Specialist Risk & Assurance

• Shape the uplift and deployment of Iron Ore Pilbara’s risk and assurance framework, strengthening control effectiveness, governance discipline and operational risk performance

• Build risk capability by influencing leaders, facilitating governance forums and coaching risk coordinators, control owners and verifiers

• Perth-based opportunity offering access to a collaborative city office, convenient transport options and wellbeing amenities

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 Risk & Assurance to help Iron Ore Pilbara Operations strengthen risk management and assurance across its integrated operational network.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys turning risk information into practical action, influencing how risk is managed across multiple sites and functions, and building capability across a broad stakeholder community. You will play a key role in uplifting, embedding and continuously improving risk and assurance practices that support operational performance and alignment with the Group Risk Standard.

Reporting to the Manager Risk & Assurance, Pilbara Operations, and partnering with operational and functional leaders across Iron Ore Pilbara, you will:

• Coordinate and support the delivery of first-line assurance activities across Pilbara Operations

• Enable effective risk and assurance governance through Risk Coordinator Forums, Risk and Assurance Forums and Standards Working Groups

• Support assets to develop and maintain risk-based assurance plans aligned to business priorities

• Develop actionable risk reporting and insights covering risk health, control effectiveness, assurance outcomes and emerging themes

• Partner with risk and control owners, site-based risk coordinators and subject matter experts to progress key priorities and address gaps

• Develop and maintain risk management resources, guidance materials, templates and supporting tools

• Build capability through training, coaching and support for risk coordinators, control owners and control verifiers

• Deliver continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen risk management and assurance practices across Pilbara Operations

About you

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Demonstrated experience in operational risk, assurance, governance, controls or continuous improvement within mining or another large-scale, safety-critical environment

• Strong ability to engage and influence operational and functional stakeholders, facilitate governance forums and translate risk information into practical actions

• Sound understanding of control design, control effectiveness, assurance planning and verification processes

• Experience leading projects, programs or improvement initiatives involving multiple stakeholder groups

• Capability to manage risk information, develop performance insights and use reporting and collaboration tools to support informed decision-making

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 an annual incentive program

• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family

• Attractive share ownership plan and company-provided insurance cover

• Extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options

• Career development and education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions

• Ongoing access to family-friendly health, medical and wellbeing support

• Leave for all of life’s reasons, including annual, paid parental, personal and cultural leave

• Exclusive employee discounts across banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more

Where you'll be working

This role is based in Perth. Our modern Central Park office provides an inspiring environment for collaboration and professional growth, with access to a modern gym, wellness programs and convenient amenities that support a healthy work-life balance. Located in the heart of the city, the office is close to public transport and several parking options.

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.