Shutdown Strategy Planner

Planner Shutdown Strategy

• Opportunity working at Rio Tinto in Perth, WA
• 12-month assignment via Chandler Macleod
• $78-$90 per hour + superannuation

About the Opportunity

Rio Tinto is a global mining and materials company operating in 35 countries, producing the materials essential to modern life. Their operations are built on safety, innovation, inclusion and creating value for communities, customers and shareholders.

Through Rio Tinto's partnership with Chandler Macleod, we are seeking an experienced Shutdown Strategy Planner to join the Asset Management team. Based in Perth at Rio Tinto's Central Park office, this opportunity offers the chance to play a key role in supporting shutdown workforce planning and execution across multiple operations.

Working a Monday to Friday roster, you'll join a collaborative and high-performing team focused on delivering safe, efficient and commercially effective shutdown outcomes. Reporting to the Principal Asset Management, you'll use your planning, coordination and stakeholder management skills to support critical business priorities and workforce strategies.

In this role, you will:

• Coordinate labour resourcing activities for shutdowns across multiple sites
• Manage and verify labour requests in line with shutdown requirements and existing contractual arrangements
• Prepare, review and issue RFQs to vendors, ensuring clear scope, workforce requirements and mobilisation schedules
• Assess vendor submissions, evaluate quotations for contractual compliance and support vendor selection processes
• Create and manage purchase requisitions in SAP for shutdown labour across individual sites
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across operations, vendors and internal teams

About You

• Experience in shutdown planning, workforce coordination, mobilisation or scheduling within a mining, resources or heavy industrial environment
• Demonstrated capability in contract verification, RFQ preparation and evaluation, and vendor engagement
• Working knowledge of SAP, particularly procurement processes and purchase requisition creation
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Dedication to everyone's safety
• Ability to pass pre-employment medical and other testing

Why Join Chandler Macleod?

Chandler Macleod is one of Australia's most experienced workforce partners. You'll receive a competitive hourly pay rate paid weekly, superannuation on all hours worked, access to our Employee Assistance Program, a dedicated Chandler-Rio Tinto support team, simple digital onboarding, and access to future Rio Tinto assignments.

Apply Now!

Ready to take the next step in your career? Join Chandler Macleod and work with Rio Tinto at one of Australia's leading mining operations. We're recruiting now and encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Diversity & Inclusion

Everyone is welcome at Chandler Macleod. We believe the best ideas come from diverse perspectives and inclusive teams. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, females, neurodiverse people, people living with disability and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.

Together, we're creating workplaces where people feel they belong, can be themselves and have the opportunity to thrive.