Land & Mineral Rights Specialist II

Land and Mineral Rights Specialist II

• Perth or Brisbane location

• A unique opportunity to be part of a collaborative and supportive team

• Work for a diverse and global organisation

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

Rio Tinto is seeking a dynamic and experienced Land and Mineral Rights Specialist II to work within the Tenures and Approvals team, providing tenement management and approvals support within Rio Tinto's Exploration group.

This role is a great opportunity to expand your knowledge and experience as part of a diverse business. Supporting our Australasia portfolio, you will work with stakeholder groups, including government departments and our own Geologists.   The role supports multiple commodities, and you will build your knowledge across multiple jurisdictions within Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Laos. 

Reporting to the Land and Mineral Rights Manager and working in a collaborative community, your responsibilities will include:

• Prepare and lodge exploration tenement applications and various compliance documentation, including renewals, variations to tenement conditions and reports.

• Coordinate the submission of approvals documentation, including water licenses, ground disturbance permits, regional interest development approval applications and site-specific environmental authorities.

• Review tenement and approval-related requests and provide advice on process and procedures.

• Assist the project teams to ensure all relevant licences and approvals are in place in order to undertake exploration activities.

• Ensure strict compliance with statutory obligations.

• Maintain documents and databases to monitor and manage the compliance obligations of the exploration tenement portfolio.

• Liaise with statutory bodies, stakeholders, and industry rep bodies regarding tenement management issues, including amendments to mining legislation, regulations, and guidelines.

What you will bring: 

• Commitment to safety of yourself and your team.

• Highly experienced in tenement management (a number or years experience in similar environments would be advantageous).

• Experience with the interpretation of legislation and associated regulation.

• Experience with government lodgement portals, including GIS systems (e.g. GeoResGlobe, WAMAX, MyMinesOnline, Tengraph, MTO, etc.).

• Clear understanding of exploration tenement application processes and compliance obligations.

• A good understanding of related legislation as they impact upon tenement management (e.g. Environmental, Local government, Native Title, Safety)

• Well-developed negotiation, communication and problem-solving skills.

• Experience in the use of Landfolio or an equivalent tenement management database would be viewed favourably.

What we offer:

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you have 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 subsidized 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 goals.

• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support.

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more).

• Flexible working arrangements.

If this sounds like you and the opportunity you are looking for, apply now. Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

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.

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