Specialist Project Controls

Specialist Project Controls

• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
• Diverse & challenging high value projects
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Based in Perth

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Specialist Project Controls to join our Project Services team. As part of a global team responsible for overseeing all of Rio Tinto’s major projects, you will focus on a broad range of projects impacting our Iron Ore businesses.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Project Control professional to extend their career. You will contribute to complex major projects (>250M) with a strong pipeline of future works. As our team support global projects, the role offers future scope and career opportunities for the right candidate.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Principal Advisor Project Controls and working in a collaborative and global community within the Project Controls team, you will be:

• Supporting project controls practices and ensuring compliance with Rio Tinto Projects systems, policies and procedures
• Problem solving and providing advice to project and general managers regarding all project controls related issues including cost and progress, schedule and change management
• Preparing and validating project reports, as well as regular auditing of project controls reporting, cost and schedule status
• Partnering with Study Leads and Project Managers to deliver the project through study stage gates into execution
• Providing input into the development and improvement of project controls procedures and practices to ensure procedures meet or exceed industry current best practice

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Hands-on experience in Project Controls attained within a major project environment
• Experience working on Mining/Oil & Gas projects within an EPCM or Owners organisation and able to deal with multiple projects at the same time
• Degree qualification in Business/Commerce, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Project Management or similar
• Previous exposure to CMS and SAP is desirable
• Advanced working knowledge of project control processes (cost, risk, estimating and scheduling) and the tools used to deliver a sound governance function
• Must be a self-starter and self-directed to drive and work with minimal supervision

What we offerBe 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

Rio 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 and meet opportunities.

Where you’ll be workingRio Tinto Projects helps to grow our business by building new mines and assets as well as studying the different options for both new construction projects and operations approaching closure. We are recognised for delivering safely, on time and on budget or better, and have won multiple awards for our work, including at the Amrun Bauxite mine in North Queensland, Australia, and on the AutoHaul™ driverless trains in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Every Voice Matters

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.

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.

Applications close on Wednesday the 17^th January 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).