Senior Scheduler

Rail Maintenance Excellence - Senior Scheduler

• Rail Maintenance Excellence team
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Site based role – 7 Mile Operation – FIFO from Perth or residential

About the role

Our Rail Maintenance Excellence division are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Scheduler to join the diverse team at our 7 Mile Operation in Dampier and provide leadership and expertise to the scheduling team.

You will be responsible for leading the Scheduling team to ensure the delivery of schedules that will increase rail system capacity without compromising maintenance. This includes ensuring all work programs are planned and scheduled in accordance with the appropriate standards, policies and procedures.

In this position, you will work closely with the Senior Planners and Planning teams, Rail Maintenance Execution teams, Integration Coordinators, RL&O and IOS teams.

Reporting to the Superintendent Scheduling & Integration, your daily routines and expectations will include the following:

• Provide technical expertise in obstruction and SAP planning
• Strong people leadership
• Manage Scheduling team and govern development, performance management and process
• Internal and external relationship management
• Ensure all Scheduling stage gate processes are implemented, followed, and reported on
• Continue to drive improvement and provide coaching to the team in obstruction density and capacity planning
• Ensure works are completed to schedule where possible
• Develop processes to recover work schedule where applicable
• Compile all necessary reports, and other documentation as required
• Ensure processes are in place to manage rail services assets (including maintenance)
• Drive performance excellence

About you

To be considered for this opportunity, you will hold the below attributes and experiences:

• Self-manage workload and job complexities
• Lead the team and mentor/develop staff to build capability
• Read and interpret track schematics
• Fluent in HOSDI and NetPASS applications
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge and understanding of work management fundamentals
• Knowledge of Rail Operations and Train Running strategies
• Can work under limited supervision and meet tight deadlines

The below experience will also be desirable:

• Extensive experience in leading teams (mandatory)
• Significant experience in Planning and Scheduling (mandatory)
• SME for Work Management (mandatory)
• Rail experience (desirable)
• Proficiency with MS Office

Where you will be working

This unique role is being offered on 5 days on, 2 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off roster, residentially in Karratha or FIFO from Perth.

This role will be based at our 7 Mile operation out of Dampier, a short drive from the heart of Karratha. Karratha is a coastal town, situated in WA’s Pilbara region, which boasts a strong ‘community’ feel.

We operate 200 locomotives on more than 1,900 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.

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 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

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.