IT Project Managers

• Great opportunity to join a global mining organisation and be part of the team changing the face of IS&T
• We offer generous compensation, industry leading paid parental leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements
• Excellent work environment where people are valued and respected
• Permanent opportunities based in Brisbane

About the role

We are looking for IT Project Managers who will play a key, hands-on role in the end-to-end planning and delivering of our technology projects for our customers (product groups and functions). These roles are a great opportunity for collaborative, ownership mindset Project Managers to join IS&T and be part of the transformation journey. These roles are accountable for ensuring each project is delivering within the agreed metrics and thresholds for budget, schedule, quality, and risk.

Our ITProject Managers will lead a diverse team of delivery resources to deliver the required outcomes of the project.

Reporting to the Manager Delivery AMPS/Major Projects/HSE and working in a collaborative and exciting environment within our APAC East PMO team, you will:

• Foster a culture of inclusiveness and collaboration leading, coaching and nurturing a blended team of PMO resources, subcontractors and outsourced partners to deliver IS&T projects for Rio Tinto.
• Build and sustain a team culture of care, curiosity and courage, phycological safety, accountability and an ownership mindset, excellence, teamwork, collaboration, and continuous improvement through leading by example every day.
• Ensure the building and strengthening of working relationships with team members and key stakeholders to foster a culture of shared knowledge and common processes.
• Work within a matrix organization to enable the delivery of results aligning to business outcomes.
• Incorporate safety in our everyday work.
• Perform the key project disciplines to ensure successful delivery of projects.
• Oversee 3rd party engagements and work closely with PMO resources and procurement to ensure effective vendor / supplier engagement.
• Knowledge of Waterfall, Hybrid and Agile delivery methods with experience of when to apply each method.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Proven ability to lead and support diverse teams in an IT Project Manager role.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Relevant project management certification/qualification.
• Experience managing third party vendors to achieve project outcomes.
• Positive outlook with a growth mindset.
• An understanding of governance and risk in relation to IT projects.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Familiarity with the application of HSE principles in the design of solutions and execution of projects in the field.
• Experience facilitating the effective delivery of organizational wide technology changes.

What we offer

• Be recognised 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 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
• 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, best in industry paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

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 aluminium - 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 will be working

Rio Tinto Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) operates to enable better alignment with customer priorities, end-to-end accountability, and flexibility to prioritise critical work. The function provides solutions that are aligned with current and future business requirements through the development and ongoing delivery of IT strategy and solution roadmaps. Through appropriate governance, consultative processes, and the use of industry best practices, IS&T also ensures that emerging technologies and innovative ideas are constantly evaluated, considered, and adopted, to provide easy-to-use, best-in-class solutions and services.

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.