Manager Contracts and Procurement

Manager – Contracts and Procurement

• Lead the contracts team for a rehabilitation project
• Optimise commercial outcomes
• Brisbane based with some travel

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a seasoned Manager Contracts and Procurement to lead an integrated team and take responsibility for all commitments made and contracts awarded by the Ranger Rehabilitation Project: ensuring due process is followed; the projects’ needs are met; and the best commercial outcomes are reached for the long term benefit. This role is integral to the success of the overall project objectives.

As part of a broader Project Services team, your role will be dedicated to support the Ranger Rehabilitation Project, your key accountabilities include:

• Ensuring robustness of commercials by supporting and working with the integrated teams in the use of appropriate contract management methods, tools and processes.
• Ensuring best practice and sharing of knowledge by communicating and collaborating with the team, to maximize value for the business.
• Approval of contracting strategies, plans, justifications and other documents essential for due process and planning, to enable smooth and timely implementation of the projects.
• Contracting function responsible for contracting methodologies and strategies: analysing risks and needs, articulating strategies and structuring and drafting appropriate contracts so as to give maximum value to the business.
• Ensuring a two-way dialogue is maintained between the Contracts team, RT Projects Legal, and RT Procurement to complement the efforts and skills of all groups for the maximum benefit of Rio Tinto.
• Responsible for contracting and corporate governance procedures which should be up to date and reflect best practice.

What you’ll bring

• Demonstrated skills in managing contracts and procurement teams
• Ability to analyze complex risk scenarios particularly relevant to contract management
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Proven ability to lead teams working in remote sites and virtual environments
• Tertiary qualified

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 safety-focused and inclusive working environment 
• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) 
• Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs 
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave, cultural leave)
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters 
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
• Possible domestic relocation assistance on offer
• Indigenous Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment
• Indigenous leadership programmes across professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options

Who we are  

Energy Resources of Australia Ltd (ERA) is a publicly listed company with Rio Tinto as its major shareholder. ERA, established in 1979, previously mined and produced uranium oxide from its Ranger mine in the beautiful and rugged Alligator Rivers area of the Northern Territory. The Ranger mine is located on Aboriginal land, surrounded by, but currently separate from, Kakadu National Park.

ERA’s production operations on the Ranger Project Area ceased in January 2021, with the major focus now shifting to the comprehensive world-class rehabilitation of the Ranger mine that will eventually allow it to be incorporated back into the Kakadu National Park should the Traditional Owners and the Commonwealth Government wish. The Ranger Rehabilitation Project is the largest project of its kind in Australia and possibly the world. It is unique in that it is rehabilitating land in one of the world’s most culturally and environmentally sensitive locations, surrounded by the World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park on the land of the Mirarr Traditional Owners, located three hours southeast of Darwin.

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.

Closing date: 29^th of April 2024