Advisor Project Services

Advisor Project Services

• Be part of a supportive and collaborative team working on large-scale capital projects
• Exciting career pathway available within our dynamic Rio Tinto Projects team
• Permanent full-time role based in Brisbane supporting multiple commodities

About the role

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

We are looking for an Advisor Project Services to provide business support to the Contracts & Procurement and Project Controls teams within the broader Rio Tinto Projects function. This is an exciting role supporting the teams managing large-scale capital projects in the areas of critical study and execution deliverables, resource engagement and associated cost documentation. This role will also assist in the day-to-day planning and management of Project Services activities.

If you are a dynamic, self-starter who enjoys working within an ever-changing project environment and have a drive to progress your career, then this could be the role for you.

Reporting to the Manager Project Contracts & Procurement, you will:

• Administer the entire lifecycle of a smaller subset or less complex project contracts, from strategy development through to close-out, in accordance with sound principles and practices, company procedures, and appropriate industry standards and contract law.
• Engage with contracting and consulting firms to source and onboard project resources in accordance with the requirements of the team
• Provide timely and quality support to the project teams in negotiating, establishing and administering contracts.
• Provide accurate input of data into the contracts administration database and proper use of the contracts administration software.
• Prepare tracking and reporting to ensure that the commercial requirements of all contracts and orders are met including timely payments to contractors, submission of securities and releases, and close-out.
• Prepare communications and reporting on performance of contracts to management.
• Work closely with the Project Controls and Procurement & Contracts Manager to assist with planning, information distribution and supporting the organisation of various team functions and administrative activities.

What you will bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Knowledge of project management and controls concepts
• Ability to work well within a team and independently
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Exposure to Major Project and Tier 1 contractors desirable
• Degree qualifications within a relevant field will be well regarded

 What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, thinking, and 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
• 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 & 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)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Relocation assistance where necessary

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.

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto’s Development and Technology group engages and partner with Rio Tinto businesses across 73 operating sites, 35 countries and 6 continents to help create value, manage risk and innovate for the future, whilst providing range of support and services functions, to ensure technical optimisation, establish and transfer best practices, develop strategies to drive performance improvements, and ensure that technical innovation provides a source of long-term competitive advantage.

Rio Tinto Projects helps to grow our business by building new mines and assets and studying the different options for both new construction projects and operations approaching closure. We are recognised for delivering safely on time and on budget or better. We have won multiple awards for our work, including at the Amrun Bauxite mine in North Queensland, Australia, and on the AutoHaul™ driverless trains in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Every Voice Matters

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.

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.

Applications close on Wednesday 7^th December (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)