Data Steward

DATA STEWARD

• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
• Be part of an exciting new global programme
• Support complex systems and huge datasets
• Based in Perth or Brisbane

About the role

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

We are looking for a Data Steward to join our Exploration team in a global transformational programme, DataXplorer. This programme of work will deliver an evolving ecosystem where trusted data is transformed, integrated, and made accessible via a suite of agile tools and workflows. This programme spans exploration, data and information management and analytics, driving greater value from data, delivering insights to geoscientists and making better decisions faster. Data discovery for discover from data.

Our exploration technical knowledge team within the Rio Tinto Exploration business, is responsible for transforming the way we find, evaluate and mine resources by developing and implementing ground-breaking technologies as part of our rapidly changing, data rich world.

You will play a key role by understanding and mapping data requirements (who needs what, when, how) and modelling our evolving future state. You will manage master data, data catalogues, governance and standardisation of global terms. We have a rich and rapidly growing repository of data to help map, prioritize and test the best minerals targets around the globe - from surface geochemistry, airborne geophysics, satellite remote sensing and drillhole spectral scanning data, to social and environmental data

This is a great opportunity to work in a diverse and rapidly evolving space. The role, reporting to the Programme lead, offers great variety and the opportunity to be part of a global transformational journey.

What you will bring

• Experience in a data management role, including data analysis, reporting, analytics and/or business intelligence
• Experience with data catalogue / glossary management
• Exposure to data architecture, master data management, governance and data knowledge management
• Experience in development and implementation of data compliance and data security
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Proactive and resilient to stakeholder engagement challenges
• Agility and adaptability in rapidly changing working environment
• Approaches to handle ambiguity and diverse stakeholder needs

What we offer

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP)
• Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
• Excellent retirement plan
• A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays)
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

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 Exploration group seeks to create value for the business by discovering or acquiring new mineral resources. Organized into four regional teams (Americas, Australasia, Africa-Europe and Eurasia), the Exploration group provides both a global reach and a local presence across a range of commodities including bauxite, copper, iron ore, nickel and uranium.

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.