Technical Coordinator

Technical Coordinator

• Work within global teams driving improvement and assurance
• Coordinate and help run global technical forums
• Innovative work environment, high visibility global improvement work
• Flexible and agile working - Brisbane or Perth based

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Technical Coordinator to support the Orebody Knowledge (OBK) and Asset Management (AM) Centers of Excellence (COEs) to drive improvements in capability and assurance across the Rio Tinto business.

Working with a diverse team of the industry’s brightest technical experts, you will have the opportunity to grow your network whilst gaining exposure to projects and activities that will position you for future career advancement.

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 Head of Asset Management CoE and working closely with the Head of Orebody Knowledge CoE, you will:

• Coordinate internal reporting processes, providing coaching and support to leaders as required
• Coordinate team forums and events across Rio Tinto office locations globally
• Partner with a wide range of internal stakeholders to drive inclusivity and excellence
• Support initiatives aimed at uplifting Asset Management capability across the Rio Tinto group, interfacing with key internal reference groups, including Asset Management and Safe Production Systems
• Coordinate the Ore Body Knowledge Strategic Mine Planning Course globally
• Coordinate Group Resource and Reserves audits, including the annual reporting processes and associated assurance activities of our Mineral assets.

What you will bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Experience in a technical mine planning, geosciences, or asset management environment
• Ability to role-model partnership and collaboration across multiple teams and at varying levels of seniority
• Proven ability to work autonomously, proactively establish priorities and take responsibility for deliverables
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement capability
• Strong attention to detail, initiative, with the ability to prioritise and multitask independently
• Facilitation skills would be highly regarded

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 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)
• Relocation assistance where necessary

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

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto’s Development and Technology (D&T) group engages and partner with Rio Tinto businesses across 73 operating sites, 35 countries and 6 continents to help create value, manage risk and innovate for the future, whilst providing range of support and services functions, to ensure technical optimisation, establish and transfer best practices, develop strategies to drive performance improvements, and ensure that technical innovation provides a source of long-term competitive advantage.

Group Technical partners to address Rio Tinto’s priority technical threats and opportunities for today and the future. This permanent role will be based in our Brisbane or Perth central offices, with flexibility on how hours are worked to meet both personal and business needs.

 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 15^th February 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.