Shipping Support Officer

Shipping Support Officer

• Permanent employment working a 9 day-fortnight roster, which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Dynamic role with lots of variety
• Ongoing training and development provided
• Lifestyle friendly coastal location - Gladstone

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Shipping Support Officer to liaise, negotiate and coordinate between our Yarwun site, Rio Tinto Supply Chain and multiple external parties including governing organisations to support the timely delivery of raw materials for the production of alumina and export of alumina and hydrate to our customers.

This role is a great opportunity for a professional person with strong attention to detail, who can lead, make decisions and work effectively within a small team. Reporting to the Specialist, Shipping & Logistics, you will be:

