Rio Tinto Iron Ore - Yandicoogina: Production Engineer

* Fly in Fly Out roster- 9 days on and 5 days off
* Development opportunities
* Supportive team

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK. Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa.

Rio Tinto Iron Ore provides unrivalled flexibility by operating and maintaining the diverse assets owned by Hamersley Iron and Robe River in the northwest of Western Australia. We will offer you commitment to a safe, injury free working environment, a highly competitive salary package, and the opportunity to experience a unique lifestyle whilst developing your career. With combined operations comprising three shipping terminals, eleven mines and the largest heavy freight railway in Australia, the Pilbara operations produce more than 150 million tonnes of iron ore annually and are growing towards an annual production rate of 220 million tonnes.

Yandicoogina is a fly in fly out operation located approximately 84km northwest of Newman, in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia. Yandi's total iron ore output has reached 52 million tonne per annum and is set to increase even further. Facilities at the mine's campsite include a gymnasium, indoor cricket pitch, swimming pool, tennis facilities, golf putting green squash courts, wet mess, dry mess and laundry facilities.

Reporting to the Mine Production Superintendent, this important role will provide technical support to the production department with the aim of improving the mine's performance with efficiency and cost effectiveness in a safe manner.

Key accountabilities of the role include but are not limited to:-

* Co-ordinating and providing technical support to the production department
* Ensuring efficient/cost effective utilisation of plant and other resources
* Undertaking technical and operational improvements
* Managing multiple projects
* Monitoring and reporting of performance against plans and budget
* Assisting the planning department

You will have tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering or a related discipline and ideally hold an Unrestricted Quarry Managers Certificate. With a solid background from within the mining environment you will preferably had previous exposure to Short Term Planning and experience as a Production Supervisor. Knowledge of large scale open pit mining techniques and computer literacy in mine planning software is also required.

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