Superintendent Projects

Superintendent Projects – Brockman 4 & Tom Price

• Supportive team culture with a focus on inclusion, safety and delivery
• An exciting strategic & operations delivery role
• Monday to Friday, Perth based role with regular travel to our Brockman or Tom Price operation

About the roles

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We have 2 x Superintendent Projects positions working with established systems and processes to deliver a portfolio of sustaining capital projects that support our mining operations to produce iron ore in a safe and cost-effective manner.

The scope of work you will be accountable for is challenging and diverse. Your demonstrated ability to engage, connect and positively influence key stakeholders at all organizational levels will play a critical part to the effectiveness in this role.

You will be an inspiring role model and coach for positive behaviours, practices and processes, whilst providing leadership, development and support to a team of project professionals responsible for delivering a portfolio of Infrastructure, Fixed Plant and Dewatering projects.

Reporting to the Principal Advisor, accountabilities of this role include:

• Lead a team to successfully define, study and deliver Sustaining Capital projects from pre-feasibility study phase, through to implementation and closure of the project.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to drive a culture of participation and improvement, building close partnerships with Site Operations, Project Services, Contracts, Procurement and Health & Safety
• Accountable for the portfolio schedule, budget and risks against the agreed yearly Plan and providing support to the Project Leads to identify project issues and develop appropriate solutions to maintain safe and efficient project progress.
• Work within a leadership team to share resources and prioritise projects, effectively delivering projects, minimising risk and maximising value to the business.
• Compile and analyse data to actively manage portfolio and for reporting and metrics.
• Support appropriate project governance (including risk and issue management and resolution) and ensures it is maintained within projects.
• Upskilling teams so they are accountable for their own processes and procedures and to seek capital efficiency throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Ensures compliance with engineering standards and project procedures
• Analyse project resourcing levels and recommend resources as appropriate to meet project timelines and cost.
• Identify portfolio risks and developing mitigation/recovery strategies - safety, cost, schedule, quality, and procurement.
• Improve the safety outcomes and behaviours of the team and contractors.

About you

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

• Committed to the Rio Tinto Values of Care, Courage and Curiosity
• Full commitment to deliver projects with zero harm
• Solid problem solving skills and ability to produce complex, cohesive reports with multiple inputs and ability to manage large budgets
• Project Management, Engineering or Construction qualification/experience
• Solid stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills
• Solid experience working within project leadership roles and be confident in effectively leading, mentoring and coaching team members as well as interfacing with senior leaders

• Multi discipline project management experience, with the ability to define and implement project improvement initiatives to maximise capital efficiency

• A current manual WA Driver’s license.

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 culture to support flexible working options
• 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

Where you will be working

You will be based at our head office located in Perth Central Park building, working Monday to Friday with site travel required on a weekly basis.

The projects you and your team will deliver are in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia.

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. 

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.

Applications close on 30 January 2023. (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)