Specialist Geoscientist

Specialist Geoscientist – Perth  

• Global mining organisation with an exceptional safety culture and strong values

• A learning, productive environment with an established team of professionals

• Permanent role Perth CBD

About the role

We are seeking a Specialist Geoscientist to join the Rio Tinto Iron Ore (RTIO) Resource Geology team. 

The primary focus of the role is creating geological models and completing resource estimates to support the development of orebodies for the future of RTIO.

The role reports to the Superintendent Geoscience within the Modelling and Data Systems (MDS) team of Resource Development.

Role Responsibilities:

• Completion of Geological Models using geoscientific data.

• Undertaking Resource Estimations using geostatistical methods.

• Ensuring the models are fit-for-purpose and delivered to RTIO standards.

• Communicating and presenting to stakeholders

• Data management

• Using reconciliation data to improve and validate models

• Ensuring risks are flagged and communicated.

• Contributing to, and implementing continuous Improvement initiatives

Required Skills:

The right candidate must have a Geology degree, along with

• Demonstrated collaboration and communication skills.

• Being self-motivated with a drive for success and continuous improvement.

• Commitment to Rio Tinto Values, Behaviours and Safety.

• An understanding of how resource models impact the value chain.

• The ability to use reconciliation data to understand problems and aid the estimation process.

• An understanding of sampling methods, assay laboratories, and QA / QC.

• Excellent problem-solving skills.

• Have a good understanding of the nature of deposit types, mineralogy and material types across RTIO.

• An ability to manage and evaluate large geoscientific data sets.

• A working knowledge of 3D geological and geostatistical modelling software (including, but not limited to Vulcan, Isatis/Neo, Supervisor and Leapfrog) is preferable.

• A minimum of 5 years industry experience.

• A current and valid Western Australia “C” class licence, or equivalent is preferable.

Desired Skills:

• Mine Geology, Exploration, and/or Grade Control experience.

• University level qualifications in Geostatistics.

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)  

• 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

Where you will be working 

This role is based in Perth at our Central Park office, with travel to our iron ore operations in the Pilbara as required.

Ready to experience something unique? Come work with us.

Applications close on Thursday 22nd May 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.

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