Environment Technical Officer

2 weeks ago

Brisbane, Australia Rio Tinto Full time

**Environment Technical Officer - Amrun - Weipa**
- Share your expertise and knowledge with the wider team
- Live and work in one of the most unspoilt places in the Far North
- Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion

About the role

**All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.**

We are looking for an **Environmental Technical Officer** to provide operational support for Rio Tinto Weipa Bauxite mine. We are looking for a capable Technical Officer who will be responsible for collection and processing environmental monitoring data and equipment maintenance. This is an excellent role for someone with exceptional attention to detail, who enjoys working with different teams and is very organised. This role requires you to be able to safely work across site and ensure that monitoring is safely completed as per schedule.

This exciting role will collaborate with environmental professionals and other relevant Rio Tinto stakeholders in order to drive environmental performance and achieve key operational milestones.

Amrun is located 40km south of the Embley River, between Weipa and Aurukun. At Amrun, you can experience a hybrid lifestyle enjoying the new camp and facilities during shift and relaxing with friends and family in Weipa on your days off.

Reporting to the **Specialist Environment** and working in a diverse team, you will be:

- Implement, maintain and complete environmental monitoring and measurement to demonstrate compliance, including surface water, ground water, potable water, air emissions, noise) as identified in our monitoring programs in mining and remote settings
- Manage the environmental monitoring facilities and equipment to ensure ready and correct supply of data to the required standards
- Contribute to continual improvement of the implementation of monitoring systems
- Database management, review and analysis through Envirosys
- Annual Waters reporting
- Assist in the assessment of compliance with environmental licence conditions through inspection of work areas to monitor effectiveness of controls and provide advice on incident response and ensure incidents are closed out as directed
- Assist with the management of hazardous substances
- Report on the performance of individual water monitoring sites and identify/resolve issues

**What you’ll bring**
- Undergraduate degree or Diploma of Water Industry Operations, Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience in an appropriate field
- Proven water monitoring experience in remote areas
- Strong data analysis skills
- Competent knowledge of remote work and 4x4 skills
- Working understanding of current government regulations, requirements and legislation
- Strong report writing skills and with good working knowledge of databases and spreadsheets
- Ability to influence and communicate with various stakeholders
- Capability to organise and seek information utilising your resources and network

It will also be beneficial if you have:

- Experience in Envirosys database

**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 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)
- Domestic relocation assistance

In addition you will receive:

- Weipa accommodation benefit
- Weipa remote area allowance
- Remote area holiday travel assistance

**About Rio Tinto**

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers - generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium - the world’s first to be certified “responsible” - helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

**Where you’ll be working**

Rio Tinto Weipa is located 900km north-west of Cairns on the Gulf of Carpentaria and has been operating for over 50 years. Over the years, it has developed into a vibrant and diverse cultural hub of the Western Cape. Weipa offers a coa

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