Project Controls Lead Weipa

Project Controls Lead

• Review, provide guidance and offer solutions for study and execution projects
• Work in an environment where people are valued and respected
• Permanent role based in Brisbane with some site travel

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a self-motivated Project Controls Lead to oversee the delivery of a Rio Tinto Aluminium Sustaining Capital Portfolio for study and execution projects.

The role will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the annual capital plan, managing a team of cost controllers and planners, and ensuring projects are managed within the control framework.

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.

Reporting to the Manager Project Services Sustaining Capital, you will:

• Effectively manage a project controls team of planners and cost engineers.
• Apply a discipline governance and quality assurance across a portfolio of projects.
• Manage the relationship with project controls stakeholders within the project and within the business.
• Provide guidance to internal and external senior stakeholder management
• Lead the implementation of effective contingency and change management process.
• Analyse and report progress to plan to contribute to strategic and operational decisions.

What you’ll bring

• Strong knowledge of project controls and planning
• Experience in end-to-end delivery of projects from early study phases through to execution
• Preparation, guidance and coordination for the required governance process
• Strong technical discipline leadership in driving consistent and best practice project controls support, as well as governance which are aligned to the control framework
• Preparation, collation, and validation of project reporting including estimating, planning and cost control curves.
• Oversee contractor project controls activities to ensure compliance with Rio Tinto procedures and requirements.
• Identify and implement improvement opportunities for streamlining project controls work processes.

What we offer

• Competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
• Discounted Health cover scheme (Medibank) for employees and their immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Salary sacrifice & packaging options
• Paid parental leave up to 9 months half pay or 4.5 months full pay

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.

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto is a global leader in aluminium, one of the world’s most widely used metals.

Active in the sector for more than 110 years, today we operate large-scale, high-quality bauxite mines and alumina refineries, and have the world’s most modern and competitive aluminium smelter portfolio.

Our Pacific Operations sites are located along the east coast of Australia, at the tip of the Northern Territory and in New Zealand’s south. With more than 6,000 employees, we operate a full value chain approach—mining, refining and smelting. Our portfolio includes four bauxite mines, two refineries, four smelters and one power station, and is supported by technical experts located in our Brisbane hub, including a fully operational Operations Centre for our bauxite mines.

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.