Advisor Plant Operations

Advisor Plant Operations 

• Challenging role that will broaden your horizons 

• Dynamic and multifaceted role 

• Join an encouraging leadership group committed to your growth and development 

• FIFO lifestyle roster – 8 & 6 

About the role 

We are looking for an Advisor Plant Operations to be part of the Yandicoogina Operations team. You will be responsible for working closely with Operations Supervisors, Process Engineers, Production Schedulers, Shutdown Execution, Operations and Maintenance teams and the greater Yandicoogina Fixed Plant teams (Planning and Engineering). 

This role is a great opportunity for an individual with a strong work ethic, positive attitude & mindset, who are self-motivated and who value personal and others’ safety above all else. This role is suitable for high performers who do not necessarily want to take the supervisor route for career progression and instead would prefer to forge a technical career. 

Reporting to the Superintendent Plant Operations, you will: 

• Demonstrate a strong commitment to safety to achieve a workplace target of zero injuries and incidents; you must have the belief and personal commitment to zero injuries, 

• Use SAP for planning and scope challenging, 

• Report to the Superintendent on the effectiveness of operator inspections and manage the operator inspections through the tablet-based App, 

• Embed and support SPS practices 

• Execute some individual project work 

• Contribute to Constraint Utilisation and debottlenecking 

• Challenge the scope of the weekly maintenance schedule with the Fixed Plant scheduler 

• Advise the priority of works for operations during the shut management process 

• Offer Operational teams technical advice daily and influence their decision-making within the process. 

What you’ll bring 

• Excellent understanding of Work Management Systems and Process 

• Able to easily navigate through SAP and Gantts, 

• High exposure to Contractor Management System; CMS qualification required, 

• Able to engage with team and our contractor partners to promote site’s values and positive culture, 

• Passion and enthusiasm to continually improve - safety, production, and cost, 

• Positive outlook and willingness to continually learn, 

• Strong work ethic, dedication to their teams, peers, and business objectives, 

• Adaptable, flexible, and resilient, 

• Excellent communication skills, 

• Self-Motivator; and, 

• Technical ability to understand quantitative data and influence decision-making leading to increased  

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 and salary packaging options 

• Career development and education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions 

• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support 

• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave) 

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more) 

Who we are  

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 and meet opportunities.  

Where you’ll be working 

Located 95km north-west of Newman, Yandicoogina offers a range of fly in fly out rosters. As one of Australia's largest-producing iron ore mines; operating a fleet of autonomous trucks and drills, it generates more than 55 million tonnes of Hammersley Iron Yandi (HIY) fines each year. 

Yandicoogina is known for its culture of teamwork, can-do attitude and pioneering spirit, leading the way with innovation and technological advances in autonomous operations and robotics. 

Applications close on 2nd of February 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).