Job Description

• Opportunity to work for global company
• Our culture is inclusive, exciting and performance-driven
• Based in Luanda, Angola

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 Project Geoscientist to join the current Angolan Greenfields exploration team and collaborate with the broader Rio Tinto Exploration (RTX) expertise to generate and progress high-priority projects.

The role provides an excellent opportunity to contribute to discovery and influence our exploration in Angola through the application of high-quality geoscience, innovative thinking and collaboration

What you’ll be doing

Reporting to the (Project Manager) and working in a collaborative community you will:

• Provide technical support by utilising geoscientific knowledge and expertise to identify high-quality exploration targets.
• Contribute to target generation through the analysis of regional datasets, data collection, data integration, field reconnaissance and undertake fieldwork as required to progress exploration targets toward discovery.
• Create & execute exploration work programmes to safely, efficiently and effectively test priority exploration targets.
• Partner with project resources, including service providers (e.g. geophysics, drilling) within the area of responsibility.
• Compile & Analyse concise reports with clear recommendations communicating outcomes of exploration activities.
• Develop, drive and maintain value adding collaboration with internal and external multifunctional technical and operational support teams (incl. Ore Body Knowledge, Commodities, Data Science, Geo-metallurgy, Mineralogy etc) to achieve the programme’s technical milestones and ensure the project progresses timely.

About you

Required for Success

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Bachelor’s in Geology, Geoscience, or related discipline.
• 3- 6 years of field experience with proven track record working in development of targets in early-stage exploration projects and progressing through to drill testing and beyond
• Experience in Angolan geology and Copper would be beneficial.
• Proficiency in any of the following will be highly regarded: ArcGIS, acQuire, ioGas, Leapfrog.
• Good interpersonal skills or engagement with good written and verbal communication skills. Fluency in Portuguese is required with English desirable.
• The right to reside and work in Angola.
• Full driver’s licence.

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan
• Employee Assistance Program

Where you’ll be working

Rio Tinto's Exploration group seeks to create value for the business by discovering or acquiring new mineral resources. Organized into four regional teams (Americas, Australasia, Africa-Europe and Eurasia), the Exploration group provides both a global reach and a local presence across a range of commodities including bauxite, copper, iron ore, nickel and uranium.

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

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 and/ or anything else that makes us different. 

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Women, the LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities (PWD) and people from different cultural backgrounds.  

We acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength.  The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our teams enhance our way of working and our ability to achieve success together