Senior Adviser Project Delivery

Rio Tinto

Posted on:  1st Jun 2026
  • Play a critical role delivering one of Rio Tinto’s largest global SAP S/4HANA transformation programs

  • Work across multiple workstreams with variety, flexibility and evolving scope

  • Join a high-performing team and strengthen delivery discipline across the program

  • 12-month engagement + possible extension

About the role

We are looking for x2 Project Manager's to ensure the successful planning, execution, monitoring, and completion of projects and outcomes within scope, time and budget constraints.

This is a great opportunity for an exceptional project manager to ensure that all project activities are executed in line with industry best practices and organisational standards while managing risks and resolving any issues that may arise.

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.

What you’ll be doing

  • Support delivery across multiple ERP workstreams, adapting to changing program priorities

  • Plan and coordinate project activities across delivery phases from initiation through execution

  • Manage and track risks, issues, dependencies and milestones across your assigned scope

  • Contribute to developing and maintaining integrated delivery plans across teams

  • Monitor progress and provide clear reporting on delivery performance and status

  • Partner with stakeholders to ensure alignment on priorities, deliverables and outcomes

  • Support resource coordination and help ensure delivery teams are set up for success

  • Apply consistent delivery practices to ensure outcomes are delivered on time and to program standards

What you’ll bring

  • Proven experience in project or delivery management within large complex programs particularly within SAP transformation programs

  • Strong capability in planning, tracking and managing delivery across multiple priorities

  • Experience managing risks, dependencies and stakeholder expectations in dynamic environments

  • Ability to operate as a generalist delivery resource rather than a single domain specialist

  • Confidence working in ERP or large-scale transformation programs

  • Strong communication skills with the ability to engage and influence across teams

  • A structured approach with strong attention to detail balanced with flexibility and adaptability

  • Comfort operating in an environment where scope, priorities and deliverables evolve over time

What We Offer

  • Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work

  • A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

  • Competitive base salary with annual incentive program

  • Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance

  • Attractive share ownership plan

  • Career development & education assistance

  • Flexible working arrangements

  • Be part of Rio Tinto’s global Modern ERP transformation, contributing directly to one of the organisation’s most significant multi‑year programs

  • Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support

  • Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more

Where You’ll Be Working

You’ll join the Modern ERP Program — a multi‑disciplinary team bringing together technology, process, data and change specialists to reshape how work happens across Rio Tinto. We’re modernising a 20‑year‑old ERP system and redesigning core business processes to improve safety, efficiency and ignite innovation.

 This work supports our people across global operations to spend less time on transactional tasks and more time on work that really matters. By simplifying and digitising how the organisation runs, the Modern ERP Program is creating the foundation for future productivity gains, smarter decision‑making and AI‑enabled transformation.

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About Rio TintoRio 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 situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and InclusionAt 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.

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