Superintendent Project Data Management

Superintendent Project Data Management

• Lead the transformation of document management practices across APAC projects, driving innovation and efficiency.
• Streamline processes, eliminate inefficiencies, and introduce automation to optimise workflows.
• Build a strong, high-performing team culture focused on continuous improvement and excellence.
• Permanent role based in Perth, CBD

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Superintendent – Project Data Management to lead the transformation of document management practices across the APAC portfolio of over 45 projects and studies, spanning all of Rio Tinto’s product groups.

As a key member of the owner’s project team, the role is responsible for leading the APAC team to optimise data management processes, simplify workflows, reduce duplication of workflows and foster a culture of excellence and a mindset of continuous improvement in service delivery. This role will focus on leading the team’s capability to remove waste within our document management processes, eliminate duplication, and automate processes and systems to ensure efficiency and scalability, whilst maintaining alignment with project and corporate objectives.

The successful candidate will bring together and elevate the document control team’s culture and capabilities to achieve world-class service delivery for major projects. Collaboration with key stakeholders, including engineering teams, engineering managers, and project leadership, will be critical to success.

Reporting to the Manager – Project Data Management, you will be: 

• Lead and inspire the document management team to transform how processes are delivered, be open and agile with new ways of working and ensure alignment with owner’s team values and objectives.
• Act as a champion for change, leading the adoption of new technologies, tools, and methodologies to actively seek out opportunities to enhance efficiency, whilst inspiring the team to continuously improve.
• Ensure the document management team delivers high-quality, timely, and accurate services that meet project needs and exceed stakeholder expectations.
• Establish and maintain metrics to measure and continuously improve team performance and service levels.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including the engineering team, engineering managers, and project leadership.
• Lead the optimization of document management systems, with a focus on maximizing the functionality of InEight Document.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Significant previous experience in document management or a related field, preferably within major projects in the mining or resources sector.
• Proven experience leading teams and driving transformational change in document management or similar functions.
• Strong understanding of document control processes and systems, with specific expertise in InEight Document or equivalent platforms.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build trust at all levels of the organization.
• A track record of optimizing processes, eliminating duplication, and implementing automation in document management.

It would be desirable if you have:

• Experience working in an owner’s team environment, with a focus on governance and compliance
• A working understanding of owners’ team roles and responsibilities within document control, as part of the client/owner relationship. Specifically, the difference between owners and client scope within major projects.
• Familiarity with engineering and project execution workflows, including design, procurement, and construction phases.

What we offer Be 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 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’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. 

Applications close on Wednesday 19th 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.