Description:
Specialist Asset Readiness
- It’s an exciting time to join our vibrant Iron Ore Operational Readiness team
- Supportive team culture with a focus on inclusion, safety and work life balance
- Become an integral part of a team with great responsibility
About the role
We are looking for a Specialist Asset Readiness to join the Operational Readiness team working across several projects in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. This role will provide specialist Asset Readiness support for the projects from pre-feasibility study through to execution, commissioning and handover to facilitate and promote successful projects. You will need to be flexible with FIFO to various operations required.
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 5/2/4/3 roster which will give you more time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your life.
Reporting to the Superintendent Fixed Plant & Asset Management, you will:
- Facilitate the transfer of engineering data to master data and inventory teams.
- Facilitate the updating of existing and creation of new functional location structures, bill of materials, maintenance tactics, task lists etc.
- Ensuring maintenance plans are ready to be activated prior to S4 commissioning.
- Identify, estimate and procure critical operating spares and specialised tooling.
- Facilitate approval of critical spares into inventory based on asset criticality.
- Assisting with budget forecasting for new assets.
- Implementation of condition monitoring strategy for new assets.
- Document statutory and compliance requirements for registered plant and confined spaces.
- Adoption and application of shutdown management processes for brown field construction.
About you
- Tertiary or trade qualifications in relevant engineering discipline with experience in planning, execution or reliability of production assets.
- Knowledge of all aspects of asset management and engineering processes.
- Strong interpersonal skills, including good oral and written skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all level
- Mature approach to problem solving and strong decision-making skil
- Proficient in SAP, CMMS in respect to Asset Manageme
- A Current "C Class" WA Driver’s licen
- Proven ability in safety leadership in mining or relevant industry
It will also be beneficial if you have:
- Exposure to large scale project activities in a document control, Fixed Plant and/or NPI capacity.
- Exposure to reliability programs, such as PMO, FMEA, etc.
- An ability to convert technical knowledge into practical instruction.
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
- A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with Annual incentive program
- Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
- Attractive share ownership plan
- Company provided insurance cover
- Extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options
- Career development and 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)
- Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
Where you’ll be working
In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700 kilometre rail network and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand.
We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.
Applications close on 16th of March 2025 (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.