Engineer Project Delivery

•    Elevate your career with the support of a committed leadership team
•    Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority  
•    Fly in, fly out opportunity from Perth on a 5 days on, 2 off, 4 days on, 3 off roster
 

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

We are seeking an engaging and safety-focused Engineer Project Delivery to join our Fixed Plant Maintenance Engineering team at West Angelas. You will be responsible for managing individual projects, overseeing the project progress and liaising with all stakeholders to ensure that the project is being delivered safely, timely and cost efficiently. This role will also require you to support the Project Delivery Team at Hope Downs as well, and work between the two sites. This role presents a fantastic opportunity to draw on your technical knowledge to effectively coordinate execution of work. 

You’ll be part of a friendly team, supported by your leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team.
 

Reporting to the Superintendent Project Delivery, the role will require you to:

•    Adhere to all Rio Tinto standards, policies and procedures
•    Actively foster and communicate a positive safety culture to promote safety awareness and compliance, encouraging prioritisation of safety in all activities and operations
•    Responsible for recording and escalating any design, constructability or interface issues arising
•    Manage and monitor project progress and provide site construction and technical support
•    Reviews design materials to ensure they are suitable for the project needs and in line with the project specifications
•    Independently manage and resolve technical issues to enable construction to safely complete activities on time and to specified engineering standards
•    Proactively engage with other project team members to resolve safety, technical, performance, scope, cost and schedule issues
•    Review and prepare permits and license conditions against project requirements and ensure the required requests are submitted to allow suitable time prior to project execution
•    Ensure effective work planning to provide deliverables to Construction which allow continuous construction work fronts availability
•    Responsible for specifying the requirement for any temporary construction facilities, access roads, and managing the package work scopes as required
•    Works with the customer’s resident engineering and operating personnel to coordinate construction verification activities
•    Attend daily / weekly coordination and progress meetings with the contractor as required

What you’ll bring

•    A Degree in Engineering (Electrical is highly desirable)
•    A current and valid "C Class" WA Manual Driver’s License
•    Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset  
•    Exposure to the mining industry

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 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.

Where you’ll be working

Located 110km west of Newman, West Angelas operates on a fly in fly out roster from Perth, Busselton or Broome depending on the role requirements. Operational since 2002, it was the first site to be incorporated into our Mine of the Future™ programme, trialling autonomous trucks and drills that are now fully embedded into the operations. An expansion to the accommodation village, gym and recreational facilities on site offer exceptional living.

Applications close on the 18th March 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

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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.