Senior Advisor

Senior Advisor

• Play a pivotal role in driving digital transformation and business improvement
• 18-month fixed term Rio Tinto employee contract with potential of ongoing employment
• Monday to Friday, based at the Operations Centre near the Perth Airport

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s Integrated Operations is seeking a Perth based Senior Advisor to join their Future Scheduling Platform (FSP) project team. Part of Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s End-to-End Digital Transformation programme this project is using new advanced digital tools and optimisation techniques to transform the experience of the Integrated Operations Supply Forecasting and Scheduling team who produce schedules and manage the deviation of iron ore material movement across the mine to port value chain.

Reporting to the Manager Project Lead, key accountabilities for the position will be to:

• Provide effective and confident stakeholder engagement for FSP delivery across the project team, scheduling leadership and broader stakeholders
• Contribute to business improvement planning and execution and change management methodology
• Identify critical path and process change to realise the value of FSP implementation
• Analyse the logic that supports FSP automated decisions and schedule generation
• Undertake investigative data analytics of supply chain performance to highlight opportunities
• Maximise the effectiveness and deployment of FSP use cases into the operational environment

What you’ll bring

To be considered suitable applicants will have:

• Demonstrated knowledge of end-to-end scheduling processes and systems and/or logistics management
• Extensive knowledge of supply chain and an understanding of the impact of business-critical schedule changes and deviations
• Sound commercial acumen and understanding of value chain optimisation
• Confident interpersonal communication style for effective stakeholder engagement
• Change management strategy exposure including business improvement methodology application
• Digital transformation project experience
• Previous experience working in the mining and/or resources industry preferred
• Degree qualification in Engineering, Surveying or Science preferred

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
• 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid, or half paid parental leave
• 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); and
• Local relocation packages offered for Australian residents only

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.

Applications close on 10 Nov 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).