Senior Advisor – Energy System Development

Senior Advisor – Energy System Development

• Looking to make an impact in energy markets, hydrogen, and green materials? Join our Rio Tinto Energy Development team and create value with your insights
• Key energy system and market analysis position within our energy portfolio
• Deliver initiatives, join a collaborative team and make a difference in this Perth based role

About the role

Rio Tinto Energy Development is focused on the development of renewable energy to decarbonise the company’s existing operations and support future growth in green materials essential to progress. Opportunities to decarbonise and grow are being assessed in high quality renewable energy regions across the globe, each with their own market context and development models. As we continue to build upon this key part of our business, we’re now looking to appoint a Senior Advisor – Energy System Development.

• Provide analytical support for a range of business development activities, including evaluation of commercial agreements and transactions, advanced financial modelling, and risk analysis.
• Develop and maintain energy system and market models in a range of jurisdictions to support business decision making.
• The role will deliver energy modelling in multiple regions including in Australia, Canada, and other geographies.

About you:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in a commercial or technical discipline
• Ability to scope energy system design and complete advanced cash-flow analysis of project economics in a range of locations
• Track record of supporting business decision making in renewables with a good understanding of competitive wholesale electricity markets
• Previous experience in quantitative modelling, including risk analysis of options across both medium and long-term scenarios
• An ability to apply linear optimisation modelling techniques/expertise to an array of electricity problems and assessment of energy vector opportunities
• An understanding of the key drivers of renewables systems, and a background in utilising relevant software packages (e.g. PLEXOS/Homer etc.)
• Exceptional attention to detail, highly developed analytical skills and ability to challenge assumptions
• Demonstrated communication skills, including ability to build relationships and excellent writing skills
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently as part of a small and dynamic team

If you have had experience with renewable energy and wholesale energy markets and are looking for your next exciting opportunity, then we would love to hear from you.

This is an exciting time at Rio Tinto and we are looking for an open minded and collaborative team member to come and join us. You will get to partner with this forward-thinking business, demonstrating your resourceful ideas at all levels and with various stakeholders. Your ability to influence and translate best practice into business focussed solutions is what sets you up for success. Your modelling capability, analytical skills, agile insight and commercial acumen will be a key asset to this team.

What we offer

• 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)

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 for this role will close on March 15^th 2023 however we do reserve the right to close the role earlier.