Administration Officer

Administration Officer

• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Supportive and dynamic team environment
• Residential Monday – Friday role offering an attractive coastal lifestyle – Gladstone

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We have an opportunity for an Administration Officer to provide effective support to the Asset Management teams at the Yarwun Alumina Refinery.

This role is a great opportunity for a highly organised, team focused Administrator who is able to support multiple teams.

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible.

Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

Reporting to the Manager – Engineering Operations, you will also support the Maintenance Manager and the respective teams you will be:

• Providing high level support to the Managers in developing/maintaining the Management Operating System for the Departments and creation/management of professional documents.
• Assisting in the collation of weekly and monthly reports
• Organising meetings, including room bookings, resource management, minute taking and distribution of minutes
• Organising business travel and administer associated business processes
• Assisting in organizing functions and other events on and off site
• Maintaining high standards of Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality

What you’ll bring

• Demonstrated experience in an administrative role
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• High level of discretion and complete respect for confidentiality
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise work, meet tight deadlines under pressure with discretion, reliability and accuracy
• Advanced knowledge of Windows environment including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• SAP systems knowledge and data entry capability
• Proven ability to work with people at all levels within an organisation

What we offer

Be recognised 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 subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Where you’ll be working

With production beginning in 2004 at our Yarwun alumina refinery, located approximately 10 kilometres north-west of Gladstone in Central Queensland, today the operation produces more than three million tonnes of alumina per year.

Around 700 people support the operation, with an additional 350 contractors on site each year as part of scheduled maintenance shutdown activities. Thanks to its ‘Industry 4.0’ focus, Yarwun is also a leader in trialling new technologies to improve operations on site, including 3D printing, robotics and drones in confined spaces, and is home to Rio Tinto’s innovative Queensland Research and Development Centre (QRDC).

Along with Boyne Smelters Limited and Queensland Alumina Limited, our Yarwun Operation supports the local community in a wide range of initiatives through Here for Gladstone.

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.