Program Lead - Mine Water Management

Program Lead - Mine Water Management

• Supportive team culture with a focus on inclusion, safety and delivery
• An exciting strategic & project delivery role
• Monday to Friday, Perth based role with frequent travel to site

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an engaging, safety focused Program Lead - Mine Water Management to join the Project Delivery team.

The scope of work you will be accountable for is challenging and diverse. Your demonstrated ability to engage, connect and positively influence key stakeholders at all organizational levels will play a critical part to the effectiveness in this role.

You will be an inspiring role model and coach for positive behaviours, practices and processes, whilst providing leadership, development and support to a team of project professionals responsible for delivering a portfolio of Mine Water Management (dewatering) projects at PMO West or PMO East,

Reporting to the Manager Sustaining Capital, accountabilities of this role include:

• Co-ordinated management of the Mine Water Management (dewatering) program (PMO West or PMO East/Ports) to achieve its strategic objectives and deliver positive outcomes to the organisation.
• Common approach to front end planning to improve delivery timeframes and potential cost savings for individual projects.
• Assist with review and input to key approval documentation (Briefs, Scope of Works, Capital Applications etc.) to ensure compliance with the program charter (standardisation and deliverables).
• Compile and analyse data to actively manage portfolio and for reporting and metrics.
• Collaborate and partner with our extensive supporting functions to ensure Dewatering leading practice is implemented and sustained.
• Supporting and the team in project delivery systems, processes and procedures ensuring that they are embedded across the team, and leverage synergies.
• A valued partner of our site operation and maintenance teams as you build close partnerships with the internal and external stakeholders to deliver focussed solutions.
• Upskilling teams so they are accountable for their own processes and procedures and to seek capital efficiency throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Analyse project resourcing levels and recommend resources as appropriate to meet the program
• Identify program portfolio risks and developing mitigation/recovery strategies - safety, cost, schedule, quality, and procurement

• Develop the program business case in line with the business strategy for the region

• Improve the safety outcomes and behaviours of the team and contractors:

What you’ll bring

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

• Committed to the Rio Tinto Values of Care, Courage and Curiosity
• Full commitment to deliver projects with zero harm
• Project Management, Engineering or Construction qualification/experience
• Solid problem solving skills and ability to produce complex, cohesive reports with multiple inputs and ability to manage large budgets
• Solid stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills
• Solid experience working within project leadership roles and be confident in effectively leading, mentoring and coaching team members as well as interfacing with senior leaders

• Program management experience, with the ability to define and implement project improvement initiatives to maximise capital efficiency

• A current manual WA Driver’s license.

Where you will be working

You will be based at our head office located in Perth Central Park building, working Monday to Friday with site travel required as required. The projects are in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia where Rio Tinto operates.

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. 

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 30 January 2023. (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)