Principal Signals Maintenance

Principal Signals Maintenance

• Shape the future operating model of signals maintenance
• Global leader in Rail Network Maintenance
• Engineering exposure to the world’s first autonomous heavy haul railway
• Residential role in Karratha or Dampier or FIFO from Perth - 5 days on, 2 off, 4 days on, 3 off

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Principal Signals Maintenance to be part of Rio Tinto’s Rail Network Maintenance team and be accountable for the leadership, maintenance management and design & delivery of strategic initiatives across the maintenance portfolio for signalling, wayside and asset protection systems.

With people at the heart, working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, the role will ensure the signal maintenance function is positioned to enable the enhancements of our future operations in-line with the broader Rail 2040 strategy.

Based on the criticality of the signalling assets, its performance can have a significant impact on maintaining system capacity across the rail network. The role is accountable to maintain safe operational discipline across planned / breakdown activities, ensuring timely responses and quality execution standards are adhered to.

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 Manager Rail Network Maintenance and working in a collaborative community within Rail Network Maintenance team. you will be:

• Leading a high performing team of superintendents and signals trainers, critical to the success of our Rail operations
• Coach, mentor and develop reports in leadership and field interactions
• Utilising your strong collaboration skills, leveraging partnerships, you will design, refine and deliver sustainable outcomes that add value to our people and our system performance based on current and future operational context
• Design, develop and deliver sustainable pathways that meet the future capability & capacity needs of the signals maintenance function
• Build & manage costs within budget including operating & capital expenditure by providing mid & EOM forecasts
• Create and grow relationships with key OEM’s, internal and external stakeholders
• Manage contractor relationships and performance
• Execute foundations team leadership work
• Drive a reduction in Unscheduled Loss (UL) events

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Qualifications and/or experience in related fields such as signalling or electrical engineering
• Experience in a signal’s maintenance leadership role
• Demonstrated experience with a high level of strategic thinking and planning through the development and delivery of strategic plans that have positively influenced the performance of a team
• Demonstrated experience in managing remote teams across a geographically spread asset, comprised of professional and technical personnel
• Well established communication, collaboration and influencing skills, with the ability to manage a large volume of external and internal stakeholders effectively
• An ability to work through complex problems with a solutions driven outcome
• An ability to engage & communicate with senior leaders

What we offerBe 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

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.

Where you’ll be workingWe operate 200 locomotives on more than 1,700 kilometres of track in the Pilbara, transporting ore from 16 mines to four port terminals. The average return distance of these trains is about 800 kilometres with the average journey cycle, including loading and dumping, taking approximately 40 hours.

Our network is the largest privately owned and operated heavy haul rail system in Australia, and as we focus on the future, our vision is to become the greatest heavy haul railway in the world

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.

Applications close on Sunday the 26^th February 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)