Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto Employee Reviews
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Mobile equipment operator (Current Employee) – Paraburdoo – 6 May 2018
Opportunity learn a range of skills, in particular, working with the latest mining equipment.
Have a very good safety record.
Enjoyed mentoring other operators both in workplace operations and mental health of FIFO workers.
Have a very good safety record.
Enjoyed mentoring other operators both in workplace operations and mental health of FIFO workers.
Pros
Safe working environment
You don’t want to know
Production Operator (Former Employee) – Tom Price WA – 31 July 2018
Rio do yourself a favour and run!!!......they’ll chew you up and spit you out...your just a number to the greedy beast....the best part is operating large machinery, hours aren’t good, food at camp doesn’t rate a mention, management are only there to line there own pockets and really don’t understand the conditions the ground staff are working under.....shall I go on.
Pros
Leaving
Cons
Rio Tinto as a whole
Great roster and Opportunities.
Site Based Construction Rep (Former Employee) – Karratha WA – 3 July 2018
Great opportunity in the outback of the Pilbara of WA. Excellent company to work with and loads of opportunities for growth and advancement. Great culture and people along with excellent locations.
Pros
Great Company
Cons
Mining DOwnturn
Cant speak highly enough
Operator/Truck Driver (Former Employee) – Western Australia – 2 July 2018
Just loved the Rio attitude, excellent people excellent sites, progression within the ranks is the norm...and the supervisors are there to help in any way and every way possible
Pros
Excellent sites
Cons
None
productive swimming pool
Bus Driver (Former Employee) – Driver NT – 7 June 2018
safety safe enviroment great work ethics i also have freinds and family that highly recommend working for this company i get along with everybody and thats the key to a great work place is that everybody gets along and gets the job done safe
A very pleasing place to work
Process Technician (Current Employee) – Gladstone QLD – 17 April 2018
Safety is one of the biggest things and always improving the way safety is and identifying and introducing safety improvements and being one of the safest places to work in the world
a demanding but enjoyable place to work
HR Systems Co-Ordinator SAP (Former Employee) – Brisbane QLD – 21 March 2018
Rio Tinto provide a fantastic safe environment to work in. All the up to date technology is available to do your role. Great training and career advancement is encouraged.
Pros
Large company with career advancement opportunities
Cons
None
Excellent company to work for
PA to Superintendent of Mining Department (Former Employee) – Paraburdoo WA – 21 March 2018
Postion was demanding but was extremely rewarding. Management acknowledge positive changes that where made and implement for enhance the department.
People I worked with where all excellent and all worked as a team.
People I worked with where all excellent and all worked as a team.
work life balance working fifo
Project Execution - Project Lead, Cape Lambert (Former Employee) – Wickham WA – 18 March 2018
worked at two remote locations within the business, company support for workers working remotely and always felt valued as an employee and leader of work groups. Only left business due to downsizing of work force and requirement to relocate to Wickham with family.
Pros
great work life balance
Cons
remote location
Thru the Looking Glass
Was subcontractor employed (Former Employee) – Pilbara W.A – 7 March 2018
Gleaning Company 'Reviews', by existing employees, for possible access to employment, when I noticed this 'input' ; 22/02/2018 Mining System Technician, Mesa A. 'Productive Self Motivated'. Author of review, needs to check their grammar & spelling,or, just go back to using their phone, with spell checker!
Pros
better share prices than BHP
Cons
Don't optimise their/ THE resources
Mixed bag workplace
Senior Engineer (Current Employee) – Perth WA – 24 February 2018
Good salary and great teams and people to work with.
Middle management very inexperienced due to many coming from a non professional background.
Next to no training and no career advancement.
Middle management very inexperienced due to many coming from a non professional background.
Next to no training and no career advancement.
Pros
Good market salary and teammates
Cons
Clueless middle management.. If you talk the talk you get promoted.. if you work hard you dont.
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Mining System Technician (Current Employee) – Mesa A Pilbara – 22 February 2018
I work on a mine site where i am the only person looking after the Rio Tinto interests in the Mining Systrm equipment.
So i am hard working self motivated.
