Senior Planner

Senior Planner – Port Hedland Maintenance

• Fly in, Fly out from Perth or Local Port Hedland - Get ahead financially with company benefits including fully funded relocation and subsidised company housing
• Based at Rio Tinto’s Port Hedland Maintenance operation working a local 5 days on; 2 days off / 4 days on; 3 days off roster
• Showcase your passion for leading others in this dynamic role developing and supporting a multi-disciplined technical team.

Where we’re all welcome 

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. 

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are seeking an engaging, safety focused Senior Planner to lead a team accountable for safely maintaining our assets through effective preparation and delivery of maintenance planning and scheduling.

This role presents a fantastic opportunity to draw on your people leadership skills and technical knowledge. Positively develop and support your team; enabling operational, quality and budget requirements to be met, whilst driving safety excellence and positive team culture.

Leading on the frontline is one of the most important jobs in our business and comes with a huge amount of responsibility. We need you to motivate, inspire and keep your people safe and well. 

With signature leadership training programmes, growing and developing is more than an opportunity – it is something we actively plan and make happen. Every day our leaders grow, while our rosters are designed to help you live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family.

Your demonstrated ability to engage, connect and positively influence will prove valuable to the effectiveness of this role. You will partner with operational and other key stakeholders to provide efficient maintenance planning and productivity solutions and ensuring best practice work management processes are understood and adhered to.

Reporting to the Superintendent Maintenance working in a challenging and exciting environment within the Port Hedland Maintenance Team, you will bring:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• A current WA manual driver’s license
• Leadership experience and confidence in leading, developing, and coaching team members
• Experience and understanding of Mobile & fixed plant maintenance planning
• Experience in preparing annual budgets and costs management
• Demonstrated ability in meeting targets and bringing the team on a journey of continuous development
• Well-developed stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated complex problem-solving abilities to deliver solutions across an operation

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, you’re 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 
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia 
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus 
• 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, cultural leave) 
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them 
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more, read more about the huge range of benefits here: https://bit.ly/43AQLue

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 working

Dampier Salt Limited (DSL), located in Western Australia and comprising three solar operations – Dampier, Port Hedland and Lake MacLeod – is the world’s largest exporter of seaborne salt, with capacity to produce approximately 10.3 million tonnes every year. At our Lake MacLeod operations, we also mine and export gypsum to customers in Australia and Southeast Asia.

This opportunity is listed as Fly in, Fly out from Perth only or Residential in Port Hedland. For more information about the location of Port Hedland, and whether this is the right town for you and for your family please visit:

https://www.porthedland.wa.gov.au/

Applications close on the 15th of December 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).