Senior Advisor Water & Tailings Dams

• Join an organisation where the culture is inclusive, exciting and performance driven
• Build a rich and rewarding career with a global mining organisation and work with people who inspire and motivate you
• Be an integral part of the global Closure Team based in Brisbane

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Senior Advisor – Water and Tailings Dams’ to provide technical support and advice to manage major hazards related to Water and Tailings Dams in the Asia Pacific region through effective engagement, communication, and collaboration with multiple assets. 

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

This role is a great opportunity to provide technical support and assistance to the Closure portfolio for closing and legacy assets and is centred around the Rio Tinto commitment to safe closure. You will play a critical part in the Rio Tinto journey to achieving safe closure whilst mitigating risks associated with geotechnical related hazards.

Reporting to the  Principal Advisor – Tailings and Geotech SME and working in a collaborative team and exciting environment you will:

• Ensure compliance with Rio Tinto’s Standards and Industry Standards and Guidelines with an emphasis on Water and Tailings Dams Risk Management in the Asia Pacific region, to ensure risks are appropriately identified and managed at all RT Closure sites.
• Support the RT Closure conformance to GISTM for closed and legacy assets.
• Identify hazards associated with water and tailings storage facilities, working closely and effectively with the assets to secure and provide appropriate technical and engineering support.
• Ensure water storage facilities are appropriately managed by the assets.

• Undertake technical review of deliverables and internal documents.
• Provide advice and guidance to Rio Tinto accountable persons (such as Responsible Dam Engineers, facility managers etc) in accordance with internal standards and guidelines.
• Provide technical review of work performed by external consultants
• Support the execution of internal and external assurance processes.
• Organise and take part in the organisation of independent technical reviews.
• Visit sites on an as needed basis for inspections and technical support.

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications in geotechnical engineering, engineering geology, civil engineering or geological sciences.
• Significant experience (~8 years) working in the field of civil engineering, geotechnical engineering water dams and/or tailing dams.
• Ability to quickly build robust business-focussed relationships, establish credibility and influence internal and external stakeholders to drive consensus and collaboration.
• Ability to work on multiple subjects of different sites concomitantly.
• Proven experience and understanding of the design and construction of water dams.
• Demonstrated experience working on projects or studies in a team environment and implementing initiatives with a commitment to the safety of yourself and the team.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain productive technical networks.
• Experience in large, complex organisations with either a global or large regional spread.
• Ability to work with an interdisciplinary technical team in problem solving.
• Experience in managing consultants and contractors.
• Strong team skills and willingness to spend short durations on site (when required).
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to speak a second language (French) is desirable.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking, and 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
• 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)
• Relocation assistance where necessary

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’s Development and Technology group engages and partner with Rio Tinto businesses across 73 operating sites, 35 countries and 6 continents to help create value, manage risk and innovate for the future, whilst providing range of support and services functions, to ensure technical optimisation, establish and transfer best practices, develop strategies to drive performance improvements, and ensure that technical innovation provides a source of long-term competitive advantage.

Rio Tinto Closure safely transforms Rio Tinto’s end of life mining, processing and infrastructure assets by developing innovative and sustainable solutions to leave a positive closure legacy. We collaborate with all parts of Rio Tinto to focus on maximizing post operational opportunities, de-risking and reducing the scale of closure liabilities and executing existing and near-term closures at optimal cost.

Applications close on Monday, 30^th January (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

Please note, to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.