Project Geoscientist

Project Geoscientist

• Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better

• Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority

• Based in Perth, you will work across both the Perth Belmont office and our site-based operations right across the Pilbara

About the role
 

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.
 

We are looking for a Project Geoscientist to conduct work that inputs into projects with the potential to deliver ore bodies or project advancement capable of becoming large, low-cost, long life mines, to achieve quality area selection, rapid and efficient advancement of those projects
 

Reporting to the Senior Project Geoscientist, you will:

• Assist in target generation to deliver discovery/ advancement of projects.

• Provide technical support to specific components of project work.

• Provide input into project plan.

• Leads a straight forward project/ area or an element of a large/ complex exploration or project in a region, country or Business Unit.

• Applies techniques and technologies to projects to enable continual project prioritisation.

• Presents results to project/programme leadership

• Provides technical and operational support to specific planning and execution of exploration projects. Review assay results

• Supports the supervision of project and monitoring of technical milestones and operational requirements as projects progress

• Share knowledge of the logistical and technical aspects of the project with less experienced team members

• Ensures appropriate capture of time, cost tracks daily contractor activities

• Undertakes tenement and project activities reporting. Monitor tenement expenditure.

• Analyses performance information and makes recommendations for improvement to technical aspects of project delivery.

• Ensures personal behaviours are aligned with HSE requirements
   

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• A continuous improvement mindset

• Tertiary Degree in geoscience

• Minimum 2-3 years of Industry experience.

• Demonstrate strong knowledge and experience in geology and tenure management

• Good understanding of field geological programs, mineral resource reporting

• Good verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to frame and convey complex messages to a range of stakeholders using a wide range of communication methods
   

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
   

Rio Tinto Exploration
 

Rio Tinto Exploration (RTX)’s purpose is discovery, the safe delivery of high quality growth options for the business. Our vision is to be the best, most successful explorer. Here you can find information about the global exploration programme, the RTX Technology Strategy and other resources to learn more about what we do and how we operate.
 

Where you will be working
 

In this role you will be required to adapt an agile way of working and spread your time across both the Perth Belmont office and our site-based operations right across the Pilbara. 

Travel to the site is required on regular basis mainly in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700-kilometre rail network and related infrastructure –all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world's leading producers and exporters of iron ore.
 

Applications close on Sunday 02nd February 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.