Rio Tinto Hiring for Principal Advisor Asset Management Job at Boron, CA Full Time

Principal Advisor – Asset Management Performance

• Work across the business in our Asset Management Centre of Excellence
• Collaborative work environment that values inclusion
• Position based in Boron, CA

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for Principal Advisor – Asset Management Performance who will work closely across Product Groups to collaborate and lead asset management projects and change programmes to deliver business objectives. The role is primarily focused on supporting North American west coast sites.

This is a great opportunity for a maintenance/reliability or asset management professional to take the next step in your career by engaging and working with multiple product groups to improve asset performance and develop capabilities to help build a sustainable asset management portfolio, assisting us in improving our productivity across the globe.

We are an open, connected international team of technical specialists using some of the most exciting data and tools on the planet. We are the world leader in automation and smart mining.

We have technical development programmes that are industry-leading and recognize the unique nature of your role. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills.

Reporting to the Lead Asset Management in a collaborative community within the Asset Management Centre of Excellence (CoE) team, you will:

• Lead and partner with Product Groups to improve asset performance through implementation of asset management practices
• Provide guidance and coach leadership teams on implementation of asset management processes and procedures
• Lead and partner with sites on standardizing, replicating and sustaining asset management processes and procedures to deliver sustainable operations
• Partner with sites to embed and or replicate leading asset management practice/s
• Partner with sites to build and strengthen existing asset management capabilities
• Provide assistance with group assurance audits
• Proactively support the BU’s with asset management support, risk reduction/mitigation, and protection of the license to operate and strategic objectives
• Be responsible for seamless relationship between the product group business owner and Rio Tinto STP AM CoE

What you’ll bring

• A tertiary qualification in Engineering, Asset Management, Processing, Maintenance and Operation, Business Analysis or other relevant discipline
• Extensive experience and knowledge of the different Asset Management elements
• Demonstrated experience in implementing/executing/embedding Asset Management improvement initiatives
• Experience in planning and scheduling
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with strong ability to liaise with external and internal stakeholders effectively
• Strong ability to adapt to different site contexts
• Willingness to travel and be self-motivated.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• 7+ years of proven leadership experience with high influencing and negotiation skills
• International experience and ideally knowledge of multiple commodities fixed plant/HME/ports/rails/power asset etc

What we offer

Be recognized 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 competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees
• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
• Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan
• Wellbeing benefits
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Borates is a global leader in industrial mineral supply and science. We supply approximately 25% of the world’s demand for refined borates, minerals essential to life and modern living. We seek to create mutual value by working closely with our investment partners and host communities. Our 20 Mule Team Borax brand pays tribute to our first borates mining operation in Death Valley in 1872.

Every Voice Matters

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 Indigenous Peoples, women, the

LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

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