Network Engineer LTE

Network Engineer - LTE

• Great opportunity to join a global leader in mining
• Excellent work environment where people are valued and respected
• Work in a fast-paced environment with lots of opportunity for exposure to both highly visible projects and cutting-edge technology
• Permanent opportunity based in Perth

About the role

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

We are looking for a Network Engineer (LTE) who will be responsible for technical assurance over solution design, implementation, and support documentation of LTE networks across Rio Tinto to deliver technical solutions that align to standards, business and operational requirements. You will work closely with project stakeholders, project and operational teams, governance bodies and delivery vendors.

You will be the Subject Matter Expert in LTE communications technologies, focusing on either Core, Backhaul, Access or Infrastructure.

Reporting to the Superintendent D&E – Major Projects and working in a collaborative and exciting environment within our IS&T project delivery team, you will:

• Through analysis and knowledge of technical communications solutions, ensure the right technical solution is delivered to meet the business requirements
• Provide technical review, assurance and approval of vendor submitted documentation, including designs and bill of materials across the Rio Tinto LTE environment
• Witness and approve equipment factory acceptance testing, and configuration in line with Rio Tinto standards and guidelines
• Develop, document, represent and assure technical change management and testing executed by vendors to ensure successful solution delivery.
• Work closely with Rio Tinto approved vendors to ensure vendor solutions are delivered to the business in line with Project schedule during approved change windows, to meet business requirements.

What you’ll bring

• Commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Proven experience in designing and delivering large scale LTE network solutions.
• Strong understanding of the change management process with the ability to champion technical changes to a non-technical audience
• Strong knowledge of Nokia suite of products, specifically SAR-8, Air Scale, Flexi-eNodes and MPT and UBT microwave, and Cambium PTMP.
• Heavy exposure to large scale production critical LTE networks
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills including the ability to effectively work with multiple stakeholders and external vendors
• Proven experience of HTZ planning tool
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Tertiary education in Telecommunications Engineering, or relevant industry experience
• Experience in reviewing and preparing documentation suitable for transitioning project deliverables to operational support.

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
• 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
• 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)

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 will be working

Rio Tinto Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) operates to enable better alignment with customer priorities, end-to-end accountability and flexibility to prioritise critical work. The function provides solutions that are aligned with current and future business requirements through the development and ongoing delivery of IT strategy and solution roadmaps. Through appropriate governance, consultative processes, and the use of industry best practices, IS&T also ensures that emerging technologies and innovative ideas are constantly evaluated, considered, and adopted, to provide easy-to-use, best-in-class solutions and services.

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.