Specialist Contracts Management

Specialist Contract Management

• Hybrid work model and flexible working arrangements based in Central Park – Perth CBD
• Join a team where diversity of thought and new ways of thinking are truly valued
• Drive innovation and promote value-added growth as part of your work
• Opportunity for career advancement within global mining company

Where we’re all welcome

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.  

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength.  The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.   

About the role

Resource Development provides the geological and water knowledge to define orebodies to sustainability grow Rio Tinto.

The Resource Development Team is responsible for five core components and is made up of Planning, Geoscience, Water Resource Evaluation (WRE), Operations and Technical delivery. The team is made up of diverse skillsets including operators, drillers, field and survey assistants, geologists and hydrologists.

The Rio Tinto Resource Development Team is looking for Specialist – Contract Management in the Planning team.

The Planning team contributes to Resource Development objective by developing and enabling plans and governing plan delivery. The Planning Contract Management team’s role is to support and strengthen contract partnerships, collaborate to develop longer term strategies, drive efficiencies through simplification and uplift overall contract performance.

The Specialist role is a great opportunity to showcase and develop your commercial and contract management skills where your talents will be exposed to the Resource Development team and the wider Rio Tinto Iron Ore business.

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 Monday to Friday based in 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 Superintendent – Contract Management, Resource Development you will: 

• Positively communicated the Resource Development vision and build strong and successful working relationships internally within with Rio Tinto and externally with Suppliers and Contract Partners 
• Proactive contract management of medium to high-risk contracts covering a range of services including drilling, pad construction, rehabilitation, geophysics logging and test pumping for Resource Development 
• Support improving supplier/contract partner performance in relation to its diversity and inclusion strategies e.g. female, local Pilbara and Indigenous and Torres Strait Islanders
• Develop and implement contract management strategies, policies/guidelines to drive shared goals and objectives
• Support development of strategies to uplift contract performance through quality scope development and management of contract key performance indicators (KPIs) e.g. safety and environment, production, diversity strategies
• Contribute to the annual planning cycles including contract management data inputs and strategies ie annual, mid-long term
• Lead and support process improvement projects and change management to embed and sustain new ways of working 
• Collaborate with Rio Tinto Procurement on overarching sourcing and contract strategies including project execution timelines, resource planning, tendering, commercial, contract claims and disputes. 
• Active role in providing expert contract management advice to planning, operational and technical teams including regular visits to the Pilbara
• Participate with risk management, process compliance, audits and contract related investigation
• Develop tools to train, coach and educate various stakeholders related to contract management activities at Rio Tinto
• Lead and manage the Contract Management team in the absence of the Superintendent

What you’ll bring

• Be an inquisitive and innovative team-oriented professional 
• Engage Rio Tinto stakeholders including leaders to influence change a
• Have ability to build highly collaborative relationships with Suppliers/Contract Partners
• Possess strong communication, engagement and influencing skills across multiple stakeholder groups
• Have a strong desire and willingness to challenge the status quo and find creative ways to solve problem
• Demonstrate ability to interpret operational performance to provide insights and drive outcome
• Have advanced communication skills (written and verbal)
• Achieved tertiary qualifications e.g. Contracts, Procurement & Supply Chain, or similar and ideally, a minimum of 5 years’ work experience post education 
• Showcase previous experience in working in large multi-disciplinary teams
• Values based leaderships with solid commitment to safety, wellness, environment, heritage and community

It would be beneficial if you have: 

• Member of Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (MCIPS), or willingness to work towards 
• Exceptional people skills with the ability to influence
• Understanding of the end-to-end procurement and supply chain methodology
• Experience in contract management and working with suppliers/contract partners including influencing and negotiation skills
• Demonstrated ability for process improvement techniques

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

• 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 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, read more about the huge range of benefits here: https://bit.ly/43AQLue   

Where you will be working

This is a Perth based role supporting our operations in the Pilbara with ad hoc travel to the site. 

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. 

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 and meet opportunities. 

Applications close on5th of June 2024(Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)