Job Description

• Lead a team of environmental professionals responsible for delivering environmental compliance, risk management and performance outcomes across Rio Tinto Iron Ore operations.
• Influence environmental strategy, governance, assurance and operational decision-making while developing the capability of a high-performing technical team.
• Join a collaborative leadership team where you can drive meaningful environmental outcomes and contribute to the safe and sustainable delivery of major operational priorities.

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 Superintendent Environment to lead a team of Environment Specialists and Site Environmental Advisors to deliver environmental compliance, risk management and performance outcomes across supported assets.

You will provide leadership of environmental delivery through planning, prioritisation, resource coordination, assurance and stakeholder engagement, ensuring environmental obligations, standards and environmental management system requirements are consistently implemented.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced leader to influence environmental performance, support operational decision-making and strengthen environmental capability across a large and complex operational environment.

What you'll be doing

Reporting to the Manager Technical Delivery, you will:

• Lead and develop a team of Environment Specialists and Site Environmental Advisors, fostering a strong safety culture, technical excellence and high performance.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight for Environment Specialists and Site Environmental Advisors, strengthening capability, consistency and quality of environmental delivery.
• Balance environmental priorities and allocate resources across multiple supported assets to optimise risk management and delivery outcomes.
• Provide coaching, mentoring and capability development to strengthen environmental risk, compliance and governance expertise across the team.
• Drive environmental compliance, risk management and performance outcomes across supported assets through effective planning, prioritisation and resource management.
• Act as the primary environmental interface for asset leadership teams, supporting operational decision-making and delivery of environmental obligations.
• Provide technical oversight of environmental approvals, commitments, licences, compliance requirements and environmental management systems.
• Lead environmental incident response, investigations, corrective actions and learnings to improve environmental performance and prevent recurrence.
• Coordinate environmental assurance activities including audits, inspections, critical control verification and action management, ensuring findings are translated into measurable outcomes.
• Build effective partnerships with technical, operational, regulatory and external stakeholders to manage complex environmental issues and improve environmental performance.

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 leadership experience within environmental, technical or operational teams in a complex industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of environmental compliance, environmental risk management, governance and assurance processes.
• Extensive experience implementing environmental management systems and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Proven ability to prioritise work, manage resources and deliver outcomes across multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, influencing and communication skills, with the ability to support operational decision-making and manage complex environmental issues.

Helpful for Success

• Tertiary qualification in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Environmental Engineering, Natural Resource Management or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Extensive experience managing environmental approvals, licences, obligations and regulatory requirements within mining, resources or other heavy industry sectors.
• Experience working with environmental assurance frameworks, audits, inspections and critical control verification processes.
• Experience engaging with regulators, Traditional Owners, communities and other external stakeholders to deliver integrated environmental outcomes.
• Demonstrated success leading organisational change, capability development and performance improvement initiatives.

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

Our modern office located in Central Park tower in Perth provide an inspiring environment for collaboration and professional growth. You'll be able to enjoy a range of benefits, including access to a modern gym, wellness programs, and convenient amenities that support a healthy work-life balance. Situated in the heart of Perth, we are close to public transport and several parking options.   

Applications for this role will close Monday 28th September 2026.

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.