Manager, Fixed Plant Operations

Manager Fixed Plant Operations

• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
• Build relationships that will last a lifetime
• Enjoy the benefits and flexibility of working in a remote location
• Permanent role based in Gove, Northern Territory

East Arnhem land is breath-taking in beauty and home to some of the most amazing marine wildlife. With stunning coastal walking trails and a variety of outdoor activities including fishing, boating, swimming, golf and many more, Gove is a spectacular location offering an outdoor and cultural lifestyle. There are both public and private schools and childcare centres, along with great sporting facilities and clubs such as BMX, Golf, Motocross, Swimming and Fishing. Why not make the change today and experience living and working in Gove.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We’re looking for a Manager Fixed Plant Operations to join our senior leadership team and oversee operations and asset maintenance for our Fixed Plant in Gove. Assets under your remit will include primary and secondary crushers, screenhouse and overland conveyors, power station and port.

Reporting to the General Manager, Gove Operations, you’ll lead a team of Superintendents to ensure that targeted tonnage is produced safely to meet operational and business objectives. You’ll also oversee all aspects of day-to-day plant operations, preventative maintenance and shutdowns, planning and engineering.

With safety at the forefront of everything you do, we will empower and support you to achieve excellence during the more challenging times. We’ll also provide opportunities for professional development, to learn from others and freely share your ideas.

About you

To succeed in this role, it is preferred you will:

• Embrace challenge, and you’re driven to succeed.
• A genuine desire to foster a safe, inclusive and supportive workplace culture.
• Commercial and operational acumen, enabling you to improve asset performance.
• Proficiency across operations and maintenance.
• Experience leading sizeable teams

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 competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees & immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Heavily subsidised housing and utilities
• 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, cars, retail and more)
• Domestic re-location if required

Where you’ll be working

Our Gove Operations have been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for more than 40 years. Located in Australia’s Northern Territory, each year the operation produces approximately 12 million tonnes of bauxite.

With a workforce of 550 people, daily activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, shutdown planning and execution, export operations, cultural heritage management, and closure activities following our decision to close the site’s alumina refinery and associated Residue Disposal Area in 2017. 

We expect our bauxite mining operations on the Gove Peninsula will cease in 2028 and we are undertaking significant work to support closure of the operation. We also recognise our operations take place on Indigenous-owned land, and we are committed to working together to achieve a positive future for Nhulunbuy and the Gove Peninsula post-mining.

About Rio Tinto

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 almost 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.

Every voice matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTQI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from diverse 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 valued.

Applications close on Tuesday 21 March 2023. (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto.