Advisor Approvals

• Permanent role with competitive salary, annual bonuses, and a wide range of lifestyle-enhancing benefits

• Join a global leader in mining and play a key role in operational excellence

• Flexible work options: Karratha or Tom Price residential or FIFO

Where we’re all welcome 

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 who we are. 

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

About the Role

Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s Railway Division team is seeking a hands-on and proactive Approvals Advisor to support the delivery of maintenance activities through effective approvals governance and field-based support. Based in Dampier and Tom Price operations, this role is critical in ensuring that all maintenance approval requirements are clearly understood and followed by field teams.

You will work closely with execution teams, project leads, and internal stakeholders to provide practical guidance on Approvals Request (AR) permit conditions, including environmental and heritage permit conditions, ensuring that maintenance activities are carried out safely, compliantly, and in line with regulatory and internal standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Support field teams by interpreting and communicating the requirements of environmental and heritage permits.

• Provide on-site guidance to ensure maintenance activities comply with permit conditions and environmental commitments.

• Monitor and report on water use, waste management, and rail civil material handling in accordance with approvals.

• Conduct site control verification checks to support approval requests and ensure readiness for maintenance execution.

• Participate in heritage and biological field surveys and contribute subject matter expertise where required.

• Lead or support audits, incident management processes, and continuous improvement initiatives related to approvals.

• Conduct drone surveys to capture aerial imagery and process data to support the approvals process.

• Utilise RTIO Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to understand Approvals boundaries, desktop work methodologies, review and create polygons for Approvals or mapping tasks.

• Utilise mobile devices as a control in field for Approvals boundaries.

What You’ll Bring

• A positive, solutions-focused mindset with a proactive approach to challenges.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence diverse teams and work effectively under pressure.

• Experience in an approvals or environmental coordination role within the resource sector.

• At least 2 years of experience in mining or heavy industry environments.

• Strong ability to translate technical permit conditions into practical field actions.

• Manual driver’s license.

Desirable:

• M1 and M3 Safe Working qualifications (training provided).

• CASA drone certification (training provided).

• Environmental or Civil qualifications.

• Cert II in Rail Infrastructure and prior rail experience.

• Surveying capabilities.

• Proficiency in geospatial software, preferably ESRI

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

• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus

• 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, paid parental, sick leave, cultural leave)

• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them

• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more. 

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:

• Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment

• Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career.

• Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.

Applications for this role will close on 21/07/2025, however we do reserve the right to close the role earlier.