Contractor Management System Supervisor – Resurfacing Support - Rail Network Renewals

CMS Supervisor – Resurfacing Support - Rail Network Renewals

• Unique opportunity to join the Rail industry
• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Opportunity to develop solutions that shape the future of Rio Tinto Iron Ore (RTIO) through innovation and growth
• FIFO ex Perth on 8:6 roster

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a CMS Renewals Supervisor to join the Rail Network Renewals team.

Acting as the primary point of contact for our contracting partners within RNR, the CMS Supervisor is a vital part of the team who ensures the safe and efficient execution of the day-to-day Resurfacing Support activities.

The role also offers a great opportunity to drive improvements in safety and productivity by collaborating with contractors to find better ways of working.

Working FIFO (ex Perth) on a 8:6 roster reporting to the Superintendent Minor Renewals, you will:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Rail experience desirable
• Providing leadership & guidance to our contracting teams and engaging with them on a regular basis
• Driving a strong safety culture across our contracting teams to work towards Rio Tinto's goal of zero harm
• Leading safety discussions and pre-starts
• Leading productivity improvement within the team
• Developing and coaching the team achieve business performance objectives
• Engaging and communicating with multiple stakeholders to align and deliver team objectives
• Frontline Management

To succeed in this role, you will have: 

• WA "C Class" drivers’ licence
• Experience in a leadership role – not necessarily within rail
• Sound interpersonal skills and a genuine interest in leading teams, fostering an inclusive workplace
• Excellent communication skills
• Practical problem-solving abilities
• Ability to work in high pressure environments
• Strong safety values
• Ensure day to day work processes and tasks are allocated and scheduled prioritising safe execution

• Drive a culture of positive change
• Be just and fair without discrimination
• Develop oneself and lead by that example so others feel encouraged to become better
• Uphold the values and drive expectations of the team in Safety, Teamwork, Respect, Integrity and Excellence
• Allocate staff and material resources to ensure works are completed with optimum maintenance outcomes.
• Optimum time presence on site in order to ensure that set standards are adhered to.
• Actively engage with performance appraisal process.
• Preparing and monitoring scheduled and assigned work activities, ensuring the effective and safe management of the worksite, including the supervision all labour, machinery, material and subcontractors onsite for rail projects to ensure compliance with specification and procedures.
• Anticipating potential problem areas and analysing and recommending solution or corrective actions.
• Identifying and managing hazards in the workplace and reporting them both to employees and management with actions to rectify.
• Ensuring that reports, records, timesheets and invoices are submitted to Superintendent ensuring that there is alignment to expectations on budget and forecast ensuring staff are paid correctly and on time.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Strong communication and ability to multi-task.
• Have exceptional relationship building skills coupled with your ability to engage and collaborate effectively with a diverse range of contractors & stakeholders.
• An unwavering commitment to safety.
• Demonstrated experience prioritising and delegating tasks.
• Be able to work autonomously at times and have a can- do attitude.
• Contractor Management experience
• Financial Budget Control
• Actively monitor resourcing needs and respond to resourcing changes
• Able to input data in multiple systems including but not limited to Word, Excel, and
• Follow all RTIO policies and

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Prior Rail experience (highly regarded but not essential)
• Leadership experience
• Contractor management experience

Where you will be working

Karratha based role, however there will be a requirement to travel at times for the duration of your roster to any of our camps across the RTIO Network.

About us

Our long history is filled with firsts. We’ve developed some of the world’s largest and best quality mines and operations, and our people work in around 35 countries across six continents. Aluminium and copper, diamonds, gold and industrial minerals, iron ore and uranium: our materials make up the world around us. You’ll find them in smartphones, planes, cars, hospitals and throughout your home.

Our privately owned and operated rail network is an essential part of our integrated production process and services our 15 mines across the Pilbara via 1,700km of track. With depots located at Tom Price, Cape Lambert and Dampier (7 Mile) we operate a fleet of 53 consists (221 locomotives/14000 ore cars) that operate autonomously across the majority of the rail network.

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
• Career development & 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)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

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.

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. 

Every Voice Matters

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.

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.