Superintendent Projects - Greater Tom Price

• 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

About the role

We are looking for a motivated and engaging Superintendent Projects to lead a high-performance team, critical to the success of Rio Tinto's Tom Price Operations. Working with established systems and processes, you will deliver a portfolio of sustaining capital projects that support our mining operations to produce iron ore in a safe and cost-effective manner. Majority of the projects will in the SMP space (Structural, Mechanical and Piping) and will include running the whole life cycle of projects from Studies to Delivery.

You will be based at our head office located in Perth Central Park building, working Monday to Friday with adhoc site travel.

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 Principal 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, leading by example
• Supporting the improvement of the project delivery systems, processes and procedures ensuring that they are standardised and embedded across the team
• Working within a leadership team to share resources and prioritise projects, effectively delivering projects, minimising risk and maximising value to the business
• 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
• Responsible for the 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
• 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
• Playing an integral part in Capital Planning for 5yr to 10Yr basis and managing the year-to-year portfolio from deliverability perspective.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role:

• Committed to the Rio Tinto Values of Care, Courage and Curiosity
• Full commitment to deliver projects with zero harm
• Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy the challenges and reward this presents
• Understand how to work within a matrix organisation
• 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.
• 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:

• A degree in Engineering or relevant Project Management qualification

Come join the team and enjoy some great benefits we have to offer:

• 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 and salary packaging options
• Career development and 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)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

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. We all have something to contribute, and it's this contribution that makes for a great organization and fulfilling career.

Ready to experience something unique? Come work with us.

Applications close on 18th May 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)