Senior Advisor Project Controls

Senior Advisor Project Controls

• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development
• Diverse & challenging projects within the renewable energy space
• Permanent full-time Perth or Brisbane-based role

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We have an opportunity for a Senior Advisor Project Controls to play a key role in the Owners Team project controls function in Rio Tinto Energy Development (RTED) and is expected to continue throughout the Aurora program of works, which is a portfolio of renewable energy projects across the Pilbara region.

You will be part of a small owner’s project controls team covering cost control, planning & scheduling, progress measurement and reporting. You will be responsible for the Aurora cost budget, progress measurement and have governance role over the EPC / EPCM contractors as they report into the overall program of works.

Reporting to the Senior Manager RTED Project Services, working in a collaborative and exciting environment, you will be responsible for:

• The development of control accounts and control budget
• Maintaining and reporting on the project forecast.
• Setup and issuance of cost reports, including cash flow, incurred & commitment curves.
• SAP interface with Cost control
• Supervision and reconciliation of SAP commitment & actual with project cost control
• Review and analyse of the recharge process
• owners invoice processing & accruals reconciliations
• Development of Final Forecast Cost (FFC) and proactive identification of risks and mitigation.
• Proactive analyses of cost data and report findings to the project team.
• Supporting the implementation of effective contingency and change management process.
• Supporting the setup and implementation of project progress measurement practices.
• Identifying improvement opportunities for streamlining work process.
• Supporting the development and maintenance of project controls procedures, including contingency and change management, forecasting, accruals & forex.
• Supporting compliance with standardised processes, systems and tools.
• Interfacing with the EPC / EPCM, finance, procurement & contracts, engineering, construction and estimating groups to ensure accuracy in all project control issues.
• Providing technical project control support to project stakeholders.

What you will bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Have held a similar role in an Owners or EPCM team
• Extensive experience in cost control roles and exposure to mega projects >$1bn
• Proven experience as per the role accountabilities
• Experience in the renewable energy sector an advantage
• Proficiency in the use of cost management databases (Prism, Ecosys, CMS)
• Knowledge of SAP is an advantage
• Excellent Microsoft office skills are required

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, thinking, and hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• 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)
• Relocation assistance where necessary

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 almost 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.

Where you’ll be working

Rio Tinto’s Development and Technology group engages and partner with Rio Tinto businesses across 73 operating sites, 35 countries and 6 continents to help create value, manage risk and innovate for the future, whilst providing range of support and services functions, to ensure technical optimisation, establish and transfer best practices, develop strategies to drive performance improvements, and ensure that technical innovation provides a source of long-term competitive advantage.

Rio Tinto Projects helps to grow our business by building new mines and assets and studying the different options for both new construction projects and operations approaching closure. We are recognised for delivering safely on time and on budget or better. We have won multiple awards for our work, including at the Amrun Bauxite mine in North Queensland, Australia, and on the AutoHaul™ driverless trains in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Every Voice Matters

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.

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 Wednesday 1^st March 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)