Senior Advisor

Senior Advisor Project Delivery

• Be part of a group that is safety and values driven
• FIFO from Perth to Greater Nammuldi – 5 days on 2 off, 4 days on 3 off
• Leadership role managing a team of Project Advisors

About the role

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

We are looking for a motivated and engaging Senior Advisor to lead a high-performance team of site-based Project Advisors. Working with established systems and processes, you will support the safe delivery of sustaining capital projects which enable our Nammuldi mining operations to produce iron ore in a safe and cost-effective manner.

This is a great opportunity for an inspiring role model and coach to support positive behaviours, practices, and processes, whilst providing leadership, development, and support to the team.

Reporting to the Principal Advisor Project delivery – Greater Nammuldi, you will:

• Provide leadership and support to the site Project Advisor team who are structured across two 8/6 rostered panels;
• Manage advisor allocations, rosters and ensure every team member has a quality development plan which is established and tracked regularly;
• Be a champion of Safety and Rio Tinto Values of Care, Courage and Curiosity, leading by example, coaching, mentoring both direct reports and contracting groups and leading investigations which produce real actions to influence change.
• Coach and train construction advisors in RTIO safety and project delivery systems and implement RTIO/Sustaining Capital safety system updates and improvements.
• Engage early with the Project Leads and Engineers to ensure the project preparation sets up for safe and successful project delivery;
• Monitor and influence the quality and schedule requirements of each project in the portfolio, ensuring safe delivery of a quality product whilst adhering to scheduled timelines;
• Be a single point of contact for stakeholder and end user engagement across the site;

What you’ll bring

• Full commitment to deliver projects with zero harm and to champion to the Rio Tinto Values of Care, Courage, and Curiosity
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to assist with safely executing construction activities in an efficient manner
• Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy the challenges and reward this presents
• Understand how to work within a matrix organisation
• Solid experience working within project / construction leadership roles and be confident in effectively leading, mentoring and coaching team members as well as interfacing with senior leaders.
• A current manual WA Driver’s license.

It will also be beneficial if you have

• Demonstrated skills in a Project Supervisor role within the resources industry;
• Project Management skills;
• Contractor management experience;
• Exposure to Critical Risk Management Process and Systems;
• Intermediate-Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office including MS Project, Excel, MS Teams.

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• 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)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance 

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

Located 60km north-west of Tom Price, Brockman is wholly owned and operated by Rio Tinto. Opened in 2010, this open pit operation offers a family friendly fly in fly out roster with state-of-the-art camp facilities.

The Greater Brockman Operations consist of Brockman 2, Brockman 4, Nammuldi and Silvergrass. Driving the latest technological advancements, the open-pit mines offer an avenue for opportunity and career progression. 

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 22 September 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)