AddressPrincipal Advisor – Refinery Process
- Alumina refinery expert providing technical support across Pacific Operations alumina refineries
- Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
- Permanent role based in Brisbane or Gladstone
- Flexible work arrangements – Full time or Part time applications will be considered
- Domestic relocation assistance available
About the role
Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.
We are currently seeking an experienced Alumina refinery expert in the role of Principal Advisor – Refinery Process to work in the Mine and Refinery Support team that provides technical support to the Pacific Operations alumina refineries, bauxite mines and the Commercial group supporting bauxite sales into China. In addition, the team leverages new process technology to improve our refineries competitive position, support the growth of our bauxite export business and develop step-change and creep technology improvement pathways.
We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive 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
Reporting to the Senior Manager Mine Refinery and Support and working within a collaborative and diverse team of specialists, you will:
- Be a key member of a team of experienced mining and refining subject matter experts. The team’s areas of expertise include mining engineering, process engineering, modelling, process control and process chemistry
- Provide timely and effective technical support to our refining operations in the areas of trouble shooting, modelling, operational support, design, risk reviews, productivity improvement and technical investigations
- Support plant trials and deliver improvement projects onsite
- Contribute technical input to nominated improvement, capital and development programs.
- Identify and quantify opportunities to maximise organisational profits. Make informed decisions based on a thorough analysis of key business information and metrics and the associated risks, benefits and trade-offs
- Provide technical training and mentoring across the Pacific Operations business
- Visibly display, and pro-actively embody, the Rio Tinto values of Care, Courage, and Curiosity
About you
You’ll be part of a supportive, inclusive, team environment. You’ll be self-motivated to achieve your best, with safety at the forefront of everything you do. You’ll inspire passion, have a desire for collaboration, and be a source of knowledge and mentoring for site teams to achieve results for themselves and the business.
To succeed in this role, you will have:
- A strong safety focus, a commitment to your own safety and to those around you
- Operations experience and knowledge of alumina refining and/or hydrometallurgy as well as a strong understanding of complex processing plants
- Tertiary qualification in Chemical Engineering or a related discipline. A higher research degree would be well regarded
- Project management and project delivery skills; particularly in Conceptual Engineering, Order of Magnitude and Pre-Feasibility Study stages
- Lean Six Sigma, Agile or Data Analytics experience
- Ability to engage effectively with operational Managers at the two Aluminium PacOps refinery sites and with leaders in the Brisbane Corporate office
What we offer
Be recognised for your contribution, 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
- 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)
- Possible domestic relocation assistance
About Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive. We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities.
Where you’ll be working
Rio Tinto is a global leader in aluminium, one of the world’s most widely used metals.
Active in the sector for more than 110 years, today we operate large-scale, high-quality bauxite mines and alumina refineries, and have the world’s most modern and competitive aluminium smelter portfolio.
Our Pacific Operations sites are located along the east coast of Australia, at the tip of the Northern Territory and in New Zealand’s south. With more than 6,000 employees, we operate a full value chain approach—mining, refining and smelting. Our portfolio includes four bauxite mines, two refineries, four smelters and one power station, and is supported by technical experts located in our Brisbane hub, including a fully operational Operations Centre for our bauxite mines.
Every Voice Matters
At Rio Tinto, we want you to be you. We want everyone, everywhere, to feel their voice is heard and respected and we’re committed to fostering a culture where individual differences—whatever they may be—are appreciated and valued. It’s what makes us safer, more productive, improves our decision-making, and helps us to create better relationships with our communities.
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.
Apply today if you want to work with the latest technology and innovation, in an environment where we support you to drive positive change.
Please note, in order to be successfully considered for a role you must complete all pre-screening questions.
Applications close on Sunday 4th of February 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).
