General Manager Closure Delivery

1 week ago

Perth, Western Australia Rio Tinto Full time

GM Closure Delivery

  • Lead a high performing team of General Managers in our Closures business
  • Optimise a portfolio of varied closure projects in the APAC region
  • Assess and prepare for a pipeline of future work for the Closures business
  • Permanent role based in Brisbane or Perth with regular travel

About the role

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


Rio Tinto Closure (RTC) is the business that safely transforms Rio Tinto's end of life mining, processing, and infrastructure assets.

The RTC team collaborates with all parts of Rio Tinto across the asset life cycle to embed closure into the life of the asset; optimise closure execution; enhance Rio Tinto's reputation and growth; and minimise long term liabilities and realise value.

Core to this is focusing on the social outcomes at the end of our assets lives and their transition to next use.


RTC achieves this through collaboration with key internal and external partners, for effective development of asset closure vision, closure planning, external stakeholder relationships (Traditional owners, local communities, and Regulatory bodies) and commercial deals, coupled with delivery of closure execution through to relinquishment of the lease.

We are looking for a
General Manager Closure Delivery to manage the significant reputational risk and exposure for Rio Tinto as it manages the portfolio of legacy and closure
- related work in the APAC region. This role is a great opportunity to optimise our portfolio of varied closure projects by focussing on our stakeholders who are key to the successful transition of our assets.

Reporting to the Head of Closure, you will be accountable for:

  • Leading a team of General Managers responding for closure delivery in the APAC region
  • Developing and executing asset visions and plans through codesign with stakeholders enabling the optimisation of existing and new closure projects
  • Ensuring any reputational opportunities to Rio Tinto in the Closures area in the APAC region are identified and realised
  • Growing a portfolio of varied closure projects in the region
  • Navigating complex financial management landscapes in the region
  • Influencing, directing, and managing relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders including Managing Directors, Traditional Owner groups and Communities
  • Representing company interests in any relevant statutory matters
  • Ensure Closures works completed in the region is consistent with company policy.

What you'll bring

To succeed in this role, you will have:

  • A relevant tertiary qualification with a preferred Environmental, Social Science, CSP background
  • Significant Closures management experience and/or stakeholder management
  • Significant experience working with Indigenous groups in Australia
  • Significant experience of partnering with executive level internal and external Stakeholders
  • Experience with leading a highly capable group of operational leaders
  • Proficiency with Microsoft suite of software packages
  • Extensive experience in large, complex organisations with either a global or large regional spread.

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 familyfriendly 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 will be working
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