Rio Tinto
2021 Graduate Program
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job
- $75,000 - $79,999 / Year
- AUD 75,000 - AUD 79,999
- 100 vacancies
- Apply by 29 Mar 2020
"Rio Tinto is like a family. Being treated as an equal part of the team is why I love being a Rio Tinto graduate." – Hannah Watson, Graduate Process Engineer
You've worked hard for your degree. Now it's time to accelerate your career by joining Rio Tinto's Graduate Programme. With us you'll gain hands-on experience doing real work, to develop your personal, technical and professional skills while working alongside knowledgeable and passionate professionals. Behind our progress are our people, and having been around for nearly 150 years, we know a thing or two about mining and metals.
Our Graduate Program is a two-year learning journey designed to set you up for a successful and long career with Rio Tinto. The program offers comprehensive training, exposure to innovative projects and technology, a wide selection of digital learning materials with world-class leadership content, as well as industry-leading professionals who'll nurture your talent and help fast track your career. Not to mention you'll be part of a highly diverse and inclusive team culture that encourages collaboration across geographies, commodities, disciplines, and markets.
Internationally, we work in 35 countries. In Australia, we produce iron ore and salt in the Pilbara - Western Australia, Bauxite, and Aluminium in Queensland, Northern Territory, Tasmania and our neighbouring country, New Zealand. Located remotely, these sites are situated in beautiful environments and are home to wonderful communities. It's because of this that we're 100% committed to sustainable mining, environmental rehabilitation, and community care.
We're offering graduate opportunities across all of our Australian locations, including our city hubs Perth and Brisbane. Depending on the role location you could be on a fly-in-fly-out roster, based residentially in one of our sites supporting townships or taking the daily city commute.
We're seeking graduates with a degree in the following fields:
- Civil / Structural Engineering
- Computer Science / Software Engineering
- Control Systems Engineering
- Data Analytics / Data Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Geology / Geoscience
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Health & Hygiene
- Hydrogeology
- Hydrology
- Industrial Automation Engineering
- Information Systems & Technology
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechatronics Engineering
- Metallurgy
- Mining Engineering
- Process / Chemical Engineering
- Robotics Engineering
- Safety
- Survey
As a permanent Rio Tinto employee, you'll receive a highly attractive salary, annual salary review, performance bonus and the option to join our share plan. We also have a heap of company benefits, such as health and fitness rebates and discounts, salary packaging options, educational assistance and a range of retail discounts, including computer hardware, software, and accessories. So maybe just hold off on getting that new laptop for now!
If you're on track to graduate in 2021 or have recently completed your studies we encourage you to apply.
Go on, apply today!
About the employer
Rio Tinto AU
4.3
50,000 - 100,000 employees
Mining, Oil & Gas
As pioneers in mining and metals, we produce materials essential to human progress.
Pros and cons of working at Rio Tinto AU
Pros
The fact that safety has priority over everything else, means we will always be working in a safe environment.
challenging work exposure to really high-profile projects the culture around safety is really good
Wide range of mineral sectors and opportunities to grow within the company
The exposure to so many different teams and opportunities. The breadth of experience that you receive immediately and how this becomes transferrable across the entire business. This means that even though I have started in Procurement, the skills I have acquired may allow me to work in a completely different role and team in the future with little concern.
Training opportunities. Flexibility
Cons
Time away from family sometimes long hours at work
I do not have a technical background, so this has been a challenge but very rewarding in the amount that I have learnt from colleagues and experiences over my time at the organisation.
Unpaid overtime. Pressure/stress
Perceived pressure and lots of red tape and redundant procedures due to the scale of the company, some not so fantastic people
No structured rotations for graduates to experience different parts of the business and change can be hard to achieve at times.