Lead, Operational Readiness | Perth

Lead, Operational Readiness

• Be part of an organisation that is safety driven and values inclusion where we are improvement focused and put people at the heart
• Join a group that is focused on aligning our growth studies and projects to the operational and end user teams’ needs, creating safe, operable and reliable assets
• Perth based opportunity, flexible and agile arrangements available

About the role

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

We have multiple opportunities available in our Operational Readiness team as a Lead, Operational Readiness dedicated to the Perth team to ensure safe, reliable, operable and maintainable assets are delivered in alignment with RTIO strategic priorities.

The vision is to embed an organisational blueprint for Rio Tinto’s Pilbara Mine Operations, which will be the standard for future organisational design at every site moving forward. 

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

As a trusted role working across multiple stakeholder groups, you will live our values of Care, Courage, Curiosity and champion Everyday Respect for the teams.

At a system level, you will develop and implement best practice management of operational readiness (OR) strategies, processes and tools that divisional operational readiness teams will apply at their site.

These roles provides you the opportunity to identify and deliver performance improvement opportunities through the application of leading-edge analytics to complex data sets across iron ore projects and operational readiness activities.

Reporting to the Manager Operational Readiness and working in a collaborative community within the Operational Excellence division, you will be:

• Providing ongoing guidance and support to divisional OR teams, ensuring a consistent approach to activities associated with the integration management, with a focus on planning, organisation and reporting, cost estimation, risk management and data analysis across a range of metrics
• Forming OR Teams with guidance early on as to how best to integrate with the Project and Operations through leveraging existing opportunities in operations cycles
• Evaluating OR and project processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions across PMO
• Ensure constraints and operational restrictions are incorporated into designs, including improvements and lessons learnt from previous projects and existing operations
• Facilitate excellent communication between operations teams and project personnel with a strong focus on interface management
• Provide coaching and support to operational and project leaders on opportunities to align or improve process
• Build business operational readiness and project capability across the division, leveraging broader learning opportunities and practices
• Apply discipline, governance and quality assurance across all divisional projects
• Develop strong interfaces and relationships with external partners and stakeholders 

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Tertiary degree in a relevant field, for example, Business, Engineering or Project Management
• Six Sigma (Black/Green Belt) and/or Lean Methodology experience is highly desirable
• Demonstrated experience in Operational Readiness and Operations / Project / Study management in Rio Tinto and a demonstrated understanding of the project lifecycle (major and Sustaining Capital), delivery model and interfaces
• Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills
• Strong influencing skills and ability to develop and build credibility among peers to influence outcomes and encourage collaboration
• Exposure to financial modelling and cost estimation, financial reporting
• Ability to interpret and report on complex data
• Capability to write conclusive reports and create documents presenting requirements and developed plans, strategies and approaches

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 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)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

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

You will be based at our head office located in Perth Central Park building, working Monday to Friday with regular site travel required. We encourage agile and flexible work arrangements.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Rio Tinto operates the world's largest integrated portfolio of iron ore assets with industry-leading margins. Our premium product suite, including our flagship Pilbara blend, drives strong customer relationships and is supported by technical and commercial marketing expertise. The iron ore business continues to be the world's largest autonomous truck operator and a proud leader in automated mining technologies.

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 the 27^th November 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)