Manager Mining

Manager Mining – Paraburdoo

• Join our world class, Pilbara Iron Ore Operations and Lead our Paraburdoo Mine Operations to success

• Living close to our operations means embracing an adventurous lifestyle – red earth landscapes, ancient gorges, and coastal escapes.

• Paraburdoo Residential opportunities only – Housing & Relocation support provided for you and your family

About the role

We are looking for a Manager join our Paraburdoo leadership team and lead our Mining Operations teams to success.

As an accomplished operational leader, this is a unique opportunity to broaden your expertise and embrace a new challenge. We invite you to be part of our ongoing journey to take efficiency and safety to the next level, support the operation and business, whilst providing authentic leadership and genuine care to our people.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the General Manager, Paraburdoo and working in a challenging and exciting environment, you will be:

• Developing a performance-based culture according to our values of care, courage and curiosity which drives exemplary safety behaviours and stable operating outcomes

• Ensuring the mine achieves a standard of excellence in health and safety operations and compliance by leading and implementing health and safety policies and strategies

• Maintain an end-to-end oversight of the Production, Drill and Blast, Mine Water Management functions

• Managing mine production functions to ensure budgeted production targets are achieved in a safe, timely and cost-effective manner

• Ensuring the mine meets the operating budget requirements in the areas of quantity, quality, and cost of production

• Actively involved in the development of the mine budget and annual plan

• Evaluating and implementing best practice mining practices

• In addition to the above, you will have a key focus on fostering strong relationships with internal stakeholders and interfaces across our operational and functional teams along with external contractor, suppliers, and Traditional Owners

In addition to the above, you'll build strong relationships with internal stakeholders across our operational teams and functional support teams while externally, you'll work with our original equipment manufacturers.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team is vital for all roles at Rio Tinto

• As a genuine and authentic leader, you will bring your demonstrated care and engaging leadership style

• Integral to this role will be your ability to lead by example, build a strong connection with your team and your various stakeholders. We expect you to bring your passion for field presence and curiosity

• Experience in a managerial role within mine operations environment

• Able to measure, record, analyse and report on all drill and blast activities to obtain plan, ensure compliance and optimise performance

• Experienced in contributing to the development of a safety culture and ensuring relevant safety compliance as well as adherence to standards, processes and procedures for drill and blast operations

• A WA unrestricted quarry manager certificate

• Diploma in Mining or Frontline Management

• Statutory Position Legal Exam – Site Senior Executive

• Proven delivery experience in leadership and mine expansion projects, with a demonstrated safety focus

• A degree in mining is highly desirable

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.

We are committed to promoting diversity within Rio Tinto and as a special measure to we strongly encourage women to apply.

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) 

• Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water).

• 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 80 kilometres southwest of Tom Price, Paraburdoo rests on the traditional lands of the Yinhawangka people. The town is surrounded by some of Western Australia’s most stunning landscapes and is renowned for its natural beauty, diverse wildlife, and close proximity to Karijini National Park.

Paraburdoo is a gateway to adventure and exploration, and the town is proud of its reputation as a safe, welcoming community and an ideal place for young families to live and thrive.

Paraburdoo offers a wide range of local amenities and leisure facilities, including a domestic airport, hospital, community centre, childcare centre, primary school, parks, and various sporting venues.

The Paraburdoo Sports, Fitness and Community Complex features state-of-the-art facilities such as an Olympic-size swimming pool, indoor basketball court, and a fully equipped gym. Recent upgrades have expanded the camp facilities to 762 rooms.

With the opening of the Western Range at Paraburdoo Operations, the site now has the capacity to produce up to 25 million tonnes of iron ore annually supporting the longevity of the Paraburdoo mining hub for up to 20 years.

Applications close on the 3rd of December 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.

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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