Practice Leader Surface Mining

1 month ago

Perth, Australia Rio Tinto Full time

**Practice Leader Surface Mining**
- ** Be part of a global mining organisation with an exceptional safety culture**:

- ** Be involved in driving Rio Tinto’s technical and operational capability in Surface Mining**:

- ** Further your career with a global mining organisation - Perth CBD**

**Where we’re all welcome**

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.

We acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strengths. The diversity of skills, life experiences, and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

**About the role**

Group Technical, which is part of Rio Tinto’s Development and Technology (D&T) Group, guides the development of global operating practices, standards, guidelines and tools. We are looking for a Practice Leader Surface Mining in Group Technical’s Surface Mining Centre of Excellence to provide support to Rio Tinto’s Product Groups and improve the health of the discipline across Rio Tinto to have a material impact on the sustainability of Rio Tinto.

The D&T group operates through the entire life cycle of Rio Tinto’s mines and assets, creating value through exploration, project development and technical excellence. Working in close partnership with all product groups, it focuses on finding safer, smarter and more efficient ways to manage resources and operations.

This role is a great opportunity to provide operational and technical input, advice and support to studies, projects and operations across all the groups’ diverse portfolio with the aim to achieving leading practice safety, operational and financial performance.

Reporting to the Chief Advisor Surface Mining, Practice and Performance, you will be:

- Assisting to translate D&T strategies and models into a comprehensive discipline tactics for influencing and embedding operational plans across Rio Tinto surface operations and major project studies.
- Developing and maintaining, in collaboration with others, relevant written Group-wide solutions, guidelines, measures and metrics for surface mining activities and processes
- Providing expert surface mining operational and technical advice and direction to senior management of operations/projects for the management of key technical risks and opportunities
- Providing senior technical leadership, coaching and mentoring of other surface mining professionals to develop individual and team capabilities

**What You’ll Bring**
- A degree qualification in mining engineering or other relevant discipline
- Technical and operational understanding of surface mine operating practices and the impact of the mining operations on value chain outcomes
- Significant experience in mining technical and operational roles
- In-depth understanding of mining engineering and a track record of generating practical and innovative solutions to multi-faceted technical and operational problems
- Demonstrated leadership capability of technical and/or operational teams
- Technical writing and presentation skills for capturing and communicating improvement initiatives throughout the group

It will also be beneficial if you have:

- Experience in influencing and negotiating at senior (executive) levels within a global mining organisation

**What we offer**
- A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
- A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
- 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)
- Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
- Possible domestic relocation assistance

**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 continuou

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