• Lead the delivery of high-impact projects that support the future success and performance of Rio Tinto operations in Kitimat.
• Influence project outcomes through stakeholder engagement, project governance, and continuous improvement opportunities across the project lifecycle.
• This permanent, full-time, Monday-to-Friday role is based in Kitimat, BC, offering the opportunity to live and work in a welcoming community surrounded by the great outdoors.

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Adviser Project Management to help our project team successfully deliver a portfolio of sustaining capital, closure, and operational improvement projects in Kitimat. In this role, you will provide project management expertise across the full project lifecycle, helping stakeholders translate business requirements into safe, effective and sustainable project outcomes.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working across multiple stakeholder groups and wants to influence how projects are delivered within a large-scale industrial environment.

While we don't offer fly-in-fly-out arrangements, we do offer domestic relocation assistance, to help you settle in and thrive. Join us and become an integral part of our vibrant community. Located on British Columbia, Canada's northwest coast, Kitimat is a welcoming, family-friendly community set between the mountains and the sea. Known for its strong local economy, modern amenities, short commutes, and endless opportunities for outdoor adventure, it's an ideal place to build both a career and a life.

What you'll be doing

Reporting to the Principal Adviser Project Management, you will:

• Implement projects in line with approved scope, schedule, budget and business objectives.
• Develop and execute stakeholder engagement plans that support successful project delivery throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor, analyze and report project performance indicators to support transparent decision-making and governance.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external project stakeholders.
• Provide technical and project delivery guidance to stakeholders to support effective outcomes.
• Collaborate with business partners to define requirements, develop estimates and deliver agreed project outcomes.
• Resolve project delivery issues and risks in a timely manner to minimise impacts on safety, cost and schedule.
• Support vendor and consultant sourcing activities while identifying and implementing improvements to project delivery methods.

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 experience managing projects within mining, processing, manufacturing, energy, infrastructure or other large-scale industrial environments.
• Experience applying project management methodologies, governance processes and performance reporting frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management experience across technical, operational and business functions.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, resolve project delivery issues and drive outcomes through collaboration.
• A qualification in engineering, project management, business or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Helpful for Success

• Experience working with capital projects in a safety-critical industrial environment.
• Experience supporting contractor, consultant or vendor management activities.
• Knowledge of continuous improvement approaches and project delivery optimization.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) qualification

Applications close on Monday the 12th of October 2026 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

What we offer

Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress.

The base salary range for this role is $116,000 - $174,000 CAD in addition to allowances, bonus, equity, health or retirement benefits, and any other discretionary benefits offered at Rio Tinto. Our base salary ranges are based on role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by the skills, experience, and impact you bring to the role. Our talent acquisition partners can share more during the hiring process.

At Rio Tinto, we offer a competitive reward package that reflects the value that each person brings to our business. As part of our pay philosophy, we believe equity represents fairness, and is rooted in our values and aligns with what we stand for.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts
• Domestic relocation program if eligible

Where you'll be working

Rio Tinto's BC Works is a part of the Atlantic Operations of the Aluminium product group and has been operating in British Columbia for over 70 years. With industry leading new technology and four generations of employee expertise, as well as our hydropower facility at Kemano and the Nechako Reservoir, the Kitimat smelter is one of the world's most competitive aluminium smelters, producing aluminium with one of the lowest carbon footprints in the industry.

Rio Tinto is proud to operate in BC alongside our 1,000 employees, partners, community stakeholders and First Nations, and we look forward to the next 70 years.