Planner Shutdown Strategy

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion

• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development

• Diverse and interesting projects

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role

We are looking for a Planner Shutdown Strategy to support the delivery of shutdown workforce strategies through effective mobilisation, vendor engagement and contract execution.

This is a great opportunity for a detail-oriented and commercially aware professional to contribute to a fast-paced, stakeholder-driven environment. This role is Monday to Friday, Perth based in our Central Park building.

Reporting to the Principal Asset Management and working in a challenging and collaborative environment within the Asset Management team, you will be:

• Coordinating labour resourcing activities for shutdowns across multiple sites

• Managing and verifying labour requests aligned to existing contracts and shutdown requirements

• Review, prepare and issue RFQs to vendors, clearly defining labour numbers, skill/role requirements, and mobilisation dates.

• Assessing RFQ responses, evaluating vendor quotes for contractual compliance and supporting vendor selection decisions

• Creating and managing purchase requisitions in SAP for shutdown labour across individual sites

• Building strong stakeholder relationships across operations, vendors and internal teams

About you

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Experience in shutdown planning, logistics mobilisation, or workforce coordination

• Demonstrated capability in contract verification, RFQ evaluation, and vendor engagement

• Working knowledge of SAP for procurement or purchase order requisition creation (preferred)

• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

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

Where you’ll be working Perth Office - Central Park

Our modern office located in Central Park tower in Perth provide an inspiring environment for collaboration and professional growth. You'll be able to enjoy a range of benefits, including access to a modern gym, wellness programs, and convenient amenities that support a healthy work-life balance. Situated in the heart of Perth, we are close to public transport and several parking options.

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About Rio TintoRio 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 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 situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and InclusionAt 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.