Specialist Risk & Capital

Specialist Risk and Capital

• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

• Offered as a Fly in, fly out from Perth or Residential to Pannawonica opportunity

About the role

The Operational Excellence team at Pannawonica is seeking an experienced Risk & Capital Specialist to provide technical expertise, support, and guidance on capital and risk, management practices across our operation. This crucial role involves developing and guiding other professionals and directly supporting leadership's decision-making processes.

You’ll be part of a supportive team, supported by your Leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team. You’ll work on a 5 days on, 2 days off residential or a 5 days on, 2 days off / 4 days on, 3 days off Fly in, fly out roster from Perth which will give you more time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your life. 

Reporting to the Operational Excellence Manager, and working in a supportive and collaborative environment, you will be:

• Providing risk and capital portfolio insights to support business planning, including the annual plan.

• Partnering with leaders to integrate risk considerations into operational decision-making, core business processes, and investment activities.

• Promoting proactive risk management by offering support to the risk owners through trend monitoring, control effectiveness assessment, action management, and issue escalation.

• Coordinating and overseeing the development of annual and 5-year capital portfolios.

• Developing risk and capital acumen across the site.

• Collaborating with capital stakeholders to provide guidance, report on status, and coordinate capital portfolio governance.

• Championing and governing the Management of Change (MOC) process, providing coaching and support.

About you

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and the team

• A degree in Business, Finance, Engineering or related field will be highly regarded

• Experience in Risk management, capital, process improvements or similar

• Highly effective organisational, time management, problem-solving and analytical skills

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

• Ability to work both autonomously and within a team

• A high level of computer literacy including developing, automating, and managing spreadsheets, reports, and the ability to learn new software

• Current C Class driver’s license (manual)

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100%, we still want to hear from you. 

We are committed to promoting diversity within Rio Tinto and as a special measure to we strongly encourage women to apply.

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

Robe Valley Operations, located on Robe River Kuruma Country, is close to the community of Pannawonica in the scenic Pilbara region, approximately 200km south-west of Karratha. The operation comprises two key sites: Mesa A, which is primarily fly-in-fly-out, and Mesa J, which is strongly supported by a residential workforce living in Pannawonica. 

Rio Tinto provides subsidised housing for residential employees and their families looking to enjoy a comfortable and laid-back lifestyle with modern amenities including a supermarket, cafe, medical centre, community gym, youth centre, and a primary school that also supports secondary education through supervised distance learning for older children. 

Community groups provide sporting and social options for residents to get involved in, encouraging a unique balance between work and leisure for families and individuals residing in town.

Applications close on the 15th of December 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

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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.

Respect and InclusionAt 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.