Program Lead

Where we are 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 who we are. 

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from diverse cultural backgrounds. 

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. 

About the role

We are looking for a Program Lead – Bulk Earthworks and Civil (BEC) to lead and manage the delivery of a portfolio of strategic BEC projects, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and efficient use of resources. This role is pivotal in shaping and establishing the specific program strategies including execution planning for Sustaining Capital projects.  In this role you will provide guidance and ensure alignment between study leads and key stakeholders throughout the program and sub-projects lifecycle. You will also provide oversight of program cost, schedule, risk, and quality.

These roles will report to the Principal of Bulk Earthworks and Civils category in the newly established Studies and Programs team. The program leads will be expected to effectively interact with internal and external stakeholders’ across our business at a divisional level, along with our engineering partners. The program leads will form relationships with multiple divisions Sustaining Capital supports; and as a by-product this role will attract a broad business exposure.

Key Responsibilities

• Program Establishment: Develop a program charter to define the strategy for delivering the program that provides a consistent approach across all applicable RTIO Pilbara operations.

• Execution Planning: Support study leads with developing program and project execution plans, for order of magnitude (OoM), pre-feasibility studies (PFS), feasibility studies (FS), implementation and commissioning phases.

• Program Execution: Coordinate the roll out of the program with a team of Study Leads and Engineers, delivering projects across RTIO Pilbara operations.  Assess quality of study deliverables

• Relationship Management: Manage relationships with site leaders, asset owners (e.g., PMO, SCS, OTS), and contracting partners.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage directly with Delivery Superintendents to ensure projects are adequately supported and resourced.

• Communication: Provide regular communication and reporting on program metrics to key stakeholders.

• Strategic Sourcing: Engage with the Sustaining Capital Strategic Sourcing team to develop procurement and contracting strategies for the program and regularly review the sourcing strategy for projects in the program. 

• Schedule and Risk Management: Manage the program master schedule and risk register, providing updates on changes to the pipeline of works.

• Improvement: Support the improvement of the project delivery systems, processes and procedures ensuring that they are standardised and embedded across the team.

• Lessons Learned: Manage lessons learned across the program, ensuring effective communication of successes and proposed improvements.

• Team Leadership: Support Study Leads, coordinating efforts between the projects and providing high level guidance to identify project issues and develop appropriate solutions.

• Performance Monitoring: Oversee the development and control of deadlines, budgets, and activities.

• Study Management: Depending on the complexity of the program and available capacity, program lead could lead a strategic study

What you’ll bring:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.

• Strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and demonstrable strategic thinking.

• Strong project management skills to oversee and manage the execution of study phases (OoM, PFS, and FS) as per the project management framework.

• Ability to develop and implement strategic plans and processes.

• Experience in managing budgets, resources and stakeholder relationships.

• Tertiary qualification in Civil/Structural/Environmental Engineering or equivalent is required (due to the specialist nature of all projects within this program);

• Experience in D3 and/ D5 standards pertaining to Slopes and Geotech ,and Tailing and Water Standards.

• Demonstrable experience in site delivery / commissioning of Bulk Earthworks and Civils projects will be highly beneficial.

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-friendly 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

Where you will be working

This secondment will be a Perth-based role with an ad-hoc requirement travel to site within our greater Pilbara business. This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly formed team working on a Mon-Fri Day Shift only roster.

Applications close on the 2nd of December Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date.

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 needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

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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