Manager Project Delivery

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We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

• Oversee the delivery of capital projects across key areas of our Pilbara Mines Operations
• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Perth-based role in our Central Park offices coupled with frequent travel to site

Where we’re all welcome

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 who we are.

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

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an experienced project delivery professional to join the Iron Ore Sustaining Capital team as Manager Project Delivery to lead the safe and successful delivery of a large and multi-disciplinary portfolio of capital projects across our Iron ore Pilbara Mines.

Interfacing with a broad range of stakeholders, including Operational General Managers, Mine Managers, Studies and Technical teams this role is integral to delivering a plan based on short- and long-term business requirements. Your role will enable your team to translate targets into actions with a focus on the key performance drivers and critical controls. You’ll also be encouraged to proactively seek improvement opportunities and initiate innovative solutions that lead to improved business performance within the Iron Ore Sustaining Capital team.

Reporting to the General Manager Sustaining Capital, you will:

• Lead a team of project professionals responsible for achieving successful safety, quality, cost and schedule outcomes across a portfolio of projects including structural integrity works, non-process infrastructure, bulk earthworks and civil and water management projects
• Deliver strong safety performance, ensuring full implementation of the Rio Tinto Iron Ore HSEC systems and processes
• Foster a high performance culture amongst your team and across a large and diverse contractor workforce
• Manage contracting partner relationships and delivery of contract obligations including performance against contract deliverables.
• Build and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders to drive a culture of collaboration, accountability, participation, and improvement.
• Influence studies throughout all phases to ensure predicable and successful implementation outcomes
• Continuously drive capital efficiencies through improvement and innovation,
• Support a portfolio view and project prioritisation process, to allow for effective program management of works
• Monitor project performance and compliance with project systems, processes and procedures, and manage effective issue resolution.
• Ensure effective reporting of all projects to enable stakeholders, sponsors and senior leaders to make appropriate decisions

What you’ll bring

• A strong commitment to safety and environmental performance
• Demonstrated Capital Project Management and Commerce skills with extensive project management experience, preferably in construction projects, sustaining capital projects, and/or mining operations
• Significant leadership experience and a proven track record of success in building high performance project delivery teams
• Strong collaboration, interpersonal and communication skills
• Proven ability to lead teams working in remote sites
• Tertiary qualification or relevant technical experience in Engineering and/or Project Management will be seen as advantageous

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 work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave, cultural leave)
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:

• Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment
• Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders

Where you’ll be working

You and your team will be Perth-based with opportunity to work flexibly from home combined with time in our Central Park offices. There will be the requirement for frequent Pilbara site travel to engage with relevant stakeholders.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own a world-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

Who we are

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 and meet opportunities.

Applications close on Friday, 5th July 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

We’re 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. 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 and meet opportunities.

We’re 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. 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 and meet opportunities.

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