Senior Advisor Studies

Senior Advisor Studies

• Interesting and diverse role that will broaden your horizons and see you innovate, get involved in company growth and enable you to learn about and contribute to the full business cycle
• We’ll provide opportunities for you to bring your experiences and ideas and to apply these in working on your projects and yourself while learning new skills in a supportive and inclusive team
• Perth based role with some ad hoc travel and flexible working arrangements

About the role

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

We are looking for a Senior Advisor to join the Rio Tinto Iron Ore (RTIO) Studies team, and support studies on behalf of RTIO to deliver on stakeholder expectations with the opportunity to resolve complex problems and shape the future of the business. 

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a major study or multiple studies anywhere within the RTIO production chain, so you will have unlimited opportunities to learn and grow while supported by your leader and your team. You’ll draw on your experience to partner with a variety of internal and external stakeholders including mine and rail operations.

We are an open, connected international team of technical specialists using some of the most exciting data and tools on the planet. We are the world leader in automation and smart mining. We have technical development programmes that are industry-leading and recognise the unique nature of your role. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills

Reporting to a Manager of Studies, you will be:

• Identifying critical project issues and opportunities and developing appropriate solutions. 
• Ensuring compliance with key study schedule deliverables and budget. 
• Developing the project business case in line with the business strategy. 
• Identifying and managing key internal and external stakeholders. 
• Producing the study report and presenting study outcomes. 

What you’ll bring

The prospect of making a real impact to the future success of Rio Tinto Iron Ore excites you and your genuine commitment to safety, wellness, environment, heritage and community will help you to make sound recommendations.

You have an understanding of strategic drivers for a study and your background in Engineering, Technical, Finance, Operational Readiness or similar, and your experience in leading a complex piece of work requiring the coordination of a multi-disciplinary team has seen you confidently engage and communicate clearly with a wide range of stakeholders. 

You’ll put your experience in producing significant reports with multiple inputs and ability to manage large budgets along with a good understanding of financial modelling, to good use with opportunities to work on significant studies with real influence. 

Our team love to learn and grow, and while we’ll provide opportunities for you to do so, the openness to mentor and share knowledge with other team members is valued. 

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, you're thinking and your 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 programme
• 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

The Integrated Planning & Development team actively encourages and supports work flexibility. This includes workdays, hours and location, in addition to flexible and part time work schedules. Occasional site travel will be required to support the study and site-based team members and engage with key stakeholders. 

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700-kilometre rail network and related infrastructure –all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore. 

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 Monday 7^th November 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)