Specialist Business Improvement

Specialist – Business Improvement

• Permanent full time employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Live and work in one of the most un-spoilt places in Far North Queensland
• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Occasional travel will be required to go to Amrun

About the role

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

We are looking for a Business Improvement Specialist to play a key role in enabling and driving site initiatives that deliver additional sustained value in accordance with company safety, environmental and statutory requirements.

This is your opportunity to showcase how you can deliver significant value through the identification and execution of high value projects. This role is suited to an energetic, enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who is seeking an influential role within a leading organisation. You will be passionate about transformation and improving the business combined with the ability to show initiative and work autonomously. Working Monday to Friday and reporting to the Business Improvement Superintendent, you will be:

• Facilitating and leading high value projects across site using recognised Business Improvement methodologies
• Coaching and influencing project owners to deliver results rapidly, sustainably and with maximum value
• Interpreting costs and production drivers to inform strategic thinking and the evaluation and prioritisation of initiatives
• Undertaking KPI analysis, improvements and project work designed to identify opportunities to add business value
• Partnering with site leaders and technical experts to help deliver department improvement programs
• Creating a site culture of sustainable improvement

About you

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A current c class drivers licence
• The ability to influence and coach colleagues from different teams
• Exceptional communication skills
• A business, engineering or other technical degree
• Lean Six Sigma or other Business Improvement qualifications
• The ability to recognise improvement opportunities and implement sustainable change.
• Advanced Microsoft office skills
• The ability to work autonomously
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Previous experience in leading project teams or facilitating workshops to deliver results

It will also be beneficial if you have: 

• Previous leadership experience
• Extensive experience using business improvement processes within the mining, manufacturing or heavy industry
• Project engineering or planning experience
• Business analyst or commercial experience
• PowerBI / Power Automate / Power Apps experience
• Experience with ROV's 

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 will be working

Rio Tinto Weipa is located 900km north-west of Cairns on the Gulf of Carpentaria and has been operating for over 50 years. Over the years, it has developed into a vibrant and diverse cultural hub of the Western Cape. Weipa offers a coastal community rich in geographical beauty and cultural heritage that provides families with opportunities to participate in leisure activities, sports and community events.

With a strong sense of community, the region has plenty of natural beauty to offer including the opportunities for boating, fishing, camping and exploring. Construction of the Amrun mining operation, located 40 kilometres southwest of Weipa, was completed in late 2018 expanding our bauxite operations to continue production from one of the world’s premier bauxite deposits.

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.

Closing date: 2nd October 2023