People Partner

• Exciting FIFO from Perth to the Pilbara opportunity to influence workforce, talent, engagement and organisational priorities that strengthen business performance across complex, large-scale portfolios.
• Expand your impact by partnering with General Managers and leadership teams across workforce strategy, employee relations, change and leader capability.
• Enjoy the flexibility and development opportunities that come with being part of a global organisation focused on care, courage and curiosity.

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 People Partner to help the Site General Manager and leadership team to translate business strategy into actionable workforce, talent, engagement and organisational outcomes. In this role, you’ll lead delivery across a defined portfolio in complex, large-scale and often multi-geography environments, while partnering with People Experience, Organisation and Talent Partners and specialist teams.

This is a great FIFO from Perth to the Pilbara opportunity on a 5-2-4-3 roster for someone who enjoys shaping practical people strategies with senior leaders, with responsibility for translating strategy to operational action, driving workforce effectiveness, employee experience and organisational performance.

What you’ll be doing

Reporting to the General Manager People Partnering Pilbara Mines, and working closely with leadership teams and the broader People function, you will be:

• Act as the trusted People Partner and primary contact for assigned Site General Managers, shaping priorities and coordinating day-to-day delivery through People Experience and specialist teams.
• Translate business strategy into near-term workforce and people plans, develop local or site actions and facilitate strategic workforce plan fulfilment across the portfolio.
• Coach leaders on performance, team effectiveness, employee experience and business priorities, providing practical advice that supports consistent decision-making.
• Lead performance, talent and pay health processes, including calibration, local talent strategies and identification of out-of-cycle benchmarking requirements.
• Support complex employee relations matters and act as an escalation point for union matters, translating labour and regulatory changes into business implications and coordinating appropriate outcomes.
• Lead organisational changes, restructures and transformation initiatives, enabling leaders and supporting communication, engagement and adoption.
• Analyse engagement, workforce, case and query data to identify trends, drive targeted action plans and provide insights that inform business strategy and People frameworks.
• Partner across Organisation and Talent Partners, People Experience, Areas of Expertise and other People teams to execute aligned initiatives, manage escalations and improve service consistency.

About you

We’re looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements below. You do not need to meet every “helpful for success” item to apply. If you bring relevant experience and are excited by the opportunity, we encourage you to submit an application.

Required for Success

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Demonstrated experience in senior HR business partnership and people advisory, building trusted relationships with General Managers and leadership teams in a complex organisation.
• Experience translating business strategy and workforce plans into actionable portfolio-level people priorities and driving disciplined execution.
• Demonstrated capability in employee and labour relations, applying established frameworks and exercising sound judgement to manage and escalate risk.
• Experience leading organisational change or restructure implementation and embedding initiatives effectively across complex or multi-geography environments.
• Strong ability to interpret workforce and people data, translate insights into targeted business actions and collaborate across specialist teams to deliver consistent, timely outcomes.

Helpful for Success

• Experience facilitating performance and talent calibration, pay health reviews, local talent strategies or out-of-cycle benchmarking.
• Experience engaging with unions, interpreting labour or regulatory change, or supporting operational workforces.
• Experience using employee engagement, workforce, case or query insights to improve team effectiveness, workforce planning or people processes.

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, personal & cultural leave) 
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more) 
• Possible domestic relocation assistance  

Where you’ll be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own a world-class, integrated network of 18 mines, 4 independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres 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 Monday 16th November at 11:59pm (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.

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.