Advisor Performance Assurance

Performance Assurance Advisor

• Access to industry-leading technical development programmes
• Join an encouraging leadership group committed to your growth and development
• Perth Operations Centre – Monday to Friday

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Performance Assurance Advisor to lead the delivery of Integrated Operations control room productivity analysis and optimisations. This role will see you provide coaching support focusing on reducing variability in processes and uplifting capability.

We have industry-leading technical development programmes that recognise the role's unique nature. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills.

Reporting to the Performance Assurance Superintendent, whilst working in a challenging and exciting environment within Integrated Operations, you will be:

• Inspiring a continuous improvement and a greater than yesterday culture across the control room;
• Utilise programs and processes to target specific variances and inefficiencies across the hubs;
• Coach and uplift our controllers' capabilities in analysing tactics/improvements, understanding best practices and converting that into coaching and support materials to be delivered;
• Monitoring coaching outcomes and delivering coaching modules;
• Provide Technical SME support to Hub teams;
• Initiates coordination activities to prevent and solve conflicting priorities and delays with coaching activities;
• Closely liaise with other teams such as Learning and Development and the On the Job Trainers to improve training packages and governance.

What you'll bring

• High level of communication, both written and verbal;
• Experience with Dry and/or Wet Fixed Plant operational control systems or autonomous drill systems
• Experience utilising coaching methodology for the development or training of team members;
• Experience in implementing new technology into an operational team;
• Instructional design or technical writing experience;
• A focus on industry best practices and identifying opportunities where technology can further enhance capabilities.

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority;
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto;
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program;
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family;
• Attractive share ownership plan;
• Company provided insurance cover;
• Extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options;
• Career development and 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);
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more);
• Possible domestic relocation assistance.

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia. Rio Tinto offers Fly in and fly out options from Perth, our regional FIFO hubs and the opportunity to live in our residential towns where applicable.

Applications close on the 6^th of November 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls' progress' begins with  a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers. 

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress. 

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world's first to be certified "responsible" – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities, and our boron helps feed the world and explore the universe.  Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life. 

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA2 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.