Principal, Advanced Analytics

4 days ago


Perth, Australia Rio Tinto Full time

**Principal, Advanced Analytics**
- Continue to build our advanced analytics team to support the development of a range of analytics products, enabling one of Rio Tinto’s biggest transformation programs
- Lead and mentor the team in building a strong product mindset, focusing on creating solutions that matter for highly engaged end users
- Perth based opportunity working from both Central Park and our Operations Centre

**About the role**

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

Our **Advanced Analytics team** is part of the **Research, Development & Technology (RDT)** division of Rio Tinto Iron Ore (RTIO) whose primary purpose is to accelerate our R&D and digital transformation program.

We are highly collaborative and work in close partnership with Rio Tinto’s global R&D and Analytics community, as well as external bodies such as research institutes, suppliers, and industry partners. The work focuses on improving performance by driving an innovative and disruptive technology culture. By partnering with Rio Tinto product groups and functions, our team develops innovative ideas to solve problems and enable better decisions through data analytics.

Data is one of our most important assets. From mine to market, behind each of our operations and projects are technological innovations and data science that are driving new industry standards in mining and metals. With a clear focus on values, performance and strong leadership, you get to grow with an organisation that values your work and rewards you accordingly.

Reporting to the **Manager, Digital Transformation**, and working in close partnership with the Technology Integration Principals, as the **Principal, Advanced Analytics** you will lead and support the team to design and develop products and services that solve high value business problems and provide insight to making improved decisions for our Iron Ore business.

The team are currently supporting our Integrated Operation’s transformation journey which aims to reshape how RTIO plans, schedules, and operates our integrated value chain. As our R&D portfolio grows, the opportunity to contribute to broader business programs in the areas of health and safety, productivity, and growth, as well as environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, is huge. The RDT portfolio touches all parts of our Iron Ore business, from resource development through to closure, including large-scale integrated operations across mines, rail, ports, and customers.

Key responsibilities and activities of the role include:

- Fostering an innovative and disruptive technology culture to identify and drive value-creating opportunities
- Communication and translation of business problems into technical opportunities
- Ongoing development and refinement of social, technical, process, and quality systems in support of scaling the team's capability
- Developing platforms and processes that support the reproducibility of products
- Leading and mentoring the advanced analytics team, providing professional development and coaching to progress their skills and careers
- Influencing the technical evolution of data services and data platforms to enable the strategic aspirations of the group in advanced analytics
- Providing training and knowledge transfer to support the deployment and continuity of the analytics products developed

**What you’ll bring**
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- Demonstrated leadership and mentorship, with a passion to coach and improve others
- Experience managing and influencing stakeholders across multi-functional teams
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to diagnose and logically resolve technical problems
- Agile delivery and project management. Strong understanding of end to end product development in AI/ML space
- Cloud based solution design using containerisation and serverless architectures in AWS and/or Azure (Cloud Formation/ARM)
- Knowledge in change control using Git and release pipeline experience using Azure DevOps
- Proficiency in SQL, Python/ R, Linux (Bash), Scala and Go
- Knowledge and skills in one or more of the big data frameworks, i.e., Spark, Hive, Hadoop
- Software engineering experience desirable

**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



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