QA/QC Lead

QA/QC Lead

• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Enjoy a coastal lifestyle in Gladstone
• Domestic Relocation available 
• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion

About the role

We are looking for a QA/QC Lead to help us ensure the safe and efficient delivery of the shutdown program at our Yarwun refinery.

This role is a great opportunity for a safety focused quality professional who is adaptable and driven, seeking the challenge of building and leading quality systems for major maintenance works. Reporting to the Principal Advisor - Shutdowns, you will:

• Provide a Safe Working Environment and Ensure Compliance to Policies and Procedures
• Develop, implement and maintain shutdown quality assurance system
• Monitor Defect System Process, Timing and Emergent Work Progression
• Manage Shutdown specific requirements within the Equipment Health Database
• Provide leadership and guidance to shutdown AICIP, NDT and QA/QC personnel
• Ensure on time completion of all outage work packs and quality documentation
• Review and approve vendor quality documentation

What you will bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Cert 10 or equivalent Welding Supervision
• AICIP, API or equivalent Pressure Equipment Inspection certification
• Deep understanding of inspection techniques, methods and requirements
• Experience in the mining and refining industry
• Exposure to SAP and Primavera

It would be beneficial if you had

• Heavy industry shutdown quality control experience
• Excellent safety attitude and track record
• Computer literacy – Microsoft Office Suite, including MS project. Computer management systems such as SAP
• The ability to work as part of a team, inclusive management style, and proactively lead a lean team
• Solid team member with good interpersonal skills

What we offer

• Domestic Relocation available 
• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP)
• Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
• Excellent retirement plan
• Paid Parental Leave Up to 9 Months (No distinction between primary or secondary carer)
• A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays)
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with

a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe.

Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Rio Tinto Aluminium – Yarwun Operations

With production beginning in 2004 at our Yarwun alumina refinery, located approximately 10 kilometres north-west of Gladstone in Central Queensland, today the operation produces more than three million tonnes of alumina per year.

Around 700 people support the operation, with an additional 350 contractors on site each year as part of scheduled maintenance shutdown activities. Thanks to its ‘Industry 4.0’ focus, Yarwun is also a leader in trialling new technologies to improve operations on site, including 3D printing, robotics and drones in confined spaces, and is home to Rio Tinto’s innovative Queensland Research and Development Centre (QRDC).

Along with Boyne Smelters Limited and Queensland Alumina Limited, our Yarwun Operation supports the local community in a wide range of initiatives through Here for Gladstone.

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 07th February 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.”