Environmental Monitoring Officer

Officer Environmental Monitoring

• Opportunity working at Rio Tinto
• 24-month assignment via Chandler Macleod
• Safety-first culture with supportive teams

About the Opportunity

Rio Tinto is a global mining and materials company operating in 35 countries, producing the materials essential to modern life. Their operations are built on safety, innovation, inclusion and creating value for communities, customers and shareholders.

Through Rio Tinto’s partnership with Chandler Macleod, we are seeking an experienced Environmental Monitoring Officer.

This is an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to join a collaborative Biological Assessments team, supporting the Gudai-Darri operations. Combining hands-on fieldwork, environmental monitoring and stakeholder engagement, the role offers the chance to work across multiple sites while contributing to safe, compliant and environmentally responsible project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver a comprehensive environmental monitoring programme to ensure compliance with environmental licences, approvals and commitments.
• Maintain accurate, high-quality environmental datasets, ensuring data is complete, appropriately stored and readily available for reporting and analysis.
• Inspect, maintain and calibrate environmental monitoring equipment and field assets to ensure reliable performance.
• Track and report monitoring metrics, identifying and escalating non-conformances, exceedances and emerging environmental risks.
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control reviews of monitoring data, communicating findings and recommendations to environmental advisors and specialists.
• Coordinate and support contractor-led environmental surveys and monitoring activities, including scoping, mobilisation, field supervision and project close-out.
• Investigate monitoring exceedances and contribute to environmental incident investigations and follow-up actions as required.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with operational, technical and functional stakeholders across the business.
• Support the effective planning, coordination and delivery of environmental monitoring activities within a dynamic project development environment.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to simplify processes, enhance monitoring programmes and improve overall environmental performance.

About You / Requirements

• A formal qualification or demonstrated competency in Environmental Science, Marine Science, Ecology, Natural Resource Management or a related transferable discipline.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage a high-volume monitoring schedule, work independently and maintain attention to detail.
• Demonstrated experience in environmental sampling and monitoring programmes.
• Strong data management skills, including handling large datasets and maintaining data quality.
• A proactive and diligent approach to fieldwork, safety and task execution.
• The ability to troubleshoot equipment issues confidently and safely.
• Experience working remotely or in field-based roles.
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across projects, operational and technical teams.

Why Join Chandler Macleod?

Chandler Macleod is one of Australia's most experienced workforce partners. You'll receive:

• A competitive hourly pay range paid weekly.
• Superannuation on all hours worked.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program.
• A dedicated Chandler-Rio Tinto support team.
• Simple digital onboarding.
• Access to future Rio Tinto assignments.

Apply Now!

Ready to take the next step in your career? Join Chandler Macleod and work with Rio Tinto at one of Australia's leading mining operations. We're recruiting now and encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Diversity & Inclusion

Everyone is welcome at Chandler Macleod. We believe the best ideas come from diverse perspectives and inclusive teams. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, females, neurodiverse people, people living with disability and members of the LGBTIQA+ community. Together, we're creating workplaces where people feel they belong, can be themselves and have the opportunity to thrive.