Jobs at Rio Tinto

Leads group-wide energy and greenhouse gas data governance, methodologies, controls, quality assurance, and reporting for Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. Interprets climate legislation and reporting standards, integrates new fuels and abatement activities, supports audits, improves Enablon reporting systems, advises senior stakeholders, and coaches technical advisers across global operations.

Leads in-country legal support for the Simandou mining and infrastructure project in Guinea. Advises senior leadership on corporate, commercial, regulatory, procurement, infrastructure, joint venture, compliance, disputes, investigations, and government engagement matters. Manages the local legal team and external counsel, oversees legal spend, monitors legal developments, supports negotiations, and promotes ethics, anti-bribery, sanctions, competition-law compliance, and corporate responsibility.

Supervise surface blasting operations and lead a team of blast operators across safety, compliance, production, and cost objectives. Coordinate blasting activities to deliver the mine plan, conduct inspections, oversee sensitive-blast QA/QC, and ensure compliance with statutory regulations and company standards. The role also involves coaching employees, promoting safe work practices, supporting continuous improvement, and managing environmental, heritage, and infrastructure considerations.

Develop and execute global fixed-equipment procurement, category, supplier, and commercial strategies for major capital projects. Translate market intelligence, supplier relationships, and commercial analysis into sourcing decisions that improve competitiveness, supply assurance, risk management, and long-term value. Lead complex negotiations, strategic supplier agreements, governance, and value delivery while collaborating with global project, technical, commercial, and operational stakeholders. Coach teams and identify opportunities for standardization, demand aggregation, and innovative delivery models.

Lead sustaining capital, closure, and operational improvement projects across Rio Tinto’s Kitimat operations. Manage scope, schedule, budget, governance, stakeholder engagement, performance reporting, risks, vendors, and delivery issues throughout the project lifecycle. Collaborate with technical, operational, and business stakeholders to define requirements, develop estimates, deliver safe and sustainable outcomes, and improve project delivery methods in a large-scale industrial environment.

Lead field-based mineral exploration programs from design through execution, interpretation, and recommendations. Plan mapping, sampling, geophysics, drilling, logging, and QA/QC activities while managing budgets, schedules, contractors, and remote field teams. Integrate geological, geochemical, geophysical, drilling, and assay data to refine exploration targets, particularly for copper mineralization. Mentor geoscientists, collaborate with technical and permitting teams, and support safe project decisions.

Manage workplace operations across Rio Tinto’s North American corporate offices. Responsibilities include workplace safety and compliance, supplier contracts and performance, operational and financial management, real estate portfolio planning, property requirements, stakeholder relationships, and continuous improvement of employee workplace experiences. The role requires significant corporate real estate or workplace management experience in a complex global organization, along with bilingual French and English fluency.

Provide specialist advice, governance, assurance, and continuous improvement support for contractor management across Rio Tinto’s Greater Nammuldi mining operations. The role partners with operational leaders and contractors to improve safety, compliance, risk management, capability, performance, and contractor lifecycle processes. Responsibilities include coaching, audits, investigations, performance reviews, stakeholder facilitation, and implementing consistent contractor management frameworks in a safety-critical FIFO mining environment.

The Financial Controller oversees financial operations, reporting, accounting compliance, closing processes, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, CAPEX analysis, cost management, internal controls, risk management, and audits. The role develops financial KPIs and partners with operational teams and senior leadership to evaluate business decisions. It requires strong accounting and financial analysis expertise, ERP and Excel proficiency, investment appraisal skills, and fluency in French and English.

Leads organisational change management across mining projects, preparing people and operations for delivery, commissioning, handover and operational ramp-up. Responsibilities include change impact analysis, organisational design, stakeholder engagement, communications, workforce readiness, capability development, risk management, budgeting, scheduling, reporting and continuous improvement. The role supports operational leaders, collaborates with cross-functional partners, and mentors Operational Readiness practitioners.

Designs and publishes digital learning assets for Rio Tinto’s Modern ERP transformation. Responsibilities include producing Synthesia videos, SAP Enable Now simulations, system demonstrations, process walkthroughs, Train-the-Trainer materials, and deployment resources. The role translates complex processes into accessible, learner-centred content, collaborates with subject matter experts and regional teams, manages review cycles, applies brand and accessibility standards, and improves content based on learner and stakeholder feedback.

Support domestic and international corporate tax compliance and reporting, prepare and review U.S. and international tax returns and provisions (ASC 740 / IAS 12), perform technical tax calculations (GILTI, FDII, CAMT, FTC, §861), identify tax planning opportunities, assist in transaction due diligence, and improve tax processes via automation and enhanced data management.

Prepare corporate income tax returns in OneSource, perform tax accounting (journal entries, reconciliations, group reporting), support IRS and state audits, conduct detailed tax research, collaborate with Finance on tax accounting positions, ensure Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and implement process improvements.

Subject-matter expert in Canadian payroll tax and statutory compliance responsible for remittances, reconciliations, year-end reporting (T4/T4A/RL-1), DAS validation, GL reconciliations, resolving payroll/finance variances, strengthening controls, and coaching the payroll team.

Provide senior payroll tax expertise for a large Canadian payroll environment: lead year-end T4/T4A/RL-1 reporting, CRA/MRQ compliance, DAS/CPP/EI remittances, payroll-to-GL reconciliations, audits, regulatory engagements, risk remediation, and structured knowledge-transfer across Payroll, Finance, and Accounting.

Develops and maintains preventative maintenance schedules for mining site services. Coordinates maintenance activities, optimizes resources, ensures compliance with safety and statutory requirements, maintains CMMS and asset data, analyzes work management information, and identifies continuous improvement opportunities. Collaborates with maintenance, operations, and planning teams to support safe, reliable, and efficient asset performance.

Leads the planning, integration, execution, construction, commissioning, startup, and operational handover of a large-scale copper capital project. Coordinates owners, contractors, consultants, engineering, permitting, operations, and multidisciplinary stakeholders. Manages project strategy, feasibility studies, investment approvals, contracts, risks, costs, schedules, quality, sustainability, governance, and regulatory compliance while engaging executives, authorities, communities, and strategic partners. The role is based in Salta or Buenos Aires, Argentina, with travel required as project needs dictate.

Supports Rio Tinto Copper’s inorganic growth initiatives through financial modeling, valuation, scenario analysis, due diligence, business cases, transaction analysis, and commercial recommendations. The role evaluates acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, and investment opportunities while analyzing copper markets and coordinating stakeholders across global operations. It also contributes to negotiations and transaction execution.

Lead business development and corporate growth initiatives across Rio Tinto’s Copper portfolio. Responsibilities include identifying and evaluating acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, and market-entry opportunities; managing due diligence, negotiations, and transaction execution; building financial models and investment cases; conducting market and competitor analysis; structuring commercial arrangements; and presenting recommendations to executives and investment committees.

Supports Rio Tinto’s Copper growth and investment agenda through financial modeling, valuation, commercial analysis, due diligence, business cases, scenario analysis, and portfolio evaluation. The role assesses acquisitions, partnerships, divestments, and organic growth opportunities, challenges financial and commercial assumptions, and prepares investment materials for senior leadership, investment committees, and board-level decisions.