Global mining organisation with an exceptional safety culture
Access to industry-leading technical development programmes
Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
About the role
The Master Data Advisor role leads master data governance for Utilities and Rail, with a key focus on Utilities. You’ll own the governance framework, drive uplift and assurance activities, and support operational readiness for sustaining capital projects.
Alongside project integration, you’ll manage BAU master data processes, including task lists, BOMs, hierarchy structures, and RTTMS change requests.
The role is critical in ensuring Utilities data is accurate, standardised, and ready to support safe and efficient operations.
Key Accountabilities
Lead and maintain master data governance frameworks for Utilities and Rail, ensuring alignment to Rio Tinto standards and lifecycle principles.
Drive governance uplift and assurance activities across Utilities, including risk identification, control application, and maturity improvement.
Support operational readiness for Utilities sustaining capital projects by coordinating data validation, structure reviews, and shutdown-critical object readiness.
Manage end-to-end BAU master data processes—including task lists, BOMs, functional locations, and RTTMS change requests—with a strong focus on quality and system alignment.
Apply governance frameworks to ensure data quality, structure consistency, and readiness for both operational and project integration scenarios.
Influence and collaborate with planning, maintenance, engineering, and project stakeholders to embed consistent master data practices.
Coach and support internal and offshore master data resources to drive delivery, uplift capability, and maintain process discipline in a lean team environment.
Provide subject matter input into MoC processes, ensuring appropriate validation and alignment of master data changes.
Act as the functional contact for SAP master data roles, coordinating system access and change control for critical data objects.
What you’ll bring
Strong understanding of SAP master data structures and lifecycle management
Demonstrated experience in shutdown or asset readiness support, including validation of asset and maintenance structures
Experience applying governance frameworks to data quality and system readiness
Ability to influence and coordinate cross-functional stakeholders in uplift or integration activities
Proven ability to coach others and drive process consistency in a lean or matrixed team structure
Strong communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills
Familiarity with Rio Tinto’s SPS model, maintenance work management processes, and digital asset systems preferred
What we offer
Be recognized 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 subsidized 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, sick leave)
Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
Possible domestic relocation assistance
Where you’ll be working
This role is based in the Perth CBD at Rio Tinto’s Central Park, supporting the Utilities Division.
Utilities is responsible for operating and maintaining critical infrastructure across power generation, water, waste water, hydrocarbons, site communications, and transmission networks—servicing Pilbara mines, supply chain assets, and remote townships across a vast geographic footprint.
From Perth, you will support governance, master data quality, and operational readiness across these essential services. You’ll work closely with site-based teams, sustaining capital, and engineering stakeholders to ensure that Utilities data structures enable safe, reliable, and efficient operations across one of the most complex asset bases in the Rio Tinto network.
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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ 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.
