Biologist

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Position Summary: We are seeking a Biologist to provide technical leadership in biodiversity, advising operational and management teams to ensure regulatory compliance and environmental protection. Key Highlights: 1. Technical leadership in biodiversity, flora, fauna, and sensitive ecosystems. 2. Design, coordination, and supervision of biodiversity monitoring campaigns. 3. Development of internal biodiversity training programs. **Biologist** * An excellent opportunity to acquire professional skills and qualifications within a purpose-led, operationally excellent team. * Join a group focused on safety and valuing inclusion, based at the San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca office in Catamarca, Argentina, with availability for frequent site visits. * Live our values: Care, Courage, and Curiosity. **About the Role** We are seeking a Biologist responsible for providing specialized technical leadership in biodiversity within the Environment area, serving as the subject matter expert in flora, fauna, limnology, and sensitive ecosystems. The role aims to ensure proper planning, execution, and continuous improvement of environmental monitoring activities, as well as cross-functional technical advisory support to operational and management teams—contributing to regulatory compliance, risk management, and protection of the site’s environmental values. Prior experience in similar roles within large-scale industrial facilities is highly valued. Work will be conducted at the San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca office in Catamarca. Working under the supervision of the Environment area, within the challenging and exciting Operational Hygiene and Safety department, you will: Act as the technical reference for flora, fauna, and ecosystems, providing specialized advice to various internal teams on environmental impact assessment. Design, coordinate, and supervise biodiversity monitoring campaigns, ensuring technical quality of field surveys, data collection, parameter measurement, results analysis, and report generation in accordance with regulatory and corporate standards. Manage specific environmental projects by leading and participating in special initiatives related to biodiversity and sensitive ecosystems, ensuring correct implementation, tracking, and improvement. Develop and deliver internal training programs on biodiversity, environmental best practices, and awareness-raising, promoting an organizational culture of environmental stewardship among all personnel and contractors. Contribute to compliance with applicable environmental regulations and company environmental and safety standards by participating in technical documentation development and providing ongoing support during audits and inspections. **About You** The selected candidate will possess a safety-centered mindset and foster a culture where both physical and psychological safety are top priorities. They will be inclusive, capable of collaborating effectively across the organization, and bring the following skills and experience: * Education: Biologist – Bachelor’s Degree in Biology * Experience: Experience in similar roles, preferably within the mining industry and industrial plants. * Skills: Teamwork, strong communication, safety awareness, adaptability to a dynamic environment. **What We Offer** * Recognition for your contribution, your way of thinking, and your effort—and go home knowing you’ve helped advance the world. * A workplace where safety is always the top priority. * A competitive remuneration package with annual incentives for eligible employees. * Access to world-class health and wellbeing programs designed for families. * Wellbeing benefits. * Rio Tinto Employee Share Program. * Employee Assistance Program. * Ongoing personal and professional wellbeing support for you and your family. * Leave entitlements covering all life stages (vacation, parental leave, medical leave). **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 Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA\+ 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.