Superintendent Geoscience

Rio Tinto; Shire Of Ashburton; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent position

Competitive base salary

Medical benefits including privateins

Share ownership plan

Insurance cover

Salary packaging options

Education assistance

Wellbeing support

Leave entitlements

Employee discounts

Job summary

Rio Tinto is seeking a Superintendent Geoscience to lead the Brockman site Geoscience team near the Pilbara. You will mentor, coach and develop discipline leads, ensuring safe geology, hydrogeology and geotechnical activities align with mine objectives.

Reporting to the Mining Manager, you will integrate multiple disciplines, support critical operational decisions with quality information, and drive continuous improvement in planning, assurance and delivery.

Qualifications

• Commitment to safety for yourself and the team.
• Degree in geoscience, mining engineering, surveying or related discipline.
• Experience in open-cut mining, mine geology, hydrogeology or geotechnical engineering.
• Experience leading technical teams in a complex operational environment.
• Ability to coordinate across functions and translate technical information into operational decisions.
• Experience with technical assurance, risk management, reconciliation or mine planning interfaces.
• Experience with Rio Tinto geoscience standards (helpful).
• Knowledge of water management, drilling programs, orebody knowledge or slope management in Pilbara operations (helpful).

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary geoscience team and foster a safe, accountable culture.
• Set performance expectations and develop capability across geology, hydrogeology and geotechnical engineering.
• Provide technical support from orebody knowledge to mine execution.
• Coordinate reconciliation and performance of geoscience models to support mine planning.
• Drive site water management conformance including bore management and dewatering.
• Lead first-line assurance for geology, hydrogeology and geotechnical engineering activities.
• Identify and manage technical risks through governance forums.
• Collaborate with planning, mine control and projects to reduce variability.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical communication

Geoscience expertise

Safety culture

Education

Geoscience degree

Mining Engineering degree

Surveying degree

Job description

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary geoscience team supporting safe and informed mine planning at Brockman.
• Influence geology, hydrogeology and geotechnical outcomes while strengthening technical assurance and team capability.
• Work in the eastern Pilbara at Brockman, with fly-in fly-out options from Perth on a 5/2 4/3.

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary geoscience team supporting safe and informed mine planning at Brockman.
• Influence geology, hydrogeology and geotechnical outcomes while strengthening technical assurance and team capability.
• Work in the eastern Pilbara at Brockman, with fly-in fly-out options from Perth on a 5/2 4/3.

We’re Finding Better Ways to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About The Role

We are looking for a Superintendent Geoscience to lead, mentor, coach and develop the site Geoscience team. Reporting to the Manager Mining, you will provide leadership for the safe execution of geology, hydrogeology and geotechnical engineering activities and help ensure team performance aligns with short to medium-term mine objectives. This is a great opportunity for a technical leader who enjoys developing people, integrating multiple disciplines and improving the quality of information used for operational decisions.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead a technical team and build a safe, inclusive and accountable working culture.
• Set performance expectations, prioritise work and develop capability across geology, hydrogeology and geotechnical engineering.
• Provide technical support and assurance from orebody knowledge through to mine execution.
• Coordinate reconciliation and performance of geoscience models to support mine planning and operational delivery.
• Drive conformance with site water management plans, including bore management, dewatering infrastructure and drill programs.
• Lead first-line assurance for geology, hydrogeology and geotechnical engineering activities.
• Monitor and escape technical and operational risks through relevant governance forums.
• Partner with operational planning, mine control, technical teams and projects to improve delivery and reduce variability.

About You

We’re looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements below. You do not need to meet every “helpful for success” item to apply. If you bring relevant experience and are excited by the opportunity, we encourage you to submit an application.

Required for Success

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• A relevant degree in geoscience, mining engineering, surveying or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in open-cut mining, mine geology, hydrogeology or geotechnical engineering.
• Experience leading and developing technical teams in a complex operational environment.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple functions and translate technical information into clear operational decisions.
• Experience with technical assurance, risk management, reconciliation or mine planning interfaces.

Helpful for Success

• Experience with Rio Tinto geoscience standards, operating systems or assurance processes.
• Knowledge of water management, drilling programs, orebody knowledge or slope management in Pilbara operations.

What We Offer

• 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 and salary packaging options
• Career development and 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, personal and cultural leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

Where you’ll be working

We are extending the life of our Brockman hub by developing the Brockman Syncline 1 mine project. Brockman Syncline will have the capacity to process up to 34 million tonnes per annum of iron ore, leveraging our existing plants. Construction has started, with first ore expected in 2027.

There are three villages that are part of the operations Brockman 4, West Pilbara and Nammuldi Village. With a fly-in fly-out workforce of around 850, our team commutes from Perth, Geraldton, Albany and Busselton.

Applications for this role will close on 20th September 2026.

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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.

Respect and Inclusion

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTQ+ 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.