Manager, Regional Asset Management

• Leadership opportunity within our Iron Ore, Asset Management and Engineering Services division
• Lead and influence a substantial world class asset base
• Great exposure to the Rio Tinto Iron Ore value chain
• Fly in, fly out from Perth on 5/2/4/3 roster, with every second Friday spent in Perth

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Manager, Regional Asset Management to lead a geographically dispersed team of asset management professional and technical experts to support fixed plant and heavy mobile assets across three of our iron ore Pilbara mines, including Hope Downs 1, Hope Downs 4 and Yandicoogina. Your role will oversee governance and assurance across our world class asset management and work management processes, including maintenance planning and scheduling (including shutdowns), reliability engineering and defect elimination.

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 General Manager Asset Management & Engineering Services, you will be:

• Accountable for short term planning/strategies, scheduling and reliability engineering for fixed plant and heavy mobile equipment (HME) assets
• Responsible for minor sustaining capital projects and discipline engineering
• Developing and maintaining effective relationships with leaders and other key stakeholders and providing coaching and development
• Leading a safety culture of continuous improvement and safety leadership at all levels

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• A current 'C Class' Drivers Licence
• Experience leading a team
• Asset management framework experience and exposure
• Effective stakeholder management
• Great communication and influencing skills
• Project management experience

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)
• 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 working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700 kilometre rail network and related infrastructure –all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

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 Monday, 5 July 2021 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)