Officer Environmental Monitoring – Dampier
We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.
9-day fortnight – operating in Dampier, living in Karratha, Dampier offers a rare blend of coastal living and career opportunities.
Permanent role with competitive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits in a globally respected organization
Enjoy regular long weekends and more balance to do the important things in life. Relocation and housing provided.
About the role
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motived Environmental Monitoring Officer to join our Dampier Health, Environment, Safety and Community (HSEC) team. In this role you’ll work closely with the site environmental advisors and site operational teams across numerous sites to safely carry out environmental monitoring activities in accordance with asset and regulatory approval requirements. You’ll also help to drive a culture of safety, performance and continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to do things better and putting new ideas into action.
You’ll be part of a collaborative and high performing team, with support to grow personally and professionally, while enjoying more time for what matters most with a residential roster of 5 days on, 2 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off – (9-day fortnight).
This is a great opportunity, whether you’re experienced or early in your career, for someone who enjoys problem solving, working both independently and as part of a team, and thrives in both office settings and challenging outdoor environments.
In addition to paying competitively and providing 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 Manager Health, Safety, Environment, Community (HSEC) - Dampier, the role will require you to:
Develop, maintain and implement a monitoring schedule to achieve compliance with environmental obligations
Ensure environmental monitoring data is stored and maintained in the data management systems
Maintain and calibrate environment fieldwork equipment and assets.
Report on monthly metrics monitoring and highlight any non-conformances.
QA/QC and compliance reviews of data and communication to Environment Advisors
Support Contractor Management for execution of environmental monitoring programs
Raise monitoring exceedances and support environment incident investigations as required
Build strong relationships with key operational and functional partners.
What you’ll bring
Formal qualification or certification in the Environmental or Marine sciences and/or proven experience of qualification in a transferable area.
A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
An understanding of environment legislation and environmental risk in an operational setting
Capacity to troubleshoot infield problems with equipment
Experience with sampling/monitoring programs
Experience in remote work
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
Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water)
Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
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, cultural leave) To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.
We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:
Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment
Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career.
Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders
Where you’ll be working
This unique role is being offered on a 5,2 – 4,3 roster, operating out of our Dampier site, and residing in Karratha.
Dampier offers a rare blend of coastal living and career opportunities. Whether you’re a young family looking for adventure and to set up a better future, or an ambitious professional who wants FIFO-level rewards without sacrificing lifestyle or connection, Dampier delivers.
This role will be based at our 7 Mile operation out of Dampier, a short drive from the heart of Karratha. Karratha is a coastal town, situated in WA’s Pilbara region, which boasts a strong ‘community’ feel.
We operate 200 locomotives on more than 1,900 kilometres of track in the Pilbara, transporting ore from 16 mines to four port terminals. The average return distance of these trains is about 800 kilometres with the average journey cycle, including loading and dumping, taking approximately 40 hours.
Our network is the largest privately owned and operated heavy haul rail system in Australia, and as we focus on the future, our vision is to become the greatest heavy haul railway in the world.
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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 situations and meet opportunities.
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.
