Officer Environmental Monitoring

We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

• More time for down time with a lifestyle friendly roster 8 days on, 6 days off

• FIFO from Perth or Busselton

• Opportunities and Support to learn and grow your career

About the role

We are looking for an Environmental Monitoring Officer to join our Gudai-Darri Health, Environment, Safety and Community (HSEC) team. In this role you’ll work closely with the site environmental advisor and site operational teams to safely carry out environmental monitoring activities in accordance with asset and regulatory approval requirements. You’ll also help to drive a culture of safety and continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to do things better and putting new ideas into action.

You’ll be part of a collaborative team, with support to grow personally and professionally, while enjoying more time for what matters most with a roster 8 days on, 6 days off.

This is a great opportunity, whether you’re experienced or early in your career, for someone who enjoys problem solving, working both independently and as part of a team, and thrives in both office settings and challenging outdoor environments.

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible.

Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

Reporting to the Manager Health, Safety, Environment, Community (HSEC) – Gudai-Darri, the role will require you to:

• Develop, maintain and implement a monitoring schedule to achieve compliance with environmental obligations

• Ensure environmental monitoring data is stored and maintained in the data management systems

• Maintain and calibrate environment fieldwork equipment and assets.

• Report on monthly metrics monitoring and highlight any non-conformances.

• QA/QC and compliance reviews of data and communication to Environment Advisors

• Support Contractor Management for execution of environmental monitoring programs

• Raise monitoring exceedances and support environment incident investigations as required

• Build strong relationships with key operational and functional partners.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• An understanding of environment legislation and environmental risk in an operational setting

• Capacity to troubleshoot infield problems with equipment

• Experience with sampling/monitoring programs

• Experience in remote work

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

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

• 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.

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

Our Gudai-Darri iron ore mine is our most technologically advanced mine. In addition to leveraging technology already in use across Rio Tinto, such as autonomous trucks, trains and drills, Gudai-Darri also has more than 70 design innovations including a reclaimer with a rotable bucket wheel, a world class laboratory and in-field access to data and systems for all team members.

The Caterpillar mining fleet at Gudai-Darri includes autonomous trucks, production drills, and in a world first, autonomous water carts. 

Located 110km north-west of Newman, Gudai-Darri will produce up to 43 million tonnes of iron ore a year in its first phase, contributing to our flagship product, the Pilbara Blend™. It will also become a production hub for our iron ore business, incorporating world class infrastructure and a 166-kilometre rail line connecting the mine to our existing network.

Gudai-Darri is creating jobs and business opportunities in Western Australia. More than 2,000 people have been employed as part of its construction with approximately 600 permanent operational roles created.

Applications close on the 4th of August 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.

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