Join one of the world’s most unique rehabilitation projects at the heart of Kakadu National Park
Play a pivotal role delivering land management outcomes across a complex and evolving closure environment
5/2:4/3 roster, BusIn;BusOut from Darwin to Jabiru (relocation to Darwin provided)
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About the role
Looking for your next step and a chance to make real impact enabling consistent, compliant and future-ready land management outcomes?
The Ranger Rehabilitation Project at Rio Tinto have an opportunity for a Land Management Adviser to support the delivery of land management plans, programs and improvement initiatives. Based in Darwin on a Bus-In Bus-Out 5/2:4/3 roster to Jabiru, this is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced land management professional who enjoys blending strategic thinking with practical field-based delivery and is motivated by work that is both technically complex and genuinely meaningful.
Working across a unique closure environment, you will help progress land management priorities including planning, risk identification, governance, field activity oversight and continuous improvement. This role will suit someone who can influence outcomes through expertise and collaboration, and who is comfortable working across diverse stakeholders, changing priorities and real on-ground challenges.
Reporting to the Superintendent Land and Ecosystems and working within the Land Management team, you will:
Provide expert advice to leaders on land management risks, opportunities, trends and emerging requirements
Support implementation, maintenance and ongoing improvement of annual land management plans and reporting
Contribute to medium and long-term land management strategies aligned to project and operational priorities
Drive quality assurance and continuous improvement across land management plans, systems and documentation
Track and provide oversight of key land related commitments, actions and improvement initiatives
Coordinate and guide safe field-based land management activities, including work relating to weeds, fire, feral animal management and broader site land stewardship
Build strong working relationships across operational leaders, HSEC, closure teams, contractors and specialist stakeholders to enable effective delivery
About you
You are a practical, thoughtful and collaborative professional with strong land management experience and the confidence to work across both planning and field delivery. You understand that success in this kind of environment comes from balancing strategy, governance, stakeholder engagement and safe execution on the ground.
You’ll bring:
A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
A degree in Environmental Management, Environmental Science, Ecology, Natural Resource Management or a related discipline
Demonstrated experience in land management planning, work program execution and report writing
Experience supporting or overseeing field-based land management activities, with a sound understanding of safe field leadership and practical delivery
Knowledge of land management practices such as weed management, fire management, feral animal management and/or related field activities
Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to provide clear advice, identify improvement opportunities and work effectively with a broad range of stakeholders
We recognise that many talented people across the organisation bring transferable skills and diverse experience. If you are excited about this opportunity but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.
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 safety-focused and inclusive working environment
A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP)
Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave, cultural leave)
Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters
Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
Indigenous Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment
Indigenous leadership programmes across professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.
Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
Where you’ll be working
Energy Resources of Australia Ltd (ERA) operated the Ranger Uranium Mine near the town of Jabiru in the Northern Territory, Australia, previously mining and producing uranium oxide. In January 2021, ERA ceased all mining and processing activities at Ranger after 40 years of operation with the focus now shifting to rehabilitation.
The Ranger Rehabilitation Project is committed to the rehabilitation of the Ranger Project Area to a standard that will establish an environment similar to the adjacent Kakadu National Park. In 2024, ERA entered into a Management Services Agreement (MSA) with Rio Tinto to manage the Ranger Rehabilitation Project, which will build on ERA’s existing rehabilitation work with Rio Tinto’s technical expertise in designing, scoping and executing closure projects. We remain committed to working with all key stakeholders, including the Mirarr People to complete this important rehabilitation work.
Applications close on 14 June 2026 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).
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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
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.
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 or anything else that makes us different.
