AddressGraduate Mining Engineer – Weipa, QLD
What’s your passion? Is it to think up sustainable solutions? Push A.I. forward? Or supporting local communities? Whatever your passion is, we believe that the best ideas come from bringing together different perspectives. That’s why Rio Tinto’s graduate program brings together people from different backgrounds to work toward a common goal: to make our future better. Do you want to drive change? It’s time to come together and create tomorrow with a graduate role at Rio Tinto.
About the role
We’re looking for an exceptional Mining Graduate to join our Graduate Programe in Weipa, Qld in a permanent, residential role who wants to learn and make an impact. At Rio Tinto, you’ll have the flexibility, choice and freedom to be yourself and direct your career, our Graduate Programe gives you the perfect start.
In fact, as well as experience in your chosen field, you can expect:
- A comprehensive Graduate programme that gives you the tools to excel and progress
- A diverse and highly inclusive team culture that encourages collaboration across geographies, commodities, disciplines and markets
- Access to industry-leading professionals who’ll nurture your talent and help to fast track your career
- Exposure to innovative projects and technology that will propel mining into the digital age
What you’ll bring
To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Mining or similar
- Ideally Graduated or in your final year of study/have recently graduated within 2 years
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- The ability to work independently and within a team with strong interpersonal and collaborative skills
What you’ll get
- Domestic relocation assistance on offer
- Weipa accommodation benefit
- Remote area allowance
- Health cover scheme for employees and their immediate family
- Salary sacrifice & packaging options – rental, mortgage, super, vehicle
- Rio Tinto employee share program
- Employee discounts – banking, accommodation, motoring, 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
Our Weipa Operations includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, ship loaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals. Located on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, each year the operation produces more than 35 million tonnes of bauxite.
Our operations are supported by a 1,900-strong workforce—including 26 per cent who are women and 25 per cent Indigenous employees. Activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, ports, cultural heritage management, and processing facility management.
The development of our new mine, Amrun, which was completed in 2018, will extend the life of our Weipa bauxite operations by decades to come and significantly build on our 55-year history on the Western Cape.
Including you
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.
Our Approach
We were proud to be the first mining company to embrace Indigenous land rights in Australia in the 1990s, and we continue to recognise that our Australian mines are on land that has belonged to Indigenous groups for tens of thousands of years. We respect their ongoing deep connection to Country and recognise that Indigenous Australians continue to hold vast knowledge about it. Today, we have many agreements with Traditional Owners globally. These community agreements are long-term, often with horizons beyond 50 years, and they help us establish relationships and run our business in a way that delivers mutual value.
Eligibility
Successful applicants must be Students in their final year of study or have recently graduated – Graduate Program to commence ideally February 2023, or August 2023 will also be considered.
Next steps
Join us and pioneer a career that will not only build your future, but drive progress for us all, apply today.
Please note, in order to be considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.
If you would like to know more about careers at Rio Tinto, join us on LinkedIn or our Talent Network http://bit.ly/RioTalentNetwork.
Applications close 14 October 2022
