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We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where employees feel comfortable being themselves. We also want everyone to feel that their voices matter, that all cultures are respected, and that perspectives, as diverse as they are, are not only welcome, but essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity, regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, sexual orientation or any other distinguishing aspect.
At Rio Tinto, we welcome and encourage applications from women, older workers, persons with disabilities and representatives from diverse backgrounds.
Everyone is different, and we believe that these differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences, and perspectives within our team enhances the way we work and our ability to succeed together.
About the role
Part of the Operations and Technical Services (OTS) team, the Manager Asset Management is accountable for establishing, integrating and governing the Asset Management operating system required to protect safe and stable ramp up and deliver sustainable value from Simfer assets. The function provides Asset Management services, support and technical expertise to Operations, working collaboratively with operational teams to understand business requirements, asset risks and execution constraints. The role sets direction, creates clear ownership and ensures that plans, systems, data, capability, materials and assurance work together as one management system rather than as separate technical activities.
The role translates business and production requirements into risk based asset strategies, lifecycle plans, executable maintenance and shutdown plans, sustaining capital priorities, inventory strategies, controlled master data and measurable performance. Asset Management develops and integrates the plans, standards, systems and technical basis that enable Operations and Maintenance teams to execute safely and effectively. The role maintains a close partnership with Operations throughout planning, execution and performance review and provides the management cadence connecting Asset Management with Reliability Engineering, Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain and Projects.
Success requires a leader who can build foundations while operations mature, challenge weak controls, make asset risk visible, develop Guinean capability and move the organisation from readiness issue closure to disciplined lifecycle performance.
Role Purpose:
- Protect people, production and asset value by ensuring that critical asset risks and controls are identified, owned, implemented and assured
- Partner with Operations to provide the Asset Management services, technical expertise, strategies and executable plans required for safe and effective operational delivery
- Create a single, practical Asset Management system that links strategy, planning, work management, spares, systems, data, capability and lifecycle investment
- Enable safe, stable and predictable performance across Mine, MPP, Port and shared services interfaces, with attention to assets and services that can constrain ramp up
- Build local leadership and technical capability so the function progressively transitions to a sustainable Guinean workforce
- Provide clear performance visibility and decision support to the General Manager Operations Technical Services and operational leadership
Key Accountabilities:
Asset Management strategy, governance and risk
- Set the Asset Management strategy, standards, accountabilities, decision rights and governance aligned with business objectives and value chain risk.
- Govern maintenance strategies, Asset Management Plans, lifecycle and renewal plans, sustaining capital priorities and assurance of critical asset controls.
- Lead the weekly Asset Management priorities forum and monthly system health review and provide concise, decision focused performance and risk reporting.
Integrated planning, shutdowns and materials readiness
- Lead long term planning, backlog governance and shutdown planning rhythms so plans are risk based, resource loaded and ready for execution.
- Integrate production, maintenance, engineering, reliability, supply and capital requirements and expose constraints early for timely decisions.
- Govern critical spares, long lead components, repairables, bills of material and inventory strategies to support asset risk and operating plans.
Systems, data, reliability and lifecycle performance
- Own the integrity and adoption of Asset Management systems and data, including asset hierarchies, maintenance plans, task lists, bills of material, failure data and reporting structures.
- Ensure approved maintenance tactics move through a controlled workflow from Reliability Engineering and Strategy into master data and executable work.
- Use asset health, defect elimination, work management and lifecycle insight to focus improvement and investment on the highest value and highest risk opportunities.
Capability, leadership and transition to operations
- Build an accountable, service oriented Asset Management team and develop Guinean leaders and specialists through coaching, assessed competence, knowledge transfer and succession planning.
- Ensure work management standards, procedures and technical documentation are controlled, practical and embedded in daily execution.
- Convert commissioning, handover and readiness gaps into prioritised operational backlogs with clear ownership across Planning, Reliability, Engineering, Supply Chain, Data, Capability and Operations.
Operations partnership and execution enablement
- Partner with Operations and Maintenance to understand business requirements, asset risks and execution constraints and translate them into integrated, executable plans.
- Provide practical Asset Management services, planning support and technical expertise that enable operating teams to execute safely, efficiently and consistently.
- Maintain clear service expectations and two way feedback so field learning and emerging constraints are reflected in strategies, tactics and priorities.
Qualification and required experience:
- Significant leadership experience in Asset Management, maintenance, reliability, engineering or operational readiness within a complex mining, processing, infrastructure or heavy industrial environment.
- Demonstrated success establishing or improving an Asset Management operating model across multiple functions or value chain areas.
- Strong experience in lifecycle planning, maintenance strategy, long term planning, shutdown governance, critical spares, systems and data and asset risk management.
- Experience translating commissioning or project handover issues into controlled operational plans and accountabilities.
- Proven ability to lead diverse technical teams and influence Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Projects, Supply Chain, Finance and senior leadership.
- Experience building local capability, transferring knowledge and creating sustainable succession pathways in a developing operational context.
- Demonstrated commercial judgement across operating cost, sustaining capital, service partners and whole of life value.
- Systems thinker who connects risk, work, data, materials, capability and investment.
- Safety focused visible and practical leader who works close to the operation while maintaining strategic perspective.
- Clear decision maker who creates accountability and challenges ambiguity without adding unnecessary hierarchy.
- Confident influencer who can align stakeholders with competing priorities
- Disciplined executor who follows through on commitments and builds durable management rhythms.
- Capability builder who coaches others, creates ownership and supports localisation.
- Calm, credible and transparent in a high pressure ramp up environment.
- Bachelor degree in Engineering or a relevant technical discipline.
- Recognised Asset Management, reliability, maintenance or risk qualification is desirable.
- French language capability or experience working effectively through translation is desirable.
- Membership or certification through a recognised professional body is desirable.
What we offer
Get recognition for your contributions, your ability to think, your hard work, and the satisfaction of knowing that you have helped the world move forward.
- Work environment where safety is always the top priority
- Competitive base salary based on your skills and experience
- Annual cash incentives for eligible employees
- Career development opportunities and training assistance to achieve your aspirations • Access to family-friendly health programs, top-notch retirement and savings plans
- Wellness benefits
- Rio Tinto's generous employee stock ownership plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- One-on-one wellness support (personal and professional matters) for you and your family
- Comprehensive leave policy covering all important life moments (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, etc.)
About the Simandou Project
The Simandou Iron Ore Project is located in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa. It is Africa’s largest infrastructure and mining project and represents one of the largest known reserves of high-grade iron ore in the world.
Rio Tinto holds rights to Simandou Blocks 3 and 4 through SimFer, a joint venture between the Government of the Republic of Guinea, Rio Tinto and Chalco Iron Ore Holdings (CIOH). Construction of the mine, together with the associated rail and port infrastructure, is well underway with first production from the SimFer mine expected in 2025.
About Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is a global leader in the mining and materials companies. We are established in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminum, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and the prosperity of people, communities, and nations. We have been in business for 150 years, drawing on knowledge accumulated over generations and on different continents. Our mission – to find better ways to provide the materials the world needs – guides us in our quest for innovation and continuous improvement, with the goal of making products that are low in emissions and meet the right environmental, social and governance standards. But because we can't do it alone, we focus on creating partnerships that allow us to solve problems, create mutually beneficial situations and seize opportunities.
