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Our values - care, courage and curiosity - guide how we work and how we treat each other.\nAbout the role\nWe are looking for a Senior Advisor GIS Data & Development - Data Management Lead to provide technical leadership for the management, integrity and continuous improvement of authoritative enterprise spatial data.\nIn this role, you will oversee the end-to-end maintenance and quality of critical GIS datasets, including stewardship of the Pilbara Disturbance Footprint, ensuring spatial information is current, controlled, traceable and fit for operational and reporting use.\nYou will work closely with GIS team members, data custodians, environmental and operational stakeholders to establish effective data governance, improve data quality and ensure critical spatial information is managed consistently and defensibly.\nWhat you'll be doing\nReporting to the Principal GIS Data & Development, you will:\nProvide technical leadership across the end-to-end supply, acquisition, validation, maintenance and publication of authoritative enterprise GIS data.\nLead the stewardship of the Pilbara Disturbance Footprint, ensuring changes are controlled, traceable, quality assured and available for operational and reporting use.\nSet priorities and provide technical guidance to Specialists and Advisors undertaking spatial data maintenance and improvement activities.\nDevelop, implement and maintain GIS data governance procedures, metadata requirements and enterprise spatial content standards.\nOversee spatial data quality and validation activities, identifying systemic issues and implementing sustainable improvements and controls.\nDeliver data improvement initiatives, including validation routines, repeatable workflows and automated approaches to improve the efficiency and reliability of data maintenance.\nProvide technical oversight for spatial data supporting PCO, AER, JORC, Legal and other assurance or disclosure requirements.\nResolve complex spatial data, data quality and cartographic issues and provide quality assurance for critical enterprise datasets.\nWork collaboratively with environmental, operational and technical stakeholders to understand data requirements and ensure authoritative GIS information remains fit for purpose.\nPromote consistent spatial data management practices and provide technical guidance across the broader GIS community.\nAbout you\nWe’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.\nRequired for Success\nA commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.\nDemonstrated experience managing disturbance, environmental or other regulatory spatial datasets, including maintaining data quality, integrity and traceability.\nDemonstrated experience managing and improving authoritative enterprise spatial datasets within a complex operational or technical environment.\nStrong experience across the spatial data lifecycle, including data acquisition, validation, maintenance, quality assurance and publishing.\nDemonstrated experience identifying and resolving complex spatial data-quality issues and implementing sustainable controls and improvements.\nStrong understanding of spatial data governance, metadata, lineage, data ownership and enterprise content standards.\nStrong GIS analysis and problem-solving capability with experience working with complex vector and raster datasets.\nDemonstrated ability to provide technical leadership, establish priorities and guide the work of GIS professionals.\nStrong communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to work across technical, operational and business teams.\nHelpful for Success\nKnowledge of spatial data requirements supporting environmental reporting, PCO, AER, JORC, Legal or similar assurance processes.\nExperience with Esri enterprise GIS technologies, enterprise geodatabases and spatial services.\nExperience with automated data validation, transformation and repeatable data-maintenance workflows.\nAdvanced spatial analysis and cartographic capability.\nExperience working with spatial data suppliers, imagery providers or GIS consultants.\nTertiary qualification in GIS, Spatial Science or a related discipline.\n.\nWhat we offer\nBe recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.\nA work environment where safety is always the number one priority\nA permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto\nA competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program\nComprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family\nAttractive share ownership plan\nCompany provided insurance cover\nExtensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options\nCareer development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions\nOngoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support\nLeave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, personal & cultural leave)\nExclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)\nPossible domestic relocation assistance\nWhere you'll be working\nOur modern office located in Central Park tower in Perth provides 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.\nApplications for this role will close October 9th 2026\nAbout Rio Tinto\nRio 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.\nWe 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.\nRespect and Inclusion\nAt 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.\nWe 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. 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