HR Team Lead Ports

HR Team Lead Ports – Residential Karratha Region

• Stretch your capability and lead a team of HR professionals
• Exciting opportunity to be part of a large and dynamic organisation and grow your career
• Full-time Permanent Karratha residential based role
• Flexible working conditions and excellent employee benefits

About the role 

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a HR Team Lead to join our People Experience team. This superintendent level role will be responsible for leading a small team of HR professionals to deliver operational and tactical support to the Iron Ore Dampier and Cape Lambert leadership teams.

This role is a great opportunity for someone who is a true collaborator, a trusted partner and experienced HR professional. Our HR Team Lead roles are challenging, dynamic and fast paced.

In this position you will be responsible for, but not limited to: 

• Advising and coaching on employee relations matters to clients with a focus on early intervention and people centricity
• Leading and participating in HR projects with exceptional attention to detail and innovative thinking
• Leading, mentoring and developing a team of HR Advisors
• Driving change with a focus on continuous improvement and challenging the status quo
• Building leader capability through coaching in HR systems and processes including annual cyclical processes
• Facilitating organisational and cultural change
• Demonstrating commitment and understanding of business needs and priorities to become a trusted partner

What you’ll bring 

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

• Proven experience in human resources with a comprehensive knowledge of generalist HR activities
• Demonstrated understanding of Australian Employment Law framework and best practice application of relevant legislation
• Extensive experience in complex workplace investigations and advising on performance management practices
• Capacity and versatility to operate in a large and dynamic organisation which involves delivering business objectives across a diverse workforce
• Proven influencing, stakeholder engagement and change management capability
• Highly developed conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills that demonstrate experience in applying business analysis principles and practices to a complex environment
• Experience in leading and developing a team

What we offer  

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress. 

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• 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 packages where suitable

About Rio Tinto 

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for almost 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities

Where you’ll be working 

Working within the Karratha region the role works across four independent shipping terminals which are at two locations, Cape Lambert and Dampier are managed as a single port system. Each terminal has facilities for train unloading, product stockpiling and blending and ship loading

Dampier Port Operations comprises two distinct terminals, co-located near the township of Dampier. Each of these, Parker Point (PPt) and East Intercourse Island (EII), receives iron ore railed from Rio Tinto mines, located inland, and outloads blended products from its shiploaders to bulk ore carriers. The operations are located at Dampier, Western Australia, approximately 1,260 km north of Perth. The port is operational 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Cape Lambert port receives iron ore railed from Rio Tinto owned and operated mines, located inland, and outloads blended products from its shiploaders to bulk ore carriers. The operations are located at Cape Lambert, near Wickham, Western Australia, approximately 1,270 km north of Perth. The port is operational 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

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. 

Applications close on Friday 21^th April 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)