Program Lead

1 month ago


Perth, Australia RioTinto Full time

About the role:

This role will report to the Principal of Fixed Plant – Mechanical & Process category in the newly established Studies and Programs team. The program lead will be expected to effectively interact with internal and external stakeholders’ across our business at a divisional level, along with our engineering partners. You 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 pre-feasibility studies, feasibility studies, 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.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and demonstrable strategic thinking.
  • Experience in program management or similarly leading multiple scopes of work synergistically
  • Strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills
  • Thorough understanding of project, program and design management
  • Experience across OoM, PFS, and FS study phases and our project management framework, specifically in the electrical discipline
  • D7 Functional safety, process control, and process optimisation
  • Tertiary qualification in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) or equivalent is required (due to the specialist nature of all projects within this program);
  • Experience in C2 electrical safety pertaining to fixed plant along with D7 functional safety; and
  • Experience in electrical package management on multi-disciplinary projects and/or program management experience highly regarded.
  • Demonstrable experience in site delivery / commissioning of electrical projects will be beneficial

Key Interfaces

  • Delivery Teams: Coordinate efforts between projects and provide high level guidance
  • Sustaining Capital – Engineering, RTP, Project Services
  • Senior Leadership: Approval of program charter and execution plans
  • Strategic Sourcing team: Develop procurement and contracting strategies
  • Subject Matter Experts: Coordination on standard drawings and documentation across Sustaining Capital Engineering and MP&E
  • Vendors/Service Providers: Engineering Partner, Suppliers/manufacturers and Implementation Contractor
  • End User: Site Operations including Site Leadership and

Where you’ll be working:

Based at Central Park, Perth, where you will be working within an integrated Project Team. This is a 5 day on 2 days off roster (Mon to Fri) with adhoc site travel. Flexible working arrangements are also available.

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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