Project Specialist

Project Specialist

• Be a part of capable and supportive global team with a flexible and caring work culture
• Be part of a global mining organisation where everyone is valued and respected
• Fixed Term opportunity until December 2024 based in Brisbane

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Project Specialist to support the overall program management for the Global Spare Parts Simplification program. This is a temporary opportunity until December 2024. 

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 Senior Manager Simplification Program and working in a challenging and exciting environment you will be:

• Drive the progress of a cross-functional team delivering key initiatives to enable sustainable improvement of the end-to-end spare parts process
• Establishing and maintaining program governance frameworks, processes and standards
• Help to ensure quality of program deliverables and adherence to established standards
• Collaborating and integrating with partner programs that are driving site delivery
• Support facilitation of communication between program stakeholders and provide support where needed to Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) and initiative leads on project management methodologies, tools and processes
• Assist in preparing monthly progress reports to update program sponsors
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date program documentation, including program plans, scope cards, RAID log, idea register and other related program documentation
• Perform regular audits to identify gaps or non-compliance of program plan and processes

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Project Management experience including planning and resourcing
• Excellent stakeholder engagement with the ability to build, influence and maintain key relationships
• Previous experience in leading change and teams in a cross-functional environment
• LEAN qualification and experience is advantageous
• Experience working in an operations, finance or business improvement role
• Excellent communication including written and verbal

What we offer

Come join our team and enjoy some great benefits:

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment 
• Career development to further your ambitions
• Competitive salary package 
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support 
• Exciting multicultural working environment 

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.

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 Monday the 19^th February 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)