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Field Advisor, Contractor Management

Employer
Rio Tinto
Location
Labrador City, NL, CAN
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Oct 20, 2022

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Category
Auxiliary & Support Staff
Work Term
Permanent
Work Load
Full Time
Language
English

Job Details

Field Advisor, Contractor Management
  • Opportunity to work for global company on global projects
  • Our culture is inclusive, exciting, and performance-driven
  • Role based in Labrador City (no Fly-In-Fly-Out)
  • Relocation largely paid for by the company

About the role

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

We are looking for a Field Advisor, Contractor Management to support our front-line leaders in managing the relationships with our contracting partners and service providers. The role will be responsible for guiding and supporting Designated Leaders and Contract Owners in applying and maintaining best practices in Safety, Cost and Performance tracking as it relates to the different service agreements and scopes of work. This role is an exciting opportunity that will afford the candidate some invaluable experience and a chance to learn and grow with the business and directly support the achievement of our full potential!

We are an open, connected international team of technical specialists using some of the most exciting data and tools on the planet. We are the world leader in automation and smart mining.
We have technical development programmes that are industry-leading and recognise the unique nature of your role. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills.

What the role entails

Reporting to the Superintendent, Contractor Management, working on a 5/2 schedule, you will:
  • Develop and maintain the needed relationships within the business and with external stakeholders and services providers.
  • Help to build internal capacity by coaching, supporting and educating Designated Leaders in the application of the end-to-end Contractor Management process.
  • Support the development and implementation of the Contractor Management processes and standards for IOC.
  • Facilitate Supplier Relationship Management processes (including contractor review meetings, vendor management processes, vendors assessments, etc.).
  • Spend a majority of your time in the field and participate in Leadership in the Field activities including Safety interactions and Critical Risk Management.
  • Using modern tools like Power BI and other applications, track key metrics relating to contractor performance and work to identify and address any (unfavourable) trends.
  • Work to identify risks and develop suitable mitigation plans and actions to help ensure that the work can be performed safely.
  • As required, engage Rio Tinto Procurement (RTP) and Health and Safety in order to address any concerning trends or contractor performance issues that may be identified from time-to-time.

To succeed in this role, you will have:
  • A commitment to the safety of yourself and others.
  • Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional and multi-disciplinary teams and facilitate problem solving and conflict resolution among multiple stakeholders.
  • A strong ability to work and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills, including time management skills and facilitation skills.
  • Strong interpersonal aptitudes and coaching capabilities.
  • Proficient with Office 365.

It will also be beneficial if you have:
  • A passion and energy for enacting positive change and engaging people.
  • A want to learn and grow professionally and experience new aspects of the mining business.
  • Experience in a mining and/or processing environment, with an emphasis on field (site) experience.
  • Experience in contract management and/or procurement.
  • Bilingual (English French).

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
  • Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
  • A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
  • Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans
  • Attractive share ownership plan
  • Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
  • Exclusive employee discounts

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

We are a leading North American producer and exporter of premium iron ore pellets and high-grade concentrate with average iron grades greater than 66%. With a team of over 2,400 employees, IOC is committed to providing value and continuity for our customers, employees, communities and shareholders through our unique mine to port approach, taking advantage of our full integration and wholly owned infrastructure to deliver our high-quality concentrate and pellets to our customers across the globe.

IOC's operations include a mine with five operational pits, a concentrator and a pelletizing plant located near Labrador City in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. We also operate a wholly-owned 418 km railway, the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway (QNS&L) that links our Labrador operations to Company-owned port facilities in Sept-Iles.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA2 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.

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

Company

We are curious and creative, ingenious and hard-working. We are pioneers – exploring the boundaries of everything we do. The materials we produce are essential to human progress, and we see that progress driven by our people. Working at Rio Tinto means touching people’s lives: from exploring new materials to finding ways to tackle climate change. 

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. And 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. 

Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

Company info
Website
Mini-site
Rio Tinto
Telephone
+44 20 7781 2000
Location
6 St James's Square
London
London
SW1Y 4AD
Australia

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