Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto 2020 - Geologist - Graduate - Perth
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job
- 1 vacancies
- Apply by 5 Aug 2019
Graduate careers rarely impact everyday life. But at Rio Tinto, your innovation will deliver the building blocks humankind relies on. Like the aluminium in our cars. The iron in our skyscrapers. And the salt that seasons our food. This is complex work that calls for natural leadership and the ability to quickly develop new skills. Work that thrives from creative thinking and demands astute environmental stewardship. Work that ultimately shapes society and drives human progress.
Our Programme
At Rio Tinto, you’ll have the flexibility, choice and freedom to be yourself and direct your career. Our Graduate Excellence Path gives you the perfect start: an opportunity to immediately get to grips with real work, develop your technical expertise and start a legacy that improves life for millions globally.
In fact, as well as experience in your chosen field, you can expect:
- A comprehensive training programme that gives you the tools to excel and progress
- A diverse and highly inclusive team culture that encourages collaboration across geographies, commodities, disciplines and markets
- Access to industry-leading professionals who’ll nurture your talent and help to fast track your career
- Exposure to innovative projects and technology that will propel mining into the digital age
- A wide selection of digital learning materials and world-class leadership content available to boost professional growth and development
Who we’re looking for
We’re seeking a Graduate Geologist to join our Iron Ore Resource Development Geoscience team. In this role you will develop great technical skills; in exploration work program planning, data acquisition techniques, technical report compilation, tenure expenditure processes and regional to deposit scale interpretations integrating geophysical, geochemical and geological datasets. Working on eight days on and six days off roster out of Perth, this is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable fieldwork experience in the Pilbara.
We’re looking for exceptional graduates who want to learn and make an impact. Ambitious personalities with the gravitas to inspire colleagues and the curiosity and analytical mind to challenge the status quo. If this sounds like you and you're on track to graduate in 2019 or have recently completed your studies we encourage you to apply.
Be the progress. 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.