Specialist Approvals Delivery

2 months ago


Sydney, Australia Rio Tinto Full time

**Specialist Approvals Delivery**
- Enjoy great employee benefits and flexibility
- Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
- Permanent Full Time | Perth Based role

**Where we’re all welcome**

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.

We acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

**The opportunity**

We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated, and technically minded professional to join our State Agreements and Approvals team as **Specialist, Approvals Delivery**. Within this role, you will use your technical approvals knowledge and interpersonal skills to work with a team of experienced professionals in assisting with determining the Government approvals strategy for Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore operations.

The role will be part of the Rio Tinto Iron Ore Approvals team, which delivers approvals for Rio Tinto’s mines, rail, port, infrastructure and renewables projects.

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.

This position is accountable for coordinating the effective delivery of environmental and other Government approvals for Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore operations. Based within Perth, and reporting to the Superintendent, Approvals Delivery, the role broadly entails:

- Coordinating with internal experts within the State Agreements and Approvals team to develop strategies that effectively deliver approvals across an extensive portfolio of mines, rail, port, infrastructure and renewables.
- Ensuring there is sufficient understanding amongst all project representatives of external approval requirements, and ensuring there is alignment of approval priorities across internal Business Units within a particular hub.
- Providing advice to the business on approvals schedules and articulating the impacts risks may have on the timing of approvals delivery, so that opportunities for strategic approvals can be identified.
- Enhancing and improving systems and processes to effectively report on approvals updates.
- Reviewing policy and reform initiatives to provide advice and inform submissions.

**What you’ll bring**

To be successful in this role you will demonstrate the following:

- A strong understanding of the Government approvals framework relevant to the resource sector
- Demonstrated ability to produce reports and documentation of a high standard.
- Experience in working within approvals systems.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver system improvements and lead change management processes
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline
- Strong project management and written communication skills
- Sound negotiation and influencing skills

**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
- Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
- A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
- 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, cultural leave)
- To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives - at a time that suits them

**Where you’ll be working**

This role is based in in the Central Park building in the Perth CBD

**About Rio Tinto**

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals and other materials ne



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