Principal Production Systems - Operational Excellence

Principal Production Systems - Operational Excellence

• Career building opportunity for someone who truly wants to make a difference
• Drive innovation and promote value added growth as part of your work
• Challenging role that will broaden your horizons
• Enjoy the blend of being based at Central Park, working from home and site based travel when required

Where we’re all welcome 

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. 

We acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

About the role 

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Principal Production Systems - Operational Excellence to join our dynamic Operational Excellence team within the Rio Tinto Iron Ore (RTIO) division. Our Safe Production System teams play a critical role in empowering our frontline employees, so we can be the best operator we can possibly be. We do this by bringing together industry best practice, which helps us to design a framework and set of tools to support our employees and create a resilient and stable operation throughout the commodity cycle.

Reporting to the Manager, Safe Production Systems you will:

• Support the Safe Production Systems diagnostic on site and support the site in the definition of the priorities
• Deliver the Rio Tinto Production System (RTPS) at Iron Ore level
• Integrate with central program under the Office of the Chief Operating Officer
• Help to identify and build the team that will support the transformation
• Work closely with functional leaders to support initiatives through implementation, including tracking progress against milestones and leading change management activities
• Ensures consistent SPS standards implementation and identify opportunities for SPS standards improvement
• Provide coaching to leaders and change leaders (Operation leaders, stream leaders and Kaizen facilitators)
• Set up SPS at sites focusing on empowerment, engagement, behaviours and mindsets in a bottom up way
• Work collaboratively to design and construct SPS principals, methods and measures of success
• Lift themes from the deployments (e.g. Mirror walks / gallery walks) to areas we can focus on and address at a systematic level across Iron Ore
• Guide deployment teams on best practice for RTSPS deployments
• Oversee the development and deployment of the RTIO guidance notes to ensure consistent deployment of RTSPS practices in Iron Ore, with a focus on Operational Excellence practices
• View RTSPS through an operational lens to enhance deployment success; and position how RTIO takes a “ground up” approach to RTSPS practices

What you’ll bring  

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Proven experience in successfully leading and delivering projects in matrix-based positions
• Lean experience as Lean change agent
• An ability to identify and effectively navigate obstacles or roadblocks
• Demonstrated curiosity and drive for thinking differently
• Current C Class driver’s license

It would be beneficial but not essential to possess any of the following skills;

• Operational Leadership
• Lean management practices
• Production, Management or Operating Systems as applied to business or operation management
• Major change management
• Systems engineering, functional systems-based modelling or activity
• Mining (or major industrial) experience across the lifecycle from project development into operation

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
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
• 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, cultural leave)
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more

Where you’ll be working

Working Monday to Friday with flexible working arrangements available you will be based at the Central Park building, located in Perth CBD with regular travel to the iron ore operations in the Pilbara.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700 kilometer rail network and related infrastructure –all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

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 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.

Applications close on Tuesday 4^th July 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)