Value Enhancement Specialist

Value Enhancement Specialist

• Unique opportunity to influence the future for Rio Tinto in a ground-breaking project
• Join a supportive and caring team that is committed to your growth and development
• Perth CBD based role
• Full-time or part-time opportunity available (hours and working days can be flexible to suit you!)

About the role

Winu is an exciting new copper-gold project located in the Paterson Province, Western Australia. The team is focused on strengthening our relationships with the host Traditional Owners of the land while also completing drilling, fieldwork and study activities to progress the project’s development pathway.

Winu’s Value Enhancement program supports the above by successfully identifying, delivering and sustainably embedding improvement opportunities. As Winu looks to further replicate this success across the entire business, we are looking for a Value Enhancement Specialist to join Winu’s Operational Excellence team.

Reporting to the Manager Operational Excellence, you will work collaboratively with each area of Winu to deliver value through both cash and non-cash levers. With a mindset that focuses on both short-term gains and longer term-value, this will mean:

• Owning and continuing to grow the current Value Enhancement framework.
• Develop tools and methods that identify key value bottlenecks and assist in trade-off decisions in line with Winu’s overall strategy.
• Coach and support leaders from across the Winu project through the entire lifecycle of an improvement initiatives (from idea through to sustainably embedding).
• Assist with communications that foster an improvement mindset across the organisation.

This is a unique opportunity for a professional who is passionate about driving continuous improvement and operational excellence across an entire business.

What you will bring

• Positive "can do" attitude who embraces change
• A tertiary qualification
• Strong results orientation with a proven record of delivering initiatives on time and to the required quality standards
• Demonstrated application of tools/methods that identify value bottlenecks and inform trade-off decisions
• An analytical mindset with the ability to distil key insights from complex analysis
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to manage stakeholders effectively

It would be beneficial but not necessary to have formal qualifications with Lean, Six Sigma and/or an equivalent business improvement toolkit.

What we offer

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP)
• Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays)
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

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’ll be workingWinu is a 100% Rio Tinto owned copper-gold mineralisation project in the Yeneena Basin of the Paterson Province in Western Australia. The project is located approximately 130 km north of the Telfer mine and 350 km southeast of Port Hedland.

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.

Applications close Monday 3^rd April 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)