Specialist Contractor Management

Rio Tinto; Shire Of Ashburton; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Safety-first culture

Permanent position with Rio Tinto

Base salary + annual incentive

Medical benefits

Share ownership plan

Insurance cover

Salary packaging options

Career development

Family-friendly wellbeing support

Leave entitlements

Employee discounts

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Rio Tinto seeks a Specialist Contractor Management to provide expert governance and assurance support across Greater Nammuldi Operations in the Pilbara. You will strengthen contractor management frameworks, work with operational leaders and contractor partners to improve safety, governance and performance outcomes.

This is a FIFO role from Perth offering a permanent position, competitive salary and comprehensive benefits in a safety-critical mining environment.

Qualifications

• Safety-focused mindset with commitment to personal and team safety.
• Experience applying contractor management frameworks in safety-critical environments.
• Strong governance, risk management, assurance and performance processes.
• Experience partnering with operational leaders and contractors to improve outcomes.
• Experience supporting assurance activities, audits or investigations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder engagement abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice to strengthen contractor management practices across Greater Nammuldi Operations.
• Partner with leaders and contractors to improve safety, governance, assurance and performance.
• Build capability through coaching, mentoring and support on contractor frameworks and accountabilities.
• Identify opportunities to improve contractor management frameworks and drive consistency.
• Support assurance activities, including diagnostics, audits and investigations with practical recommendations.
• Lead contractor performance and development initiatives to strengthen relationships and value delivery.
• Facilitate collaboration between operational teams, contract owners and contractors to align delivery with priorities.
• Drive continuous improvement opportunities that enhance performance and risk management.

Skills

Contractor governance

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Coaching

Communication skills

WA C Class Licence

Job description

• Shape contractor management practices that strengthen safety, governance and performance across Greater Nammuldi Operations.
• Partner with operational leaders to embed consistent, effective contractor management and assurance practices.
• Join one of Rio Tinto's largest Pilbara mining operations and enjoy a FIFO lifestyle from Perth.

• Shape contractor management practices that strengthen safety, governance and performance across Greater Nammuldi Operations.
• Partner with operational leaders to embed consistent, effective contractor management and assurance practices.
• Join one of Rio Tinto's largest Pilbara mining operations and enjoy a FIFO lifestyle from Perth.

We’re Finding Better Ways to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About The Role

We are looking for a Specialist Contractor Management to provide expert advice, assurance and governance support across Greater Nammuldi Operations.

Working closely with operational leaders, contractors and key stakeholders, you will help strengthen contractor management practices, drive continuous improvement and support effective risk management across the contractor lifecycle. You will play a key role in building capability, influencing decision-making and ensuring contractor management frameworks are applied consistently across the operation.

This is an exciting opportunity for a contractor management professional who enjoys partnering with leaders, improving systems and processes, and contributing to safe, reliable and sustainable business outcomes.

What You’ll Be Doing

Reporting to the Superintendent Business Planning & Improvement and partnering with operational leaders and contractor partners, you will

• Provide specialist advice and guidance to strengthen contractor management practices across Greater Nammuldi Operations.
• Partner with leaders and contractors to improve safety, governance, assurance and performance outcomes.
• Build capability through coaching, mentoring and support on contractor management frameworks, accountabilities and best practice.
• Identify opportunities to improve contractor management frameworks, processes and standards, driving consistency across the operation.
• Support assurance activities, including diagnostics, audits and investigations, providing subject matter expertise and practical recommendations.
• Lead contractor performance and development initiatives that strengthen relationships, capability and value delivery.
• Facilitate collaboration between operational teams, contract owners and contractors to align delivery with business priorities.
• Drive continuous improvement opportunities that enhance contractor performance, risk management and operational outcomes.

About You

You are a collaborative and influential professional who enjoys building capability, partnering with operational leaders and improving systems and processes. You bring a practical approach to contractor management, balancing governance and assurance requirements with operational needs to deliver safe and sustainable outcomes.

We're looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements below.

Required for Success

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and others.
• Demonstrated experience applying contractor management frameworks within a safety-critical operational environment.
• Strong understanding of contractor governance, risk management, assurance and performance processes.
• Experience partnering with operational leaders and contractors to improve compliance, capability and business outcomes.
• Experience supporting assurance activities, audits, investigations or performance reviews within a complex operational environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate insights into practical improvements.
• A current Western Australian C Class Driver's Licence.

Helpful for Success

• Experience within mining, resources, heavy industry or another complex operational environment.
• Knowledge of sourcing, procurement or contract management processes.
• Experience facilitating workshops, coaching teams and influencing change across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Experience using assurance, governance or continuous improvement frameworks to drive sustainable performance outcomes.

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 & 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, personal & cultural leave).
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more).
• Possible domestic relocation assistance.

Where you’ll be working

Greater Nammuldi Operations is one of Rio Tinto's largest integrated mining operations in the Pilbara, encompassing the Brockman 2, Nammuldi and Silvergrass mines.

This is an opportunity to work across a diverse and complex operational environment, partnering with leaders to improve performance, strengthen governance and help shape the future of the operation.

Based on a family-friendly 5 2/4 3 FIFO roster from Perth, you'll enjoy modern camp facilities, strong team culture and opportunities for growth and development.

Applications close on October 9, 2026 (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.

Respect and Inclusion

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTQ+ 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.