Senior Project Planner

Senior Project Planner

• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
• Diverse & challenging projects
• Full time, Permanent position based in Perth, WA.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Senior Project Planner to support the Project Controls manager in analysing, reporting, and resolving issues with project implementation and ongoing project planning functions.

The scope of the Planning function includes (but is not limited to) planning, reporting, developing benchmarking, reviewing schedules prepared by project teams, document controlling and managing relevant project processes and procedures.

The purpose of this position is to provide guidance, insight and support where the size and complexity of project/ projects is significant enough to warrant strategic leadership within the owner's team.

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 recognise 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 Principal Advisor Planning and working in a collaborative community within the Rio Tinto Iron Ore Projects Planning team, you will:

• Assist in planning, reporting, analysing and issue resolution of Rio Tinto Project's Iron Ore Projects.
• Monitor progress and performance in study and implementation phases.
• Manage the development of detailed analysis to ensure sufficient detail exists in the event of contractor and sub-contractor claims for acceleration, productivity, delays and force majeure claims. Be prepared to defend any potential claims with facts, data analytics, appropriate logic and reports.
• Lead monitoring of the contractor's planning and reporting function to ensure that project and contract requirements for timely and accurate reporting are achieved.
• Proactively provide guidance and support to Rio Tinto and EPCM project teams where appropriate to do so
• Provide technical, strategic and leadership planning support to studies and projects.
• Provide progress assurance on studies and implementation projects independent of study teams within the Project Controls governance framework.

What you'll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement
• Significantly proficient using Oracle Primavera P6 software & Microsoft Project software.
• Previous experience in planning & monitoring engineering, procurement, construction & commissioning phases of major projects.
• Familiarity with performing critical path method (CPM) analysis, variance analyses, floats analysis and schedule trending.
• Contracts experience
• Good analytical, reporting and presentation skills
• Claims analysis experience

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, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Domestic relocation assistance

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 and meet opportunities.

Where you'll be working

Rio Tinto Projects helps to grow our business by building new mines and assets as well as studying the different options for both new construction projects and operations approaching closure. We are recognised for delivering safely, on time and on budget or better, and have won multiple awards for our work, including at the Amrun Bauxite mine in North Queensland, Australia, and on the AutoHaul driverless trains in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Every Voice Matters

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 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.

Applications close on Monday, 4th March 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)