Contractor Management Improvement Specialist | Perth

Contractor Management Improvement Specialist

• We want a safe, capable, qualified, and ready workforce. We see a huge potential to simplify how we work, collaborate with supplier partners, and share best practice, particularly lessons from safety investigations.
• We want capable and accountable Rio Tinto contractor owners. Our CM improvement team will ensure that our site CM SME’s and leaders are competent in the CM practices through frontline coaching.
• We want to be the best operator. Together with our operations, functions, and suppliers we will drive best practice contractor management through systemic improvement initiatives.
• Flexible work options available
• Perth based role with regular commute

About the role

We are looking for a Contractor Management Improvement Specialist to support the delivery and continual improvement of Iron Ore’s contractor management strategy. This role is offered as a Perth based role (Mon-Fri) with regular commute to our Pilbara operations.

In this role you will be partnering with leaders from our Operational and Technical Support Division to improve business performance through coaching and continuously improving the contractor management system. The role will require in field verification activities to check the Contractor Management 5 Step Process is effectively understood and applied, and to allow identification of best practice activities for replication.

This role is a great opportunity for an energetic and performance driven individual who has well developed communication skills and is ready to make a difference to the experience of our supplier workforce. As part of the Contractor Management Improvement team, reporting to the Contractor Management Improvement Partner, you will be:

• Driving assurance and improvement in our operational and supplier contractor management performance.
• Working closely with HSE, Procurement, and frontline teams to ensure safety performance is sustained, there is best practice cash performance in place, and suppliers are supported by coaching in contractor management disciplines and Safety Maturity.
• In-field monitoring of the 5-step CM process and RTIO HSE standards and policies to identify improvement opportunities and areas of best practice for replication.
• Partnering with relevant Divisions to create business unit plans and assist in closing performance gaps.
• Providing subject matter expert input to Significant Incident (SI) and Potentially Fatal Incident (PFI) investigations involving suppliers.

What you’ll bring

To be successful in this role you will

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team (standard for all job adverts)
• Knowledge of contractor management systems and processes.
• Experience working with, or for, contractor suppliers favourable.
• Relevant qualifications (preferably degree qualified)
• A diverse skill set and experience in one or more of the areas of operational leadership, procurement, Contractor Management, HSE, or Business Improvement
• A passion for working with people and driving genuine partnerships with our suppliers and stakeholders

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
• 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid or half paid parental leave
• 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); and
• Local relocation packages offered for Australian residents only

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’ll be working

This role is Perth based but will require ad hoc travel to site.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700 kilometre rail network 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.

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 28 November 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)