Maintenance Operations Supervisor

Maintenance Supervisor | Weipa – Northern Operations

• Advance your career in a dynamic, fast paced team environment
• Lifestyle Roster
• Residential role – You will live in Weipa a beautiful coastal community in Far North QLD
• Full domestic relocation available from within Australia 

About the role 

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. 

Join our team as a Maintenance Operations Supervisor, where you'll lead a team of Maintenance Tradespersons in executing maintenance activities while ensuring consistent application of asset management processes. You'll play a crucial role in maintaining the reliability and safety of our assets. 

About Us  

We are committed to maximizing the value of our assets through strategic initiatives such as modeling, forecasting, and lifecycle management. We focus on efficiently applying asset management strategies to achieve safe and sustainable outcomes. 

Key Responsibilities 

Reporting to the Superintendent Logistics & Mech Support, the main responsibilities of the Supervisor Maintenance, will be managing and supervising trade employees in maintenance activities, ensuring tasks are completed safely and efficiently. You will allocate maintenance coverage for breakdowns and resolve on-the-job issues related to planned maintenance activities and shutdowns.Additionally, you'll monitor working practices and adherence to safety procedures to ensure the safety of employees working in the area 

What you’ll bring

• Leadership: Ability to effectively lead and manage a team of Maintenance Tradespersons.Maintenance Management: Proficiency in overseeing maintenance activities and ensuring that asset management processes are consistently applied to maintain the reliability and safety of assets.
• Asset Management Knowledge: Understanding of asset management principles and practices, including optimization, forecasting, lifecycle management, and risk mitigation.Safety Management: Commitment to maintaining a safe work environment by monitoring and enforcing adherence to safety procedures and regulations.
• Problem-Solving: Capacity to address on-the-job issues promptly and efficiently.Communication Skills: Clear and effective communication abilities to liaise with team members, management, and other stakeholders.
• Planning and Organization: Skill in organizing maintenance schedules, allocating resources, and prioritizing tasks to meet operational requirements.
• Quality Assurance: Dedication to maintaining high standards and quality in all maintenance activities to ensure the reliability and longevity of assets. 

What we offer 

• Full relocation provided to Far North Queensland from elsewhere in Australia
• Weipa accommodation benefit 
• Remote area allowance 
• Remote area holiday travel assistance 
• Be recognized 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, cultural leave)
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more 

Where you’ll be working  

Our Weipa Operations includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, ship loaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals. Located on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, each year the operation produces more than 35 million tons of bauxite. 

Our operations are supported by a 1,900-strong workforce—including 26 per cent who are women and 25 per cent Indigenous employees. Activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, ports, cultural heritage management, and processing facility management.  

The development of our new mine, Amrun, which was completed in 2018, will extend the life of our Weipa bauxite operations by decades to come and significantly build on our 55-year history on the Western Cape 

Join our team and lead our maintenance efforts to ensure the reliability and safety of our assets. Apply now to be part of a dynamic team focused on achieving operational excellence! 

Applications close on 19th February 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

About Rio TintoRio 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 situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice MattersAt 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.