Site Administrator

Administrator – Pannawonica

• Supportive team culture with a focus on inclusion, safety and work life balance

• An exciting opportunity to make a positive impact in our vibrant Operational Excellence Team

• Enjoy a FIFO lifestyle friendly 8 days on, 6 days off roster from Perth  

About the role

Our team is looking for an Administrator to provide efficient and effective administrative support to the Pannawonica – Mesa A Operational Excellence Team. This role is full of rewarding challenges and role diversity. A truly fantastic opportunity to showcase your strong administrative skills in this varied role.

Working a FIFO 8 days on, 6 days off roster and reporting to the Administration Supervisor, you will be: 

• Coordination of travel administration for site (arranging team travel, site visits and onboarding utilising INX, RTTMS and PALMS)

• Purchase to Pay activities via SAP (raising purchase orders for site consumables, labour hire, creating service entry sheets etc)

• Supporting the site leadership team in daily operations (meeting preparation, travel arrangements, presentations, routine reporting etc.)

• Perform adhoc administrative activities to support site (management of room bookings, new starter packs, processing gate cards, IVMS, fuel keys and cab charges)

• Stakeholder engagement with our contract and business partners

• Provide appropriate coaching, mentoring and technical support to the operations and functional partners

• General administrative assistance for the Pannawonica – Mesa A operations.

What you will bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and SharePoint

• Strong communications skills 

• Strong continuous improvement applications

• Excellence in customer service delivery

• High level attention to detail

• Strong multi-tasking abilities with a flexible working approach 

• Ability to work productively both in a team an independently

• Experience using SAP is advantageous but not essential

• A current C Class manual driver’s licence

What we offer  

• Be recognised for your contribution, you’re 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)  

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

• 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.

Where you’ll be working

Located in the scenic Pilbara region and close to the major centre of Karratha, the vibrant town offers a sought-after lifestyle and affordable living in comfortable subsidised housing.

This is a great opportunity for you and your family to contribute to a unique community and enjoy a wide range of seasonal outdoor activities, allowing you to find the perfect balance between leisure and work. From the popular annual rodeo event to other regular social and cultural activities, local residents can make the most of modern amenities.

The town of Pannawonica is supported by a resident doctor, an excellent primary school with options to undertake secondary school studies in a supervised distance education program, supermarket, and a local community gym and youth centre.

Applications close on the 15th of February 2025 (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.