Heritage Liaison Advisor

Heritage Liaison Advisor

• Field focused role with remote travel to deliver cultural heritage survey program
• Some where your work matters
• Permanent | Fulltime | Residential role in Dampier | 8 days on: 6 days off

About the role

Reporting to the Superintendent Heritage Fieldwork we are looking for a Heritage Liaison Advisor to facilitate and ensure the safe conduct of Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s cultural heritage survey program.

This role is a great opportunity for a passionate professional who love enjoys working in the field, has solid leadership and stakeholder management skills and able to bring all the pieces of the project together. Responsibilities of the role will include:

• Contractor management for Rio Tinto’s heritage team survey program.
• Developing and maintaining favourable relationships with internal and external stakeholders through strong engagement and communication
• Delivering in-field survey works 
• Preparing, managing and implementing project emergency response plans and journey management plans.
• Supervise heritage field survey teams (contractors & visitors) in line with RT safety systems and processes enabling delivery against the infield survey schedule.
• Maintaining cultural heritage fieldwork equipment, assets, and fleet
• Supporting social surrounds, ethnographic, botanical, and other environmental survey works with Traditional Owner group involvement
• Coaching survey participants according to Rio Tinto HSEC and CRM procedures
• Undertaking critical risk management as a team leader.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Experience working in a leadership role with good field safety knowledge and a passion for working in aboriginal communities.
• Capable to travel (up to 10 days at a time), work in the field, in the heat and undertake physically demanding tasks.
• Experience bringing stakeholders together to deliver on projects with excellent engagement and influencing skills.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Senior First Aid Certificate, 4WD accreditation and GIS/Navigation skills.

What we offer

• Discounted Health cover scheme (Medibank) for employees and their immediate family 
• Salary sacrifice & packaging options – rental, mortgage, super, vehicle 
• Paid parental leave up to 9 months 
• Employee discounts – banking, accommodation, motoring, retail and more 
• Eligible for the Rio Tinto employee share program
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority 
• Learning and development opportunities to support your desired technical or leadership career path 
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters 

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 will be based in the Dampier.

Every Voice Matters

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 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.

Please note, to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

Applications close on 21 September 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date). Please have a conversation with your leader prior to applying for the role.