Specialist Risk & Capital

Specialist Risk and Capital

• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

• Fly in, Fly out from Perth, or any of our regional hubs on 5 days on, 2 days off / 4 days on, 3 days off roster

About the role

The Operational Excellence team at West Angelas is seeking an experienced Risk & Capital Specialist to provide technical expertise, support, and guidance on capital and risk, management practices across our operation. This crucial role involves developing and guiding other professionals and directly supporting leadership's decision-making processes.

You’ll be part of a supportive team, supported by your Leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team. You’ll work on a 5/2/4/3 FIFO roster which will give you more time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your life. 

Reporting to the Operational Excellence Manager, and working in a supportive and collaborative environment, you will be:

• Providing risk and capital portfolio insights to support business planning, including the annual plan.

• Partnering with leaders to integrate risk considerations into operational decision-making, core business processes, and investment activities.

• Promoting proactive risk management by offering support to the risk owners through trend monitoring, control effectiveness assessment, action management, and issue escalation.

• Coordinating and overseeing the development of annual and 5-year capital portfolios.

• Developing risk and capital acumen across the site.

• Collaborating with capital stakeholders to provide guidance, report on status, and coordinate capital portfolio governance.

• Championing and governing the Management of Change (MOC) process, providing coaching and support.

About you

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and the team

• A degree in Business, Finance, Engineering or related field will be highly regarded

• Experience in Risk management, capital, process improvements or similar

• Highly effective organisational, time management, problem-solving and analytical skills

• Proven ability to communicate new ideas, influence stakeholders and manage conflict

• Ability to work both autonomously and within a team

• A high level of computer literacy including developing, automating, and managing spreadsheets, reports, and the ability to learn new software

• Current C Class driver’s license (manual)

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100%, we still want to hear from you. 

We are committed to promoting diversity within Rio Tinto and as a special measure to we strongly encourage women to apply.

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.

Where you’ll be working

Located 110km west of Newman, West Angelas operates on a fly in fly out roster from Perth, Broome and Busselton.

West Angelas is a pioneer in autonomous technologies – we were the first site to trial autonomous haul trucks and incorporate autonomous drilling into our operations in 2008, and we continue to have one of the largest mining fleets in the Pilbara.

Our high grade, low phosphorous Marra Mamba orebody is an integral part of the Pilbara Blend, contributing both lump and fines products on around four trains each day. At the West Angelas hub there are state-of-the-art power generation and refueling facilities. These facilities supply power and diesel fuel to the East Pilbara mine sites.

The future is bright at West Angelas with ongoing growth projects at Deposits C and D, as well as additional deposits under study providing enormous opportunities for personal development and career growth.

Applications close on the 30th of June 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.