Principal Advisor, Asset Management

• Excellent Opportunity to develop your career
• Work for a global mining company with the latest technology and innovations.
• Be part of a company with a world class reputation for safety and a culture that supports inclusion and diversity
• Role is located in the Boron Area, California

About the Role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Principal Advisor, Asset Management to systematically improve the performance of assets and the asset management, through analyzing performance data and identifying initiatives to deliver greater value related to investments, costs and disposals. This role is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to lead asset management and improve the asset management processes. Reporting to the Manager, Maintenance and Services, you will be:

• Monitoring, analyzing and reporting on equipment performance, operating practices and reliability to identify improvement opportunities (cost, reliability, capacity).
• Facilitating the use of Predictive Maintenance (PDM), Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Reliability Block Diagram (RBD), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), RCA (Root Cause Analysis)
• Determining the means to reduce production losses (reliability and availability) due to failures and breakdowns and to reduce asset maintenance cost and production losses.
• Assessing and questioning the suitability of current equipment strategies, shutdown strategies and having maintenance strategies modified and changed where necessary.
• Assessing evaluation of asset integrity and of related capital spending programs (CAPEX and OPEX)
• Assessing the residual service life and recommend strategies for refurbishing or replacing.
• Ensuring a productive and safe workplace is maintained, complying with Rio Tinto and Statutory Safety requirements.

About You

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Bachelor of Engineering Degree Mechanical or related discipline
• 10+ years Industrial Experience Heavy industrial / processing environment.
• Sound understanding of (PDM) Predictive Maintenance (RCA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) principles.
• Management experience
• Excellent safety attitude and track record

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Computer literacy Microsoft Office, SAP
• Ability to plan and complete work as planned.
• Solid team member with good interpersonal skills

What we offer

Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees
• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
• Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan
• Wellbeing benefits
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
• Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls 'progress' begins with
a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminum the world's first to be certified "responsible" helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe.
Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Where you'll be working

Rio Tinto Borates is a global leader in industrial mineral supply and science. We supply approximately 25% of the world's demand for refined borates, minerals essential to life and modern living. We seek to create mutual value by working closely with our investment partners and host communities. Our 20 Mule Team Borax brand pays tribute to our first borates mining operation in Death Valley in 1872.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

Rio Tinto participates in E-Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.uscis.gov/ for more information.

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.