Coordinator Blast

Coordinator Blast

• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• FIFO to Gudai-Darri from Perth only
• 8 days on; 6 days off family friendly roster

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

As we continue to grow, an exciting opportunity has become available for a Blast Coordinator to join our team at Gudai-Darri.

This is a great opportunity for motivated, safety conscious individual who is seeking a development pathway into a frontline leadership role.

Leading on the frontline is one of the most important jobs in our business and comes with a huge amount of responsibility. We need you to motivate, inspire and keep your people safe and well. With signature leadership training programmes, growing, and developing is more than an opportunity – it is something we actively plan and make happen. Every day our leaders grow, while our rosters are designed to help you live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family.

Reporting to the Supervisor Blast, this role will operate on 8 days on; 6 days off (day shift only) and working in a collaborative community, a challenging and exciting environment you will be responsible for:

• Assist the Shift Supervisor in the management of the blast process
• Liaise with and lead the Blast team and contractors
• Reporting to the Shift Supervisor the status of blast activities throughout the shift to ensure compliance to the plan is followed
• Develop, maintain, and foster a working environment with prompts safety in all that we do, whilst providing an outstanding service

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Demonstrated experience in blast activities in an open put environment
• Proven leadership capabilities are highly desired
• Unrestricted manual C class drivers’ licence
• WA shot firer's licence with previous shot firing experience in a large iron ore mine
• Exposure to safety systems within a large mining company
• Experience with developing and implementing safe procedures with previous supervisory experience

What we offer

• 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)

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

Our $A3.6 billion Gudai-Darri iron ore mine is our most technologically advanced mine. In addition to leveraging technology already in use across Rio Tinto, such as autonomous trucks, trains and drills, Gudai-Darri also has more than 70 design innovations including a reclaimer with a rotable bucket wheel, a world class laboratory and in-field access to data and systems for all team members. 

The Caterpillar mining fleet at Gudai-Darri includes autonomous trucks, production drills, and in a world first, autonomous water carts.

Located 110km north-west of Newman, Gudai-Darri will produce up to 43 million tonnes of iron ore a year in its first phase, contributing to our flagship product, the Pilbara Blend™. It will also become a production hub for our iron ore business, incorporating world class infrastructure and a 166-kilometre rail line connecting the mine to our existing network.

Gudai-Darri is creating jobs and business opportunities in Western Australia. More than 2,000 people have been employed as part of its construction with approximately 600 permanent operational roles created. 

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.

Applications close on Friday the 10th of February 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).