So i am hard working self motivated.
Pros
No one looking over your shoulder
Cons
No one else to work with
Great work life balance & remuneration
Mine Planning Engineer (Former Employee) – Robe Valley Operations – 5 February 2018
Great work life balance & remuneration but slower career progression. I enjoyed the work and the challenge, but difficult to move to a city based role from a site based role.
It's a good steady job
Mine operator (Current Employee) – Weipa QLD – 10 January 2018
It's a bit hard to explain because we hardly get training on other machinery due too certain rules they don't practice what they preach, and Weipa with the lowest paying mine but the high rent
Pros
Nothing good so far
Cons
New roster
benefit where going but let down by management
Process Operator (Former Employee) – Kununurra WA – 6 January 2018
Management needed to better in, on the job training and experience. The roster was brilliant 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off which they no longer have. Camp facilities were exceptional,
Excellent company to work for
Business Improvement Specialist (Former Employee) – Brockman WA – 30 November 2017
Great company to work for with excellent salary and benefits. Corporate exposure helps you to increase your strategy and financial skills.
The workplace culture is good. Something to improve is the tolerance to non-native English speakers which makes difficult to these people to step up in higher positions (management positions) - this is the hardest part of the job.
In the minesite, and depending on the manager, there is a bias to judge sooner than later to introvert people - this is not welcome in a competitive environment like Rio. You have to invent jokes and just pretend to be extrovert - this is a success factor to step up (apart from your English skills).
Most enjoyable part of the job is that you have challenging objectives to reach which makes you exploit your skills and knowledge in a collaborative environment.
The workplace culture is good. Something to improve is the tolerance to non-native English speakers which makes difficult to these people to step up in higher positions (management positions) - this is the hardest part of the job.
In the minesite, and depending on the manager, there is a bias to judge sooner than later to introvert people - this is not welcome in a competitive environment like Rio. You have to invent jokes and just pretend to be extrovert - this is a success factor to step up (apart from your English skills).
Most enjoyable part of the job is that you have challenging objectives to reach which makes you exploit your skills and knowledge in a collaborative environment.
Pros
Company to grow professionally and personally
Cons
Not an inclusive culture, lack of tolerance for non-native English speakers
Awesome team, Enjoyable work.
Heavy Operator (Former Employee) – Newman WA – 4 October 2017
I was mainly working the Wheel Dozer. So typical day was travelling around the pit pushing waste dumps and then cleaning the face shovel floors. In between all that I hot seated dumb truck drivers so that they can have there lunch twice aday.
I learnt a great deal on team work. Operating the Dozers and dumb trucks.
Management were good and very understanding.
Workplace culture was pretty cool we all got along.
FIFO life and nightshift.
Great satisfaction on the dozers. Good pay. Made some awesome mates.
I learnt a great deal on team work. Operating the Dozers and dumb trucks.
Management were good and very understanding.
Workplace culture was pretty cool we all got along.
FIFO life and nightshift.
Great satisfaction on the dozers. Good pay. Made some awesome mates.
Pros
FIFO life, nightshift.
Cons
Pay, good team members. enjoyable work.
Fast paced environment with lots of opportunities
Program Manager (Former Employee) – Brisbane QLD – 27 September 2017
An enjoyable environment within a large enterprise. The culture was inclusive with plenty of team building. Management was receptive to new ideas and very supportive.
Pros
Good work
Cons
Long hours
great industry to work for
Machine Operator (Former Employee) – WA tom price – 24 September 2017
Great company to work for. Safety is the most important thing and experience in machine operator is an excellent path to up skill your experiences. It was a great company to work for and they do look after you.
Pros
safety is number 1
Good stable and helpful place to work
Asset Utilisation Specialist (Former Employee) – Launceston TAS – 4 September 2017
Good stable company to work for.
Work provided challenges over the 20 years I worked with them. A good variety of jobs from Project Engineering, business improvement and maintenance systems development and monitoring.
Work provided challenges over the 20 years I worked with them. A good variety of jobs from Project Engineering, business improvement and maintenance systems development and monitoring.
Pros
Support
Cons
None