Senior Advisor Facilities Management

Senior Advisor Facilities

• Join an encouraging and supportive leadership group, at an exciting late study phase
• Be seen as a trusted partner, collaborator and driver to enable the project’s success
• Role is site based in Winu, AUS

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for Senior Advisor Facilities to provide seamless and consistent direction, priorities, standards and processes to the Facilities and Infrastructure team as agreed with the Superintendent, as well as providing direct leadership for planning and scheduling, earthworks and ad-hoc contractor management. 

Key responsibilities include:

• General Leadership accountabilities include; recruitment of talent, setting team and individual expectations, monitor performance, provide effective feedback, coach, mentor and develop team members, conduct performance assessment and review, reward and recognition, managing unsatisfactory performance and behaviour including termination when necessary.
• Adjust the team and role designs to meet the changing needs of the project over time.
• Ability to provide occasional coverage for Site Services Supervisor and Site Services Superintendent.
• Establish, develop and maintain relationships with local resources, remote resources and other leads and identify solutions to resolve any issues
• Maintains regional and local systems, standards, solutions in line with global policies/standards
• Manage, coach and advise team members on best practice, processes and procedures including relevant Rio Tinto Safe Production System best practicies
• Proactively review and identify ways to improve work processes, procedures, service and relationships
• Provide support to special projects and other initiatives as directed

What you’ll bring

You are passionate about quality and driven to improve processes and systems. You will have the ability to thrive in a team environment and build stakeholder relationships as well as be a natural problem solver and quickly be able to analyze problem and provide solutions.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Leadership

• Planning and Scheduling
• Asset Management
• Work Management
• Procurement processes and system
• Finance and cost management
• Data analysis and interpretation
• Report and proposal writing
• Change Management

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto on an 8/6 roster.
• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you have helped the world progress.
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive program.
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidized private health insurance for you and your immediate family.
• An attractive share ownership plan.
• Company provided insurance cover.
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options.
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership goals.
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support.
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more).
• Flexible working arrangements.

Where you’ll be working

Winu

Winu is a 100% Rio Tinto owned copper-gold mineralization project in the Yeneena Basin of the Paterson Province in Western Australia.  The project is located approximately 130 km north of the Telfer mine and 350 km southeast of Port Hedland. Teams at Winu are taking an agile approach to greenfield project development and being innovative in the way we bring a mine from exploration to production.

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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