Senior Project Leader - QAL Steam

Senior Project Leader, Electric Steam, Decarbonisation

• Great opportunity to work for a global mining company that works to leave a lasting, positive legacy
• Opportunity to work in a supportive and dynamic team environment
• Permanent Role based in Gladstone or Brisbane

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

Rio Tinto has recently announced an ambitious strategy to grow our business and decarbonise our assets. Our greenhouse gas Scope 1 & 2 emissions reduction targets are to be net zero by 2050.

RTA Pacific Operations (PacOps) Alumina refineries currently utilise coal and gas to generate steam, for use within the process of refining alumina. . To decarbonise the Gladstone refineries (Yarwun Refinery and Queensland Alumina Limited), three large ‘Tier 1’ project workstreams have been identified and the Electric Steam Generation projects are one of these Workstreams .

To help us with this challenge, we are looking for a Project Manager to lead the study, trial and full execution work of Electric Steam Generation at one of the Refineries. The project is multidiscipline brown-field construction, from Concept through to close out. You will be responsible for all aspects of Project management with key focus on satisfying stakeholder needs and expectations and ensuring that the project can be executed in a safe and timely manner.

Reporting to the Manager Electric Steam Decarbonisation you will:

• Demonstrate a visible and active commitment to HSE in design and implementation.
• Establish a project team and lead a positive team culture of safety and well-being
• Lead the project through the full life cycle, including:
  • Define project objectives ensuring stakeholder requirements are properly understood
  • Manage project deliverables through all stage gate approvals, including scope, schedule, budget and risks
  • Manage resources to deliver project scope safely, on time and within budget
  • Monitor, manage and report all relevant project performance indicators to meet business requirements
• Maintain relationships with key stakeholders to drive a culture of collaboration, participation and improvement in project delivery
• Ensure compliance with the Project Management Framework and other project governance processes,
• Lead a team of technical experts, external consultants, and a project support team (both internal and external) to deliver the Project.

What you’ll bring

• Commitment to safety and delivering projects with a focus on safety, well-being and development of the project team
• Bachelor’s Degree, technical trades qualification or substantial industry experience in a similar senior level role
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a project management or Maintenance/Operations role
• Multi discipline project management experience, with the ability to define and implement project improvement initiatives to maximise capital & schedule efficiency
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated complex problem-solving abilities to deliver solutions across the life cycle of the project

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Thorough understanding of the key risks associated with construction projects, including potential commercial and legal issues impacting on capital projects
• Project management qualification / certification
• Project management and delivery of complex brownfield processing plant projects
• Previous experience in delivery (or maintenance / operations) of boilers and/or electrical infrastructure

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your 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 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

Rio Tinto is a global leader in aluminium, one of the world’s most widely used metals.

Active in the sector for more than 110 years, today we operate large-scale, high-quality bauxite mines and alumina refineries, and have the world’s most modern and competitive aluminium smelter portfolio.

Our Pacific Operations sites are located along the east coast of Australia, at the tip of the Northern Territory and in New Zealand’s south. With more than 6,000 employees, we operate a full value chain approach—mining, refining and smelting. Our portfolio includes four bauxite mines, two refineries, four smelters and one power station, and is supported by technical experts located in our Brisbane hub, including a fully operational Operations Centre for our bauxite mines.

Every Voice Matters 

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V 

Closing date 13^th October 2023