Study Lead Tailings Closure

2 months ago

Perth, Australia Rio Tinto Full time

**Study Lead - Tailings Closures**
- Be part of a capable and supportive team
- Perth based role with ad-hoc travel

**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 strength. 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**

We are looking for a Study Lead - Tailings Closures, who will help shape the future of tailings closure planning within Rio Tinto Iron Ore, progressing studies to support facilities approaching capacity in the medium term.

You’ll be part of a supportive team, supported by your Leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team. You’ll work Monday to Friday based in Perth which will give you more time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your life.

Reporting to the **Principal Tailings and Dam Studies** you will be:

- Accountable for delivering the study outputs safely, on time and within budget.
- This includes identifying and evaluating options, challenging assumptions, and delivering on opportunities.
- Management of study risks ensuring that work is focussed reducing risk and knowledge gaps where possible, communicating changes effectively through the business.
- Managing internal governance and approvals to move through study phases.
- Supporting operational engagements to enable opportunities for progressive closure and support engagement with external stakeholders enabling advancement of the study towards a successful outcome for all parties.
- You will be managing external consultants and in-directly internal team members from various parts of the business to be successful.
- Working with the Rio Tinto Iron Ore Closure team in relation to closure readiness and study objectives relevant to post operations management and maintenance.

**What you’ll bring**
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- A tertiary qualification in Engineering, Project Management, Processing, Geoscience, Environmental Science or other relevant discipline
- Demonstrated experience in study or project management related to the fields of tailings or mine closure
- An understanding of operational tailings activities and how these can be utilised to support future closure strategies
- An ability to understand technical and stakeholder issues and solutions outside your field of expertise
- An aspiration to drive change and contribute to continuous improvement in tailings closure
- Proven leadership experience with effective influencing and negotiation skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Experience in presenting complex technical assessments to a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Strong experience and knowledge of the different study stages

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**
- A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
- A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
- 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

**Where you will be working**

The Tailings Studies team is based in Perth supporting our operations in the Pilbara with ad hoc travel to the site.

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

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