 roster FIFO Brisbane to Jabiru

• Relocation provided

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 looking for a Manager Land, Water & Facilities to provide environmental project management leadership for the Ranger Rehabilitation Project. You will provide oversight of regulatory monitoring and reporting, including land management, water management, waste management, revegetation, ecosystem restoration and knowledge retention activities. You will also oversee the provision for site travel, accommodation and management of associated camp facilities.

You will contribute towards formulating environmental management and post-closure strategies, ensuring compliance with the project plan, schedule and budget as well as driving innovation and fit-for-purpose change to support project objectives. You will also lead a team of Superintendents overseeing 50+ employees and contractors.

Reporting to the Senior Manager Ranger Rehabilitation, you will:

• Lead people and manage the Land, Water and Facilities portfolio in line with Rio Tinto’s company values, fostering a culture of accountability and ensuring high performance, collaboration, and alignment with project goals

• Deliver project objectives, commitments and schedule milestones on time and on budget, including monitoring and reporting requirements, environmental field activities, water disposal activities (e.g. wet season water releases) as well as provision for travel, accommodation and camp facilities

• Establish and maintain post-closure strategies and plans, including delivering associated socio-economic transition objectives and post-closure readiness

• Lead engagement and coordination with Rio Tinto’s Study team on all aspects relating to environmental management in line with study outcomes

• Contribute to engagement and negotiations with regulators, government agencies and other external key stakeholders with relation to current and future environmental management activities

• Optimise value and capital efficiency by applying practices that optimise our way of working and support value creation through sound technical evaluation and project execution strategies

• Ensure safety and risk management by applying systematic hazard and risk analysis processes to support safe, compliant, and effective management of current and emerging threats and opportunities

What you’ll bring

Your technical expertise, project management and interpersonal skills will enable you to lead the Land, Water & Facilities department and deliver project value through:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Science or Engineering degree (or similar)

• Extensive experience with environmental management practices in mining (or related)

• Strong leadership skills and proven ability to drive accountability, coupled with demonstrated negotiation and influencing experience

• Creating value with a combined commercial and project mindset

• Broad experience in project management end-to-end lifecycle, and experience across Major capital projects will be highly regarded

• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication, translating technical information for broad target audiences

• Strong knowledge of project delivery and safety systems, including hazard and risk analysis, schedule and budgeting tools and processes as well as integration with key project functions

If you are excited about the role though your experience doesn't align 100%, we still want to hear from you.

What we offer

• Unique opportunity to contribute to a world-class project to return uranium mining to natural conditions surrounded by a pristine National Park environment

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment 

• Relocation

• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) 

• Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs 

• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave, cultural leave)

• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters 

• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

• Domestic relocation assistance on offer

• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options

Where you’ll be working

Energy Resources of Australia Ltd (ERA) operated the Ranger Uranium Mine near the town of Jabiru in the Northern Territory, Australia, previously mining and producing uranium oxide. In January 2021, ERA ceased all mining and processing activities at Ranger after 40 years of operation with the focus now shifting to rehabilitation.

The Ranger Rehabilitation Project is committed to the rehabilitation of the Ranger Project Area to a standard that will establish an environment similar to the adjacent Kakadu National Park. In 2024, ERA entered into a Management Services Agreement (MSA) with Rio Tinto to manage the Ranger Rehabilitation Project, which will build on ERA’s existing rehabilitation work with Rio Tinto’s technical expertise in designing, scoping and executing closure projects. We remain committed to working with all key stakeholders, including the Mirarr People to complete this important rehabilitation work.

Applications close on 29th September 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

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.

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.

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