Principal Geotechnical Risk

3 months ago

Perth, Australia Rio Tinto Full time

**Principal Engineer Geotechnical - Perth**
- ** Opportunity to play a leading role in one of the largest and most well established geotechnical communities within Australia**:

- ** Drive change, innovation and promote value added growth as part of our work**:

- ** Lead the business by making balanced decisions that consider economic, environmental and sustainability perspectives for future success**:

- ** Perth based role offering great work life balance**

**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 **Principal Geotechnical Engineer** to join our Geotechnical Engineering Team in Perth. You will lead a team of geotechnical professionals who are responsible for the geotechnical assurance across all of our Pilbara Mining Operations and will therefore the have significant insight and influence on the technical development and direction of the site based geotechnical community. You will work closely with the design geotechnical engineering principals to provide site performance feedback to ensure that our geotechnical design strategy is optimised. You will also contribute to identifying developing and implementing of strategic geotechnical projects to benefit RTIO.

This role is a great opportunity for someone with the ability to effectively engage and influence a professional team to achieve business objectives. Reporting to the geotechnical engineering manager in the Mine Technical Services division, you will:

- Lead and work in a way that puts health, safety and wellbeing of employees as a first priority
- Develop effective relationships with site based operational and technical leadership to promote the proactive implementation of our slope risk management standard.
- Ensuring the team has appropriate resources and training to succeed in their roles.
- Mentor and provide coaching to direct team members and identify where coaching may be needed within the broader geotechnical community of 70+ professionals.
- Facilitating the interaction between the Life of Mine team and other key stakeholders to produce the best outcome for Rio Tinto. Managing stakeholder expectations through clear and appropriately frequent communication.
- Providing slope stability assurance guidance, geotechnical processes, and assurance reviews recommendations to all operational sites and associates stakeholders (Water Resource Evaluation, Resource Evaluation, Rail, Ports, etc).
- additional responsibility of “Qualified Individual” for selected Pilbara mines under Rio Tinto D3 standard for management of pit slopes, stockpiles, spoil, waste dumps and natural slopes, where you will work closely with a range of stakeholders to drive compliance to this standard

**What you’ll bring**
- A tertiary degree in Geotechnical Engineering or similar with extensive experience in the resources industry and a strong multi-disciplinary and multi-commodity background.
- Technical and operational understanding of surface mine design, operating practices and the impact of the mining operations on value chain outcomes
- Competency in Risk Management and Risk Assessment
- A good understanding of the geotechnical requirements aligned with the risk profile as projects transition from early stage exploration through OOM, PFS and FS.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with senior technical professionals and senior leaders to achieve outcomes through the sharing of expertise, skills and technical capability.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, a C class driver’s license and a shared vision for an injury free workplace where safety, teamwork, respect, integrity and excellence are valued

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
- Flexible working arrangements
- A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
- Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidized private health insurance for employees and immediate family.
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