IS&T Superintendent - Weipa

IS&T Superintendent – Weipa

• Great opportunity to join a global mining organisation offering outstanding personal development & career opportunities.
• Large scope of work supporting our value chain from mine to port including rail network and power stations.
• Permanent residential role based in Weipa, QLD

About the role

We are looking for a dynamic, capable, and inspiring IS&T Superintendent to be a key team member of our IS&T leadership team. This person will work closely with the business and a lead a small technical team to provide excellent IT services and small projects at Weipa as well as working within a global IS&T organisation in managing and supporting a wide variety of technologies and digital capabilities across the operation. 

This role is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about leading people and looking to contribute to a business that is embarking on a significant digital technology leverage journey.

Reporting to the IS&T RTA Pacific Operations Business Partner and working in a collaborative team within the IS&T Pacific Operations Aluminium team you will:

• Lead a small team of IT professionals, including development planning, and reviews.
• Coordinate day to day operational IT Support activities, including prioritisation of work and incident management.
• Support Project Management for the delivery of a range of IT related projects, including some elements of contractor management.
• Maintain and support a range of Industrial and Operational Technologies.
• Lead by example to apply safety practices and behavior principles.
• Be accountable for the management and maintenance of key site IT infrastructure.
• Demonstrate professionalism to manage customer needs and support services for the operational management team and staff.
• Act as an interface between the broader IS&T organisation and the IT support services for the site.
• Provide IT consultancy services for various site customers.

About you

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

• Strong skills in team leadership and championing change.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and contribute to a strong culture of teamwork.
• ITIL service management experience.
• Background in IT|OT technologies.
• Strong safety focus with excellent customer engagement skills.
• Strong and demonstrable problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and an ability to build strong relationships built on trust and a strong commitment to service and technical excellence.
• Demonstrated experience in providing high quality IS&T support and customer service to clients both in person and via telephone including the ability to project a positive and professional image that fosters cooperation.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing with a diverse range of customers, peers and management.
• Other specialised qualifications as appropriate to the role.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Relevant diploma and/or IT qualifications attained from a recognised training provider or equivalent industry experience.
• IT background with Industry experience
• Working knowledge of ITIL service delivery and support processes.

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

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 will be working

Rio Tinto Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) operates to enable better alignment with customer priorities, end-to-end accountability and flexibility to prioritise critical work. The function provides solutions that are aligned with current and future business requirements through the development and ongoing delivery of IT strategy and solution roadmaps. Through appropriate governance, consultative processes, and the use of industry best practices, IS&T also ensures that emerging technologies and innovative ideas are constantly evaluated, considered, and adopted, to provide easy-to-use, best-in-class solutions and services.

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.