Project Supervisor

Supervisor Projects

• Lead a safety-driven and inclusive group
• Project Management and Frontline leadership
• 8 days on, 6 days off FIFO Roster from Perth or Residential to Tom Price

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are seeking an engaging, safety focused Supervisor Projects to join our Mobile Equipment Maintenance (MEM) team based in Greater Tom Price.

This role presents a fantastic opportunity to draw on your people leadership skills, coupled with your project management knowledge to effectively coordinate execution of work. You will have a strong safety leadership focus to ensure the reliability and sustainability of projects across our operations.

This role is a great opportunity to showcase your influencing and stakeholder engagement skills. Reporting to the Superintendent MEM, you will be: 

• Providing leadership support to a team of up to five maintenance personnel
• Leading a diverse portfolio of capital projects with the support of Subject Matter Experts
• Driving improvement initiatives across Greater Tom Price MEM
• Engaging with internal and external stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes for customers
• Collaborating with the wider MEM leadership and functional support teams to improve asset availability and reliability

What you will need for this role

• Be proactive with a commitment to driving a safe and inclusive team culture
• Have leadership experience and be confident in mentoring, developing and coaching teams
• Exposure to contractor management
• Project management experience
• Ability to work with diverse teams and manage multiple programs of change/continuous improvement activities
• Ability to achieve outcomes through influence and collaboration with others
• Hold a current "C Class" WA Manual Driver’s License

What we offer

• 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
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Career development and education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Housing benefits (applicable to residential employees)

Where you’ll be working

Tom Price is located in the central Pilbara, west of Karijini National Park and is our original Pilbara mine, currently employing residential and fly in fly out employees. It is known as one of the most attractive towns in the Pilbara with a high school, two primary schools a hospital and a high standard of recreational facilities.

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.

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 12^th March 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)