Specialist Contracts Manager

4 weeks ago


Perth, Western Australia Rio Tinto Full time
About the Role

Rio Tinto is seeking a highly skilled Specialist Contracts Management professional to join our Planning team in Perth. As a key member of our Resource Development team, you will play a critical role in supporting and strengthening contract partnerships, collaborating to develop longer-term strategies, and driving efficiencies through simplification and uplift overall contract performance.

Key Responsibilities
  • Positively communicate the Resource Development vision and build strong and successful working relationships internally within Rio Tinto and externally with Suppliers and Contract Partners.
  • Proactive contract management of medium to high-risk contracts covering a range of services including drilling, pad construction, rehabilitation, geophysics logging, and test pumping for Resource Development.
  • Support improving supplier/contract partner performance in relation to its diversity and inclusion strategies, e.g., female, local Pilbara, and Indigenous and Torres Strait Islanders.
  • Develop and implement contract management strategies, policies/guidelines to drive shared goals and objectives.
  • Support development of strategies to uplift contract performance through quality scope development and management of contract key performance indicators (KPIs), e.g., safety and environment, production, diversity strategies.
  • Contribute to the annual planning cycles, including contract management data inputs and strategies, i.e., annual, mid-long term.
  • Lead and support process improvement projects and change management to embed and sustain new ways of working.
  • Collaborate with Rio Tinto Procurement on overarching sourcing and contract strategies, including project execution timelines, resource planning, tendering, commercial, contract claims, and disputes.
  • Active role in providing expert contract management advice to planning, operational, and technical teams, including regular visits to the Pilbara.
  • Participate in risk management, process compliance, audits, and contract-related investigations.
  • Develop tools to train, coach, and educate various stakeholders related to contract management activities at Rio Tinto.
  • Lead and manage the Contract Management team in the absence of the Superintendent.
What You'll Bring
  • Be an inquisitive and innovative team-oriented professional.
  • Engage Rio Tinto stakeholders, including leaders, to influence change.
  • Have the ability to build highly collaborative relationships with Suppliers/Contract Partners.
  • Possess strong communication, engagement, and influencing skills across multiple stakeholder groups.
  • Have a strong desire and willingness to challenge the status quo and find creative ways to solve problems.
  • Demonstrate the ability to interpret operational performance to provide insights and drive outcomes.
  • Have advanced communication skills (written and verbal).
  • Achieved tertiary qualifications, e.g., Contracts, Procurement & Supply Chain, or similar, and ideally, a minimum of 5 years' work experience post-education.
  • Showcase previous experience in working in large multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Values-based leadership with a solid commitment to safety, wellness, environment, heritage, and community.
What We Offer
  • 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 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.


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