At Rio Tinto, your hard work, dedication and outside-the-box thinking will help deliver the materials behind human progress. Like the copper for wind turbines. The iron in our skyscrapers. And the borates for crops that feed the world. Experience a challenging, flexible and rewarding career that takes you places: from big cities to breathtaking, remote landscapes. How will your story begin?
We employ graduates across our global business and look for curious and creative minds who want to bring different perspectives into our company. Here, you can work in a number of different roles, locations, and areas of our business.
We work in some of the most remote, beautiful places in the world – like the Northwest Territories in Canada and Weipa in Far North Queensland, Australia – as well as in major metropolitan hubs like Montreal, Perth, Brisbane, and Singapore.
You can work in exploration, looking to discover the next mineral source, or use data analytics to improve productivity. You can work in cybersecurity and mine geology, or with our logistics team, helping to get products to our customers faster and more reliably. You can help plan our mine infrastructure, or with our HR team, to make sure the right people are in the right place at the right time. The possibilities are endless.
How do our graduates impact millions of lives?
At Rio Tinto, your hard work, dedication and outside-the-box thinking will help deliver the materials behind human progress. Like the copper for wind turbines. The iron in our skyscrapers. And the borates for crops that feed the world. Experience a challenging, flexible and rewarding career that takes you places: from big cities to breathtaking, remote landscapes. How will your story begin?
We employ graduates across our global business and look for curious and creative minds who want to bring different perspectives into our company. Here, you can work in a number of different roles, locations, and areas of our business.
We work in some of the most remote, beautiful places in the world – like the Northwest Territories in Canada and Weipa in Far North Queensland, Australia – as well as in major metropolitan hubs like Montreal, Perth, Brisbane, and Singapore.
You can work in exploration, looking to discover the next mineral source, or use data analytics to improve productivity. You can work in cybersecurity and mine geology, or with our logistics team, helping to get products to our customers faster and more reliably. You can help plan our mine infrastructure, or with our HR team, to make sure the right people are in the right place at the right time. The possibilities are endless.
We want you to help us shape what Rio Tinto will look like in the years to come. Come join us, challenge the way we do things and helps us to look for opportunities to reinvent mining.
We know that work is changing so our graduate programme is designed to prepare you for the leadership roles of the future. To help you explore our company and develop your career, during your two years as a graduate, you will be able to participate in:
Our Vacation Programme runs from December to February. It’s a challenging and fast-paced 12 weeks, in which you’ll put theory into practice to deliver results. With guidance and support at every step of the way you’ll complete a number of job-based assignments related to your area of study. Our Vacation Programme opens the opportunity to collaborate with graduates, leaders and technical experts. It’s important to us that by the end of the programme, you’ve a greater technical understanding, confidence and passion to pursue your career in your field of study.
We’re looking for motivated students who want to learn. Those excited by new environments and ready for the challenge ahead. Rio Tinto ‘s Vacation Programme presents a great opportunity for those who wish to be considered for a future Graduate position, the beginning of a long and rewarding career with Rio Tinto.
We’re seeking university students studying in the following fields:
Role vacancies are subject to business requirements.
Rio Tinto’s Vacation Programme runs for 12 weeks and is aimed at providing university students with the opportunity to gain hands-on industry experience, apply their skills and learning and get a taste for what it’s like to work at Rio Tinto.
As part of the Programme, you will complete a number of job-based assignments related to your areas of study. It’s important to us that you feel welcome to Rio Tinto and prepared for valuable on the job learning. As such you will be partnered up with a buddy to provide you with guidance and support, and for the duration of your time with us, you will receive regular feedback and coaching. For students in their penultimate or final year, the Rio Tinto Vacation Programme is a great opportunity should you wish to be considered for a Graduate position with us in 2021.
Absolutely! Successful Students will be doing real work and will be paid.
Rio Tinto has numerous operating sites and processing plants across Australia, as well as offices in Perth and Brisbane. We also provide fantastic opportunities to work in remote regions as part of the programme. Students should be prepared and open to working and living in these types of environments.
Students who are successful in securing a role and who are required to relocate temporarily to the job location will be eligible to receive some financial assistance in terms of flights. Students who will be positioned in a residential community (excluding city locations) will also be provided accommodation for the duration of the programme.
To be eligible for the Vacation Programme you must have unrestricted working rights, or be able to obtain unrestricted working rights in Australia (Citizen, Permanent Resident, and Australian Student Visa). Unfortunately, for first-year students, we’re unable to consider you this time around, but we would love to see you apply in the future.
It’s important to provide the anticipated month and year of your graduation, outline your work experience including how much time you spent working i.e. two weeks, three months, or part-time 10 hours a week etc. Volunteer experience is relevant experience, so make sure you include that, as well as any sporting or academia groups you represented. This also extends to any personal achievements such as obtaining a black belt in martial arts or a pilot’s licence for example. This demonstrates teamwork, leadership, commitment and thirst for learning. It’s important to remember to keep your resume simple.
No. Unless we specifically request a cover letter, then one is not required.
On applying you will be asked to complete a series of questions which will help us determine your suitability/ eligibility. Selected applicants will then be asked to complete a series of online behavioural games (Pymetrics, 30 minutes), a personality questionnaire and an abilities assessment (SHL one hour).
From here chosen applicants will be progressed to participate in an interview with a Rio Tinto Hiring Leader and a member of our Graduate Talent team, this will be conducted via live video streaming.
Successful candidates will be provided with a Letter of Offer which is subject to checks. These include; background, immigration and medical check.
If you are having issues with your application or online profile you can contact the Graduate Recruitment team. Should your inquiry/ issue be in relation to one of the online assessments, then we would ask you to please contact the appropriate technology provider i.e. Pymetrics or SHL. You should find the correct contact details provided in the email invitations sent to you by the provider.