Programme Lead – Facilities Projects

Programme Lead – Facilities Projects

• Supportive team culture, with a focus on inclusion, safety, and work life balance
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
• Work from the Central Park office in Perth, CBD with adhoc site travel and flexible work arrangements
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family

About the role

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

We are looking for a Programme Lead to join our Facilities Project Delivery team within Sustaining Capital, to lead a team of Project Leads and Engineer’s in delivering Medium to Large brownfield, facilities, camps, villages, and infrastructure projects across the Pilbara.

We are an open, connected international team of technical specialists using some of the most exciting data and tools on the planet. We have technical development programmes that are industry-leading and recognise the unique nature of your role. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills.

Reporting to the Sustaining Capital Facilities Delivery Superintendent and working in a collaborative, inclusive and diverse team, you will be responsible for:

• Supervising, coaching, developing, and guiding a team of Project Leads through project lifecycle
• Ensuring project compliance with Rio Tinto facilities standard, design principal guidance notes and basis of design documentation
• Coordinating between facilities strategy and engineering, operations, HSE, procurement and finance to find the correct balance between project outcomes, facilities strategy objectives, technical advancement, and future agility for the assets constructed in our projects
• Liaison with internal RTIO clients and stakeholders (Facilities, Communities, operations, mining) to understand client requirements

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team (standard for all job adverts)
• 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
• Demonstrated experience implementing architectural and interior design principles into contractual delivery frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills
• Experience with commercial & residential built form design and construction, building standards and design governance would be beneficial
• A degree in Engineering, Architecture or relevant Project Management qualification would be beneficial
• Working Knowledge of Archer, CPMS, Sustaining Capital Framework and ALIM drawing system, would be an advantage

What we offer

• 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 and salary packaging options
• Career development and 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)

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

This role is based in Perth, at our head office in Central Park, and working Monday to Friday. We want you to have a great work/life balance, so the days, hours, location of work are flexible (including working from home). You may be required to travel to the Pilbara to support our customers on an as required basis.

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-kilometre 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.

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 the 7^th of October 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).