Planner - HME

Heavy Mobile Equipment (HME) Planner

• Excellent career development opportunity within a global company
• Northern Operations based role at Andoom HEQ Workshop
• Enjoy a relaxed coastal lifestyle in an ideal residential environment - Weipa 
• Be part of a close-knit team with a strong commitment to safety 

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated HME Planner to join the HME maintenance team at our Andoom based operations, to help us excel at safely maintaining our mobile fleet through effective preparation and delivery of maintenance plans and schedules.

This is a great opportunity for enthusiastic individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is seeking a rewarding role.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Supervisor HME Planning and Improvements and working in a dynamic and exciting environment, you will be responsible for:

• Detailed planning of jobs in SAP, capturing improvement changes, developing estimations of resource requirements and costs, and ordering parts and materials.
• Prioritizing work with Supervisors, Superintendents, Technical Officers, and external departments, utilizing your considerable stakeholder and relationship building skills.
• Optimization of maintenance tasks to safely reduce maintenance durations that streamline task execution.
• Understand & work with LTP’s in Zero Based Budget development.
• Work closely with a variety of stakeholders across the organisation to identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement and ensure there is effective communication of the plans to ensure appropriate risk management strategies are in place.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Proven experience using SAP.
• Experience with executing, scheduling, or planning HME maintenance activities.
• Knowledge in Microsoft Office (Project, Excel and Word).
• Current Australian C Class Driver’s License.
• Exceptional communication & collaboration skills.
• Able to be proactive, flexible, and work independently.
• Highly organized individual with great record keeping.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills.
• Complex problem-solving skills and able to deliver solutions.

What we offer

• Domestic relocation assistance on offer.
• Weipa accommodation benefit.
• Remote area allowance.
• Remote area holiday travel assistance.
• Paid parental leave up to 9 months (no distinction between primary or secondary carer).
• Health cover scheme for employees and their immediate family.
• Salary sacrifice & packaging options – rental, mortgage, super, vehicle.
• Rio Tinto employee share program.
• Employee discounts – banking, accommodation, motoring, retail and more.

Where you will be working

Our Weipa operations in Far North Queensland includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, shiploaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals.

Amrun, our newest mine, was completed in 2018 and will extend our Weipa bauxite operations by decades, significantly building on our 55-year history on the Western Cape, and providing jobs and supporting business growth in the region. The mine is located on traditional land. We work closely with the Traditional Owners to implement our agreements, ensuring that the benefits generated from mining support future generations and that important cultural heritage sites are identified and preserved. 

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 LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Closing date: 18^th of December 2023

“Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date, therefore, if you are interested in applying for this vacancy, please submit your application as soon as possible.”