Strategic Shutdown Planner – Perth (12m, $78-90/h)

Chandler Macleod; Perth; On-site; AUD 107,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Superannuation on all hours worked

Employee Assistance Program

Simple digital onboarding

Job summary

Rio Tinto engages Chandler Macleod to source a Shutdown Strategy Planner for a Perth-based 12-month assignment working with Rio Tinto's Asset Management team. The role focuses on shutdown workforce planning, coordination and execution across multiple sites, reporting to the Principal Asset Management.

You will coordinate labour resourcing, verify labour requests, and manage RFQs and supplier engagements while building strong stakeholder relationships with operations and vendors.

Qualifications

• Experience in shutdown planning, workforce coordination, mobilisation or scheduling within a mining, resources or heavy industrial environment.
• Demonstrated capability in contract verification, RFQ preparation and evaluation, and vendor engagement.
• Working knowledge of SAP, procurement processes and purchase requisition creation.
• Strong organisational and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate labour resourcing activities for shutdowns across multiple sites.
• Manage and verify labour requests in line with shutdown requirements and existing contractual arrangements.
• Prepare, review and issue RFQs to vendors, ensuring clear scope, workforce requirements and mobilisation schedules.
• Assess vendor submissions, evaluate quotations for contractual compliance and support vendor selection processes.
• Create and manage purchase requisitions in SAP for shutdown labour across individual sites.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across operations, vendors and internal teams.

Skills

Shutdown planning

Workforce coordination

Mobilisation

Scheduling

Tools

SAP

RFQ process

Job description

Rio Tinto engages Chandler Macleod to source a Shutdown Strategy Planner for a Perth-based 12-month assignment working with Rio Tinto's Asset Management team. The role focuses on shutdown workforce planning, coordination and execution across multiple sites, reporting to the Principal Asset Management.

You will coordinate labour resourcing, verify labour requests, and manage RFQs and supplier engagements while building strong stakeholder relationships with operations and vendors.