Manager Technical Services

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• Be part of a dynamic leadership group, committed to growth, development and excellence
• Lead a multi-disciplinary team enabling safe and productive operations
• Perth based with weekly travel to the Pilbara

Manager Technical Services - Perth

About The Role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

This is a terrific opportunity to join our senior leadership team as Manager Technical Services and play a critical role managing the delivery of mine planning and technical functions that enables the safe and productive operations. We’re looking for an experienced leader to help build on our success and focus on the next level of safety, efficiency and productivity benefits across iron ore operations. This opportunity will see you positively leading and influencing whilst working with a diverse stakeholder group geographically spread across our iron ore business. You’ll be leading a multidisciplinary team of professionals specialising in mine planning, design and scheduling, geotechnical engineering, geology, drill and blast, data management and surveying.

This role allows a significant opportunity to learn and grow partnership skills, understand the wider business context and influence material paradigm shifts in our operating strategy. With safety at the forefront of everything you do, we will empower and support you to achieve excellence in technical and commercial outcomes. We’ll also provide opportunities to challenge yourself, learn from others, share your own ideas and champion an inclusive approach towards leading your team.

About You

You are curious with excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills. You enjoy working with leaders, peers and teams to solve problems and seek opportunities to be part of taking Mine Technical Services forward.

Previous experience has enabled you to appreciate and expertly navigate the challenges associated with mine planning / design and managing technical services for large scale mining operations. The vision of optimising our mines’ productivity excites you coupled with the drive to present solutions that will help us to work smarter each and every day. You will hold highly developed stakeholder engagement skills enabling you to manage a wide range of stakeholders across different technical and operational boundaries.

Reporting to the General Manager Mine Technical Services , and working in a challenging and exciting environment within Iron Ore, you will

What You’ll Bring

Leaders with a strategic mindset, operational focus, curiosity and drive to contribute are strongly encouraged to apply.

What We Offer

Where you’ll be working

Based in the Perth CBD, Central Park, this role encourages agile ways of working, on a Monday – Friday roster. Regular travel to the Pilbara is required.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets a world-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700 kilometre rail network and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand.

We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

Applications close on 21 July 2025 (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.

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.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Mining and Oil and Gas

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