Specialist Approvals
Rio Tinto
Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better
Tremendous opportunity to join a global organisation at the forefront of mining
Flexible lifestyle-friendly roster: Karratha residential, FIFO, or Perth-based with ad hoc site travel.
About The RoleRio Tinto Iron Ore’s Railway Division in Dampier is seeking an experienced Approvals Specialist to manage approvals for the Rail Maintenance Portfolio. This role involves collaborating with key stakeholders, internal approvals teams, and subject matter experts to secure all necessary approvals aligned with project and maintenance schedules while adhering to governance requirements.
You will play a pivotal role in supporting maintenance managers, superintendents, and project leads by ensuring approvals are fit for purpose, compliant with legislative and governance requirements, and that stakeholder engagement is thorough to enable seamless project and maintenance delivery.
Reporting to the Approvals Superintendent, your key responsibilities include:
Developing, reviewing, and maintaining environmental compliance documentation such as environmental management plans, heritage procedures, monitoring plans, and risk registers.
Engaging with internal and external stakeholders, including government agencies and Traditional Owner groups, to secure specific environmental approvals.
Ensuring environmental management activities are executed in full compliance with relevant state and regulatory requirements.
Collaborating with internal teams and approvals specialists to develop and implement approval strategies that efficiently deliver outcomes across the Rail Maintenance portfolio.
Applying strategic thinking to identify opportunities for streamlining approvals processes, anticipating challenges, and aligning activities with broader organisational objectives.
Actively contributing to organisational improvement initiatives, including approvals-related business systems and strategic projects.
What You’ll Bring
A strong understanding of various approval types and the information required for each.
Experience in mining and resource projects, ideally within the Pilbara region.
A tertiary qualification in environmental science or a related discipline.
Exceptional technical writing skills, attention to detail, and the ability to solve complex problems.
Proven project management skills, ensuring high-quality delivery outcomes for approvals.
Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders.
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
Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
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, cultural leave)
Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water).
To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.
We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:
Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment
Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.
Where you will be working
Our four independent shipping terminals at two locations, Cape Lambert and Dampier, are managed as a single port system. Each terminal has facilities for train unloading, product stockpiling and blending, and ship loading. Employees reside locally in the Pilbara region of Western Australia with Karratha being the closest town.
Applications close on 10th of February 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)
About Rio TintoRio 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 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 situations and meet opportunities.
Every Voice MattersAt 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.
