Specialist Business Improvement

Job Description

Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better. You’ll work on a 5/2/4/3 roster which will give you more time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your life. The role is residential in Cape Lambert or FIFO from Perth. Help demonstrate our values of care, courage and curiosity. About The Role Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s Maintenance Excellence team located in Cape Lambert are looking to recruit an experienced Specialist Business Improvement to drive innovation and site initiatives to deliver additional sustained value in accordance with company safety, environmental and statutory requirements. 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 will be in a front facing role with exposure to exciting streams of work. Reporting to the Superintendent Business Improvement you will be: Facilitating and leading high value projects across site using recognised Business Improvement methodologies. Coaching and influencing project owners to deliver results quickly and with maximum value. Interpreting costs and production drivers to inform strategic thinking and the evaluation and prioritisation of initiatives. Undertaking KPI analysis, improvements and project work designed to identify opportunities to add business value. Assisting in the facilitation of our transformation program. Creating a site culture of sustainable improvement. What You’ll Bring A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team, and alignment with our values of Care, Courage, and Curiosity. Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset. Experience in problem solving, process improvement, project leadership, change management, stakeholder engagement or similar. Highly effective leadership, organisational, time management and analytical skills. Ability to apply structured thinking, analysis and insights to frame, solve and deliver tangible outcomes against complex business problems. Experience in data and trend analysis to support the delivery of business improvement initiatives. Ability to work in a high-pace role, managing multiple deliverables and stakeholders whilst maintaining autonomy and self-motivation. A tertiary qualification in Commerce, Engineering, or related discipline. Certification in Six Sigma (Black/Green Belt) highly desirable or possessing significant experience with Lean Methodology, showcasing a commitment to operational efficiency and excellence. Experience leading improvement projects (Kaizen delivery or similar). Familiarity with Agile methodologies and demonstrated capability to facilitate workshops. Advanced Microsoft office skills with expertise in PowerBI and PowerApps (or similar data analytics tools) highly desirable. Extensive experience using business improvement processes within the mining, manufacturing, or heavy industry. A current C class manual drivers’ 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. Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment. Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders. Where you will be working Our four independent shipping terminals at two locations, Cape Lambert and Dampier, are managed as a single port system. Each terminal has facilities for train unloading, product stockpiling and blending, and ship loading. Employees reside locally in the Pilbara region of Western Australia with Karratha being the closest town. Applications close on the 18th of March (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date). About Rio Tinto Rio 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 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr