Specialist Business Risk

Specialist Business Risk

• Join a global network and diverse team where people are encouraged to offer unique perspectives and build knowledge and connections
• We offer competitive compensation, paid parental leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements

• Permanent opportunity based in Perth | 5 on : 2 off roster

About the role

We are seeking an analytical, critical thinking Specialist Business Risk to join our Program Management team supporting the Rail business units.

Reporting to the Manager Program Management you will be responsible for integrating risk into the Rail business units to inform management decisions, as well as supporting risk owners to maintain currency and quality oof risk information. This role is a great opportunity to partner with the business (Operations and Functions) to apply a risk-based approach to decision analysis and core business processes.

Key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Engage with leaders to integrate risk into operational decision-making and core business processes including investment in projects, multi-year planning and assurance activities
• Manage agreed and regular risk activities for Rail, including but not limited to the maintenance of the divisional risk register and associated risk reduction actions plans, annual critical risk assessment (CRA) and Asset Integrity Assessments (AIA)
• Scheduling and coordinating regular reviews of risk information, including controls assurance and effectiveness
• Facilitate business risk assessments with risk owners and operational teams
• Develop and leverage strong working relationships with key internal and external customers to drive continuous improvement
• Supporting Risk Business Partners to develop risk–informed assurance plans and activities
• Providing timely risk reporting (including control effectiveness and action status) to local leadership team and relevant management forums
• Govern and provide technical risk support for core business functions and systems
• Nomination of risk, action, and control owners to complete relevant risk management training

What you’ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Experience in a risk management role and / or a bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Engineering or related discipline will be beneficial
• Working knowledge of ISO 31000 Risk Management Principles and Guidelines
• Experience in Lean or Six Sigma will be beneficial
• Highly developed communication skills and the ability to influence and negotiate with a high level of initiative
• Demonstrable critical thinking and problem-solving skills coupled with a high level of organisation and attention to detail
• Experience in controls assurance and conducting risk and control assessments
• An aptitude for continuous improvement
• Experience in internal or external risk audit would be seen as highly advantageous

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, thinking and 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)

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto’s Central Park office is the normal place of work. Visiting our three operations helps establish a working knowledge of the business and its uniqueness, as well as confirm information related to risk management and for risk audit and assurance purposes.

This role is Perth based, with opportunities to undertake site visits as required to fulfill the role.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets supported by functional teams in the Perth hub: 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.

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 salt – refined to produce caustic which is used to extract aluminium from bauxite ore. 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.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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.