Project Execution Supervisor

Project Execution Supervisor

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusive
• Fly in, Fly out roster arrangement from Perth
• Permanent full-time role with a huge range of additional benefits

About the role

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

At Winu, as a greenfield project we recognise the need to operate differently for speed and agility. Our culture ‘The Winu Way’ reflects our values, mindsets and behaviours within our business and sets us apart from other operations. It’s vital that our people align with Rio Tinto’s core values of care, courage and curiosity, as well as Winu’s four main operating principles; experimentation, connection, belonging and simplicity.

The Rio Tinto Copper Winu Projects team is accountable for the delivery of projects allocated to the team via internal processes or by agreement with the senior leadership team. This includes the complete project management of the work from the Order of Magnitude stage through to project Close Out.

The Project Execution Supervisor has full responsibility for project implementation; this includes the estimation and execution of work against the standard parameters of HSE, Cost, Time, Quality and Resources. 

Reporting to the Projects Superintendent, you will:

• Establish robust scopes of work that meet project requirements, are compliance, and estimated accurately
• Identify, agree, and approve project change according to delegation authority in a timely way and ensure all work is completed in accordance with the budget and schedule
• Ensure that risk management practices and requirements are applied throughout the life of the project.
• Ensure that HSE requirements are documented and understood by all those working on the project, including contractors.
• Assist in fostering a positive work culture that is focused on excellence in project implementation, and a high level of morale in the project team.
• Support the Project Superintendent with control of costs during implementation by utilising project control processes i.e. Technical Queries, Field Notices.
• Identify and manage all risk associated with implementation through the Constructability/Level 2 risk assessment process.
• Ensure good working relationships throughout project implementation and post completion, resolving issues as they arise.

What you will bring

• Commitment to the safety of self and others
• Recent experience delivering civil works projects preferably within the mining sector
• Recognised qualification in Project Management or equivalent experience
• Excellent stakeholder management and engagement capability
• Prior experience scoping and successfully delivering projects against budget and schedule
• Trade qualification in a relevant area is desirable
• Current C Class Manual Driver’s License

 What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, thinking, and 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)
• Relocation assistance where necessary

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 will be working

Winu is a 100% Rio Tinto owned copper-gold mineralisation project in the Yeneena Basin of the Paterson Province in Western Australia. The project is located approximately 130 km north of the Telfer mine and 350 km southeast of Port Hedland. Teams at Winu are taking an agile approach to greenfield project development and being innovative in the way we bring a mine from exploration to production.

This role is offered on a site-based fly-in, fly-out roster with some time in our office in Perth.

Every Voice Matter

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 Wednesday 7^th December (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.