Rolling Stock Maintenance Planner

Rolling Stock Maintenance Planner/ Scheduler

• Residential opportunity in the coastal town of Karratha
• Based at Rio Tinto’s 7 Mile Rolling Stock Maintenance Workshop
• 9-day fortnight, 5/2 - 4/3 roster

About the role:

We are currently looking for a Maintenance Planner/ Scheduler to join the Planning and Productivity team at 7 Mile Rolling Stock Maintenance (RSM) Workshop.

This is a new and exciting role that is responsible for Planning and Scheduling maintenance on our Fixed Plant & Machine Shop assets that support maintaining our Rolling Stock Fleet.

About You:

We require an experienced planner that is an expert problem solver, level-headed thinker and most importantly committed to driving positive outcomes for the business. Resilience, self-motivation, and exceptional communication skills are essential for this role, as you will be required to interface with broad stakeholder groups, displaying credibility, building trust, and influencing outcomes.

Reporting to the Senior Planner – RSM Planning, you will be required to:

• Be the custodian of the Rio Tinto Work Management Process for your area.
• Detailed planning of jobs in SAP, ensuring that resourcing is accurate, materials are ordered, and the scope of work is clear and complete.
• Produce a weekly schedule that aligns to production requirements.
• Produce a monthly shutdown schedule that allows for extended planned maintenance activities to occur.
• Facilitate the area planning meetings in accordance with the work management process.
• Ensure compliance with relevant statutory and legislative provisions.
• Participate in the development of the ZBB with the Long-Term Planning Team.
• Identify and implement improvements during the planning and scheduling process to optimise resource efficiency and utilisation.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement supporting the implementation of team improvement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain effective networks through collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders, customers, and suppliers.

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

• Demonstrated experience in Planning / Scheduling with a high proficiency in SAP.
• A highly organised, structured & detailed approach to planning with a strong commitment to safety.
• Ability to prioritise and coordinate large volumes of multi-discipline work.
• Strong ability to analyse relevant performance metrics and determine improvement actions.
• Excellent communication skills via all mediums with the ability to negotiate positive outcomes across multiple stakeholders.
• High level of numeracy, literacy, and computing skills.
• Hold a current "C Class" WA Manual Driver’s License.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Trade qualified, or equivalent
• Experience in Shutdown Scheduling

Where you will be working

This role will be based at our 7 Mile Rolling Stock Maintenance, a short drive from the coastal towns of Karratha & Dampier. We operate 220 locomotives on more than 1,700 kilometers of track in the Pilbara, transporting ore from 16 mines to four port terminals. The average return distance of these trains is about 800 kilometers 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.

What’s on offer

• 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 us 

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

Every Voice Matters

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.

Apply today if you want to work with the latest technology and innovation, in an environment where we challenge you to drive positive change.Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions. This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia. Rio Tinto offers Fly in and fly out options from Perth, our regional FIFO hubs and the opportunity to live in our residential towns where applicable.

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