September 2, 2024

Rio Tinto

Nhulunbuy

FULL TIME & OTHER

Officer - Laboratory

Officer - Laboratory

Permanent full-time role in a global mining organisation
Residential, family friendly location
Beautiful tropical coastal town of Gove, NT

About the role
Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.
We are looking for a Laboratory Officer to undertake bauxite sampling, sample preparation, analysis and reporting to internal customers. This role is a great opportunity for a safety focused, analytical individual who is experienced in laboratory operations. You’ll be part of a friendly and inclusive team, supported by your leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team.
In addition to paying competitively and providing a great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible.
Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.
Reporting to the Laboratory Specialist and working 2 days, 2 nights, 4 days off you will be:

Collecting and preparing bauxite samples for analysis using a variety of equipment and instrumentation (e.g. Rotary Sample Dividers, Jaw Crushers, Continuous Ring Mills, Thermogravimetric Analysers, X-ray Fluorescent Spectrophotometer, Carbon Analyser, Automated Fusion Equipment).
Reporting accurate results in a timely manner to internal customers.
Maintaining equipment to ensure optimum performance and minimum downtime.
Troubleshooting instrumentation.

What you’ll bring

A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
Certificate IV in Laboratory Techniques, preferably with experience in a laboratory
A manual C class drivers licence
Experience with MS Office – Access, Word and Excel (including Macros) and CCLAS database

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
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)

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 almost 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 will be working
Our Gove site in Australia’s Northern Territory has been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for more than 40 years.
Gove bauxite is shipped internationally as well as domestically to supply Queensland Alumina Limited and Yarwun refineries in Gladstone, Queensland. These refineries produce alumina as feedstock for our Australian aluminium smelting operations and for sale on the international market.
We expect our bauxite mining operations in the Gove Peninsula will cease later this decade and we are doing significant work to support closure of the operation.
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.
Applications close on Wednesday the 16th September 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)