Superintendent Sustaining Capital Projects

• Supportive team culture with a focus on inclusion, safety and work life balance
• An exciting strategic & operations delivery role
• Monday to Friday, Perth based role with regular travel to our Tom Price operation

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Superintendent Sustaining Capital Projects to work with established systems and processes to deliver a portfolio of sustaining capital projects that support our mining and port operations to produce iron ore in a safe and cost-effective manner.

The scope of work you will be accountable for is challenging and diverse. Your demonstrated ability to engage, connect and positively influence key stakeholders at all organizational levels will play a critical part to the effectiveness in this role. You will be an inspiring role model and coach for positive behaviours, practices and processes, whilst providing leadership, development and support to a team of project professionals responsible for delivering a portfolio of projects from pre-feasibility study phase, through to implementation and closure of the project.

Reporting to the Manager of Delivery for the region, some of the accountabilities of this role include:

• Improving and maintaining the safety outcomes and behaviours of the project engineering and construction teams
• Supporting the improvement of the project delivery systems, processes and procedures ensuring that they are standardised and embedded across the team
• Working closely with support teams in areas such as Project Controls, Contracts & Procurement and Health & Safety to safely execute your projects to realise the benefit to our operations
• Allocation of project engineering, construction and vendor resources to support the implementation of the portfolio
• Upskilling teams so they are accountable for their own processes and procedures and to seek capital efficiency throughout the delivery lifecycle
• Being a valued partner of our site operation and maintenance teams as you build close partnerships with the internal and external stakeholders to deliver focussed solutions

About you

To be successfully considered for this role:

• Full commitment to deliver projects with zero harm
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy the challenges and reward this presents
• A degree in Engineering or relevant Project Management qualification
• Solid experience working within project leadership roles and be confident in effectively leading, mentoring and coaching team members as well as interfacing with senior leaders.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills
• Strong multi discipline project management experience, with the ability to define and implement project improvement initiatives to maximise capital efficiency
• Demonstrated complex problem-solving abilities to deliver solutions across an operation
• A current manual WA Driver's license

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Post graduate studies in Portfolio/Project Management or similar;
• Working knowledge of MS Project, Primavera & PRISM would be an advantage.

Where you will be working

You will be based at our head office located in Perth Central Park building, working Monday to Friday with site travel required on a weekly basis.

Our Sustaining Capital division has one of the largest budgets and project goals in 2020 in Rio Tinto Iron Ore history and this role is a critical lever to our success. The Sustaining Capital project team delivers sustaining, improvement and technology projects across our Pilbara Operations incorporating 16 mines, 4 ports and 1700km of rail infrastructure.

Creating an inclusive and diverse workforce

We are a diverse team of talented, enthusiastic individuals who foster a culture of inclusion. No matter how they may differ, our people share one thing in common. It's a belief that work is more rewarding when we are accepted and valued for our differences, not judged by them. We all have something to contribute, and it's this contribution that makes for a great organization and fulfilling career.

Apply today if you want to work with the latest technology and innovation, in an environment where we challenge you to drive positive change.

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia. Rio Tinto offers Fly in and fly out options from Perth, our regional FIFO hubs and the opportunity to live in our residential towns where applicable.

Applications close on 4th October 2020 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)