Specialist Asset Maintenance

Specialist Asset Management

• Play a pivotal role in optimizing our processes to enhance Asset Management performance


• Challenging role that will broaden your horizons and connect you with several areas within our business


• Do you have a passion for technical coaching within leadership groups?


• Opportunity to influence and support the decision making of senior leaders


• 5 days on, 2 days off / 4 days on 3 days off FIFO roster

We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

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 who we are.

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

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 FIFO roster-based roster where you will focus on proactive improvement in governance and performance of Asset Management processes on site.

Reporting to the MP&E Superintendent you will:

• Work closely with our partners on strategic improvement through excellent communication skills with the ability to positively influence.


• Coach leaders to improve their asset management acumen.


• Assisting to create a site culture of sustainable and continuous improvement.


• Have a keen eye for detail and ability to take data and generate key insights and articulate pathways forward.


• Have an established understanding of asset management processes in particular, work management, shut management, and reliability processes and systems.


• Lead site improvement projects to optimise maintenance and asset management to deliver plant reliability and availability.


• Promote and drive standardised reports and best practice with your peer group.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.


• Demonstrated 3+ years’ of relevant experience as an Asset Management Professional.


• The ability to influence and coach colleagues across various disciplines and organisational levels.


• Proactively seek and apply transferrable learnings to identify and deliver improved ways of working in line with standard work practices.


• Active communication skills to be a key driver in continuous improvement.


• The ability to quickly form trusting relationships and demonstrate genuine passion for change processes.


• Proven ability to influence and achieve change to improve business performance.

• The ability to be flexible, adaptable, and resilient.

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.

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


• 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


• 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.

Who we are

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.

Where you’ll be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own a world-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres 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 8 September 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).