- The perfect balance, our roster gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community
- Opportunities and support to learn and grow your career
- FIFO from Perth – 5 days on, 2 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off roster

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

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Specialist Hydrogeologist to join our team at Hope Downs 4. In this role, you’ll provide technical expertise, support and advice across a range of hydrogeology activities while working as part of a supportive and collaborative team. You’ll be encouraged to grow your capability, build your technical expertise and work towards your career goals while contributing to the team’s success.

Reporting to the Superintendent Geoscience, you will be responsible for:

- Demonstrating a robust commitment to safety and ensuring all activities align with Rio Tinto standards, policies and procedures.
- Providing 2WS and QF hydrogeological inputs, including groundwater constraints, drilling schedules and recommendations to support dewatering performance and conformance to plan.
- Monitoring operational water balance health and contributing to site water usage modelling and groundwater management infrastructure planning.
- Providing hydrogeological inputs into conceptual models, including reviewing, accepting and supporting the implementation of new hydrogeological models.
- Identifying emerging groundwater and dewatering risks through the 2YP and defining appropriate mitigation and dewatering strategies.




- Identifying and scoping hydrogeological drilling opportunities to improve short-term to 2YP water supply and dewatering effectiveness.
- Completing end-of-month hydrogeology reporting, model reconciliation, FLA (D3), and delivering ad hoc technical projects and improvement initiatives.
- Providing technical coaching, guidance and training to operational hydrogeology peers to build capability and support effective water management.

What you’ll bring

- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- A current "C Class" WA Manual Driver’s License
- Relevant Degree in Geoscience
- 4-5 years relevant experience in hydrogeology
- Analytical & problem-solving skills
- Stakeholder engagement
- Ability to succinctly communicate complex, technical information

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 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

Located 50km north-west of Newman, Hope Downs 4 is a joint venture managed and operate

📌 Specialist Hydrogeologist (Australia)
🏢 Riotinto
📍 Australia