Manager - Marine Safety and Vetting

Why explore

• Career visibility and participate in the commercialization of Simandou iron ore
• Challenging and dynamic position
• Exposure to various stakeholders including senior leadership in Commercial and Operations
• Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto

About the role

We are looking for a Manager Marine Safety and Vetting to join our Marine Operations team. Rio Tinto Marine exists to provide safe, efficient, and cost-effective shipping services to the Rio Tinto Group. It has a team comprised of professionals with expertise across safety, vetting, assurance, environment and climate change, operations and chartering. It serves as the primary centre of marine supply chain expertise within the Rio Tinto Group, possessing in-depth knowledge of marine transportation, global freight markets, and international regulatory frameworks. Rio Tinto Marine is responsible for managing, as a principal, all Rio Tinto Ocean freight and the Group's freight exposure globally.

Reporting to the General Manager Marine Operations and Performance, the role has accountability for:

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Sales & Marketing, you will:

• Maintaining critical lines of defence for Health, Safety, Environmental, Welfare and Human Rights risks on board Rio Tinto fleet of owned vessels and chartered vessels.
• Vetting of vessels performing over 2,800 voyages annually calling Rio Tinto and third-party ports globally to maintain high quality standard of vessels in the portfolio.
• Oversee vessel and shipowner reviews, audits, and inspections with internal assurance teams and third-party surveyors, and manage, track, and resolve improvement actions resulting from these activities.
• Manage incidents on vessels carrying Rio Tinto products, including coordination of incident response plans, investigations, reporting and learnings.
• Lead Rio Tinto's initiatives to improve safety and welfare in bulk shipping by collaborating with industry peers, ship owners, managers, and other stakeholders.
• Implement advanced digital tools to identify risks and prevent incidents using Rio Tinto Marine's comprehensive data sets.
• Develop and implement Rio Tinto-specific training programs to improve Health, Safety, Environmental, Welfare and Human Rights aspects onboard the fleets and within the team.

What you will need for the role

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Relevant Degree qualifications.
• Operations experience working for organisations in the Marine sector.
• Experience leading diverse teams, strong leadership, influencing and coaching skills.
• Understanding of marine risk management, marine risk categorisation and overall management techniques for handling marine risks.
• Ability to drive programs of change and deliver challenging targets and outcomes.
• Excellent technical writing, and skills utilizing digital and data analytics tools.
• Ability to learn and share learnings within the organisation and with third parties.
• Maritime industry networks and contacts, ability to develop positive engagements and collaborate with vessel owners, technical management companies, vetting and assurance and training providers, non-governmental organizations and regulators.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Occupational Safety and Health degree.
• Master Class Certificate of Competency and/or Chief Engineer Certification.
• Sailed on bulk ore carriers and/or tankers.
• Risk auditing and incident investigation experience.

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A full-time position working directly for Rio Tinto
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

Where you will be working

Our Commercial function at Rio Tinto connects our product groups, customers and suppliers from mine to market. We bring together Sales & Marketing and Trading (Sell), Global Procurement (Buy), and Marine & Logistics (Move) to buy, sell and move the materials the world needs, by partnering across the value chain to optimize outcomes for our customers and the Group. Headquartered in our global Commercial hub in Singapore, and with a strong presence in Chicago, Frankfurt, Antwerp and across Asia in Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul, we work as one team to deliver customer centric value, safely and sustainably.

Work at the heart of our global Commercial hub in Singapore, partnering cross‑functionally across Buy, Sell and Move to shape strategy and deliver mine‑to‑market value around the world.

Application Deadline: 26 November 2025 (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."

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.

Respect and Inclusion

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.