Senior Advisor – Business Improvement

• Help to shape the future of Rio Tinto by joining our Operational Excellence – Business Improvement team to create a safer, more engaged, and productive organisation through Rio Tinto’s Safe Production System

• Diversity is our strength. Bring your unique skills, experiences and perspectives to help our teams to thrive

• Perth based with role adhoc travel to Rio Tinto's Rail, Ports and Mine sites

About the role

Together with our frontline teams, we’ve designed a new way of working delivered through Rio Tinto’s Safe Production System (RTSPS) that brings together the best practices from every corner of Rio Tinto and other industries. Our aim is to improve how we operate our assets, manage performance and support our people because we know there is a lot of potential in how we simplify our work, stabilise our operations, collaborate and share best practice across our global business.

As a Senior Advisor Business Improvement, you will be part of this exciting journey, which is one of the most significant transformation programs in our recent history. You will play a key role in enabling and driving site initiatives which deliver and sustain significant value across all of our mine, port and rail sites in the region.

This role is a great opportunity for a high-performing individual to join the Operational Excellence – Business Improvement team and act as a role model for inspiring change, ensuring results are delivered quickly and fostering a culture of continuous improvement to help develop the capability of our workforce.

• By leveraging your skillsets and experience, your focus will include but is not be limited to:

• Supporting the deployment of the Rio Tinto Safe Production System (RTSPS), which puts people at the centre, to identify best practice and drive a cultural change across the business on our journey to becoming the best operator

• Perform rapid productivity assessments to identify value and business improvement pathways

• Facilitating the execution of our transformation programme focused on safety, cost and productivity through the use of LEAN tools (including Kaizen, practical problem solving, quick change over, 5S)

• Working as a trusted advisor to influence and coach project teams to deliver sustainable results quickly and maximise value

• Interpreting costs and production drivers to inform strategic thinking and the prioritisation of initiatives

• Identifying and implementing automated reporting and solutions for the workforce

• Undertaking KPI analysis, improvements and project work designed to add business value

• Managing the framework for our Management of Change and Productivity systems

What you’ll bring

• LEAN Six Sigma Green Belt certification, LEAN Six Sigma Black Belt certification desirable.

• Experience leading and facilitating business improvement projects with the Mining industry.

• Experience developing valuation models for bulk commodities or complex supply chains.

• Knowledge of change management methodologies.

• Strong analytical skillset - Excel, Power BI, MiniTab etc.

• Proven ability to communicate new ideas, influence stakeholders and manage conflict

• Experiences in teaching, training or coaching

• A business-related degree or technical degree

• Current C Class driver’s license (manual)

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Iron Ore Mine, Port or Rail operations experience

• Front line management or other relevant leadership development qualifications

What we offer  

• Be recognised for your contribution, your critical 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

• Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water).

Applications close on 10th of May (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

About Rio TintoRio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice MattersAt 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.