• Job Description

  Req#: req96846

  Technical Manager - Steel Decarbonisation – Atlantic

  • Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
  • Access to industry-leading technical development programmes
  • Permanent role (which includes a huge range of additional benefits); based in Montreal or London

  About the role

  We are looking for a Technical Manager for our Steel Decarbonisation team. In this role, you will provide technical support and direction to the team, with a focus on projects and technical developments that are relevant to Rio Tinto’s assets and activities in and around the Atlantic Basin. The role will also involve working with our Pacific team where relevant to our Steel Decarbonisation priorities, and you will be a ‘go-to’ for colleagues across the business who require technical support and advice on steel industry decarbonisation as it relates to their roles. You will be a key asset within the team that can be relied upon to understand, assess and advise on different technology options and business cases for the processing of Rio Tinto’s iron ore resources into iron and steel with minimal GHG emissions.

  This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated individual who is proactive, self-driven, and passionate about steelmaking technology, steel industry dynamics, and helping to address the challenges of climate change mitigation. You should excel in stakeholder engagement, possess strong interpersonal and communication skills, and demonstrate initiative in strategy, planning, coordinating, and collaborating with key stakeholders to help businesses achieve their objectives.

  Reporting to the General Manager – Steel Decarbonisation, your responsibilities will include:

  • Market Insight: Keep updated on technology and market developments in the global steel industry as they pertain to Rio Tinto’s steel decarbonisation interests. Develop and maintain relationships with key individuals and organizations in the market via a range of networking opportunities.
  • Technology Evaluation: Provide assessments of new or existing technologies with respect to their suitability and viability for processing Rio Tinto’s iron ore resources into iron and steel with minimal GHG emissions.
  • Techno-economic Analysis: Develop / use models to assess the relative economic performance of alternative process pathways and raw material inputs. Present the findings in a clear and concise manner. Support business analysts in developing technically robust financial models to support project business cases.
  • Knowledge Transfer: Prepare and present ‘teach-ins’ and papers to internal audiences up to Exco level, and external audiences at technical conferences, forums, and workshops.
  • Collaboration: Work across a wide range of teams across our business to provide technical support and advice as required on the steel industry and its decarbonisation trends.

  About you

  To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

  • Relevant tertiary qualifications in a technical discipline including metallurgical / chemical / process/ mining / mineralogical engineering.
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills to engage with key internal and external stakeholders.
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Preferably >10 years’ experience in the steel industry, with a strong knowledge of iron and steelmaking processes and technologies - from raw materials preparation through to liquid steel production.
  • A good understanding of emerging technology trends within the industry, particularly regarding decarbonisation of iron and steelmaking processes.
  • Experience of techno-economic modelling and analysis and project financial modelling
  • Proficiency in English languages, both written and spoken.
  • Availability for regular international travel

  It will also be beneficial if you have:

  • Master’s degree/PhD in a field related to iron making, steel making or iron ore/coal processing/mining
  • Familiarity with the characteristics and properties of iron ores
  • Familiarity with Life Cycle Assessments

  What we offer

  • A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
  • A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees
  • Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
  • Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan
  • Wellbeing benefits
  • Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
  • Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

  Where You’ll be Working

  Built around a dedicated hub in Singapore and regional offices in Chicago, Montreal, London and Frankfurt, our commercial teams are entrepreneurial, fast-paced and a highly specialised part of our business.
  
  Our team has a deliberately open and entrepreneurial culture where we reward the creation of value through innovation and risk taking. You get to work alongside inspiring and creative colleagues and learn and grow every single day.

  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 Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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.

  Application Deadline: May 12, 2024

  (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date)

  Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

  Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto.

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• About the company

  Rio Tinto Group is an Anglo-Australian multinational and the world's second largest metals and mining corporation, behind BHP, producing iron ore, copper, diamonds, gold and uranium.

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