Specialist Business Improvement

Specialist Business Improvement

• Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority 

• Work is just part of your life, our benefits are designed to make life better 

• FIFO from Perth or Busselton.

About the role

We are looking for a Specialist Business Improvement to join the Yandicoogina team to drive innovation and site initiatives to deliver additional sustained value in accordance with company safety, environmental and statutory requirements. 

This opportunity is suited to a motivated individual who is passionate about driving business improvement and contributing to our organisation's success. If you are ready to make an impact and thrive in a dynamic environment, we encourage you to apply. Join us in shaping the future of our company.

This role accompanies a FIFO roster 8 days on, 6 days off with uplift from Perth or Busselton, flying Thursday to Thursday.

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.

Reporting to the Principal Business Improvement you will:

• Facilitating and leading high value projects across site using recognised Business Improvement methodologies

• Coaching and influencing project owners to deliver results quickly and with maximum value

• Interpreting costs and production drivers to inform strategic thinking and the evaluation and prioritisation of initiatives

• Undertaking KPI analysis, improvements and project work designed to identify opportunities to add business value

• Assisting in the facilitation of our transformation program maturity

• Creating a site culture of sustainable improvement.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset

• A tertiary qualification in Commerce, Engineering or related discipline

• Lean Six Sigma (ideally Green Belt or higher) and/or similar Business Improvement certification

• Experience leading Kaizen projects

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies

• Power BI capability preferred

• Extensive experience using business improvement processes within the mining, manufacturing or heavy industry

• Demonstrated workshop facilitation capability

• Project team leadership experience

• Confident interpersonal style with experience collaborating across a diverse stakeholder group

• A current C class manual drivers’ licence

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto

• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia

• 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

• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.

Where you will be working

For over 150 years, we have been producing materials essential to human progress – minerals and metals that are still part of everyday life, including the iron ore that shapes the skylines of cities around the world.

Next comes Yandicoogina, a place that brings together everything we have learned to create a technically advanced iron ore mine – a new mine for a new way of working.

This is your opportunity to be at the pioneering edge of mining.

At Yandi your voice matters. We are building a new generation mine with a family of talented people at its heart.

Applications close on the 21st January 2026 (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.

Respect and Inclusion

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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