Principal Advisor, Is&t

7 days ago

Perth, Western Australia Rio Tinto Full time

Principal Advisor Information Services and Technology (IS&T) - Perth, WA

  • Iron Ore People, Services, & Social License_
  • Become a strategic partner to senior leaders in Iron Ore across many varied disciplines
  • Be part of a team that values inclusion, innovative thought and problem solving
  • Coordinate resources from across IS&T to deliver valuegenerating outcomes for customers
  • Permanent Perthbased role

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

About the role:


We are looking for a collaborative and experienced team member to join our business as
Principal Advisor, IS&T Business Partnering.

Reporting to the
Business Partner IS&T - People, Services & Social License, this role brings a unique combination of business and technology expertise to support our Rio Tinto Iron Ore customers in achieving their objectives.


The Principal Advisor (PA) works side-by-side with senior leaders (general managers and their teams) in the Iron Ore business across a subset of several divisions, namely Process Engineering & Major Hazards, Mine Technical Services, HS&E, Facilities, Operations Centre, Finance and Human Resources.

The PA understands the divisions' businesses and uses their knowledge of IS&T capabilities and technology to pro-actively unpack opportunities to deliver business value.

They act as the interface between Iron Ore and IS&T as a translator and integrator.

  • Be committed to the safety of yourself and the team and lead by example with an everpresent growth mindset.
  • Integrate into the allocated Iron Ore divisions as a trusted partner to understand their business strategy, problems and opportunities and provide guidance and innovative solutions.
  • Be the IS&T liaison and lead for the development and implementation of technology roadmaps and be accountable for solution delivery for the associated Iron Ore divisions.
  • Work collaboratively with the IS&T Project Delivery team to provide sustainable solutions per customer requirements.
  • Promote and drive value extraction from the technology currently being used and champion the evaluation and use of new technology in collaboration with global counterparts in IS&T.

What you'll bring:

  • A growth mindset and strong sense of customerfocus, process simplification, and continuous improvement.
  • Excellent collaboration, influencing and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to work across various regions, cultures, and time zones.
  • Influence outside of line leadership
  • Problem solving and facilitating
  • Demonstrated passionate and inclusive leadership capabilities and a history of fostering positive culture and developing people.
  • Possess a solid understanding of the Rio Tinto business and be able to articulate the opportunities throughout the Iron Ore value chain.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

  • A strong safety focus, a commitment to your own safety and to those around you
  • A tertiary qualification in engineering, finance, technology or similar discipline
  • The ability to build, influence and maintain key relationships with a diverse range of peers, wider team members and stakeholders this role is less about your IS&T skillset (you have a broad team of talented individuals with that skillset) and more about your relationship and communications competency and performancebased abilities
  • The capability to critically analyse data and make effective strategic and operational decisions based on information provided and drive issues to resolution
  • A competent and visible leadership style of guiding, mentoring, developing and empowering team members resulting in positive employee engagement

Where you will be working


This role is based in Perth, Western Australia, out of our Central Park office, working Monday - Friday, with ad hoc and regular travel to sites in the Pilbara.


Rio Tinto Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) operates to enable better alignment with customer priorities, end-to-end accountability and flexibility to prioritise critical work.

The function provides solutions that are aligned with current and future business requirements through the development and ongoing delivery of IT strategy and solution roadmaps.

Through appropriate governance, consultative processes, and the use of industry best practices, IS&T also ensures that emerging technologies and innovative ideas are constantly evaluated, considered, and adopted, to provide easy-to-use, best-in-class solutions and services.


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.

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