Business Support Services
- Tremendous career growth potential within a multinational corporation
- Full-time permanent position
- Exceptional career advancement prospects within a global enterprise
- While others dream of visiting the cape, for you, it’s right in your backyard
About the role
All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.
We are looking for an experienced team member to join our Business Support Services team, dedicated to delivering efficient customer service and administrative support.
This role provides an outstanding opportunity for a structured, people-focused individual with core administrative skills and a talent for managing time effectively.
Apart from offering competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we make it a priority to cater to your lifestyle preferences. Given the expansive size and scope of our organisation, there are ample opportunities for personal and professional advancement.
Your safety and well-being are our top priorities, and we are dedicated to maintaining a secure work environment while providing high-quality tools to all team members.
Reporting directly to the Business Services Supervisor, this role operates Monday to Friday (on a nine-day fortnight). Your duties include, but will not be limited to:
- Providing comprehensive administrative support to various teams with keen attention to detail and a proactive attitude.
- Utilising business software applications to create correspondence, reports, and presentations.
- Efficiently coordinating business travel arrangements.
- Maintaining organized files and records.
- Managing order processing and inventory.
- Assisting in event planning.
- Offering excellent customer service support.
- Excelling in a dynamic work environment with multiple priorities while maintaining confidentiality.
- Strictly adhering to security and compliance procedures.
- Being available to travel to the Amrun site as necessary.
What you’ll bring
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- Excellent and professional customer service, administration and organisational skills
- Effective communicator and collaborator who can effectively manage competing priorities
- Good understanding of Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel and Microsoft Teams
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 program.
- Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family.
- Domestic relocation assistance on offer
- Weipa accommodation benefit.
- Remote area allowance.
- Remote area holiday travel assistance.
- Paid parental leave up to 9 months (no distinction between primary or secondary carer).
- Health cover scheme for employees and their immediate family.
- Salary sacrifice & packaging options – rental, mortgage, super, vehicle.
- Rio Tinto employee share program.
- Employee discounts – banking, accommodation, motoring, retail and more.
Where you will be working
Our Weipa operations in Far North Queensland includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, shiploaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals.
Amrun, our newest mine, was completed in 2018 and will extend our Weipa bauxite operations by decades, significantly building on our 55-year history on the Western Cape and providing jobs and supporting business growth in the region. The mine is located on traditional land. We work closely with the Traditional Owners to implement our agreements, ensuring that the benefits generated from mining support future generations and that important cultural heritage sites are identified and preserved.
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 almost 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 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.
Applications Close: Saturday, 28th September 2024
“Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date, therefore, if you are interested in applying for this vacancy, please submit your application as soon as possible.”
To apply for this position, please use either of the below links.
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Working at Rio Tinto
Help us deliver the materials that make human progress possible.
The plane you’re flying in just landed. You fire up your phone and get your laptop out of the overhead bin. Immediately, you’re in work mode – thousands of miles from your office. Do you ever stop to think about all the materials that make life in the 21st century possible? At Rio Tinto, we discover, develop and deliver the materials that drive human progress. When you work with us, you’ll experience advantages you won’t find anywhere else.
Working in one of our function’s teams
We supply the materials that drive human progress. You make it all possible.
With business operations that stretch from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Perth, Western Australia, we have exciting opportunities in virtually every discipline imaginable. From HR to marketing, finance to technology, infrastructure to supply chain, and much more, the opportunities are endless. Join us and enjoy:
Our application process
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Apply
The first thing you’ll need to do is apply to the role. You can do this with your LinkedIn profile or you can upload your resume. We’ll also ask you to complete a few questions before you submit your application.
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Undergo assessments
Our assessments are designed to help us work out whether you are suitable for the role. We will let you know which ones you’ll need to complete.
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Interview(s)
Our interviews could be in person or online. It’s a great opportunity for us to get to know you a bit better, answer any of your questions and talk about the exciting career opportunity you have applied for.
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Offers and checks
At this stage, we will let you know if you have been successful. If you have been, we’ll need to conduct a couple of checks, such as a background or security check. You may also need to do a medical assessment depending on the role you have applied for.
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Join the Rio Tinto team
Once the checks have been completed, we’ll be in touch to talk with you about your start date and answer any questions you may have before you start with us.