Senior Portfolio Management Advisor

Senior Portfolio Management Advisor

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Join an experienced, supportive team and leverage your experience to assess capital projects
• Permanent Full-Time role, Perth based CBD
• Flexible Work Arrangements

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Senior Portfolio Management Advisor who has relevant experience in study and project management and enjoys assessing and reviewing capital projects. The role requires strong stakeholder engagement; leading maturity and gap assessments and providing recommendations on entry level, business requirement and study phase approach in line with business direction.

This role is a great opportunity for an energetic and performance driven individual who is keen to work in a technologically advanced, energy-efficient and cost competitive organisation.

Reporting to the Engineering Principal and working in a collaborative and dynamic environment within the Sustaining Capital team, you will be:

• Leading the portfolio acceptance process between Divisional and Sustaining Capital teams to ensure appropriate assurance with transfer of projects into the Sustaining Capital portfolio;
• Ensuring portfolio acceptance incorporates appropriate assessment of maturity and gap identification
• As part of study and project initiation, assessing the business requirement in relation to the study phase approach and delivery framework;
• Assessing maturity of existing studies from other Divisions and provide recommendations on the appropriate entry point into the Sustaining Capital Project Management Framework;
• Monitoring, managing and reporting relevant studies, stage gates and portfolio acceptance performance to the Sustaining Capital leadership teams;
• Managing and ensuring compliance with Stage Gate process & Lessons Learnt;
• Reviewing standard of Stage Gate deliverables as they pass through study phases;
• Working closely with study and delivery teams; Project Controls, Contracts & Procurement; Business Analysis and others to ensure delivery of assigned outcomes are met;
• Building relationships with key stakeholders, to enable seamless flow of information, ensuring all documentation is clear, supported and adhered to;
• Support strategic planning and improvement to reduce overall challenges that impact portfolio management processes for Sustaining Capital and collaborate with key stakeholders in a coordinated manner to ensure compliance throughout the project delivery lifecycle.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team;
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering, Science, Business or similar. A relevant postgraduate qualification is highly desirable;
• Outstanding study and project evaluation and analysis, including high levels of competence in MS Excel and other programs;
• Strong study and project management experience;
• Exposure to studies and projects of varying size and complexity at various phases of development from Initiation, through to Implementation and Close Out;
• Strong stakeholder engagement and effective communication & interpersonal skills;
• Detail focused, process driven with a drive for continuous improvement;
• Ability to review large studies and projects with accompanying large documentation and data sets with the ability to analyse and distil this information into a concise message.

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)
• 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 role will be based at Central Park Perth CBD.

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 27 February 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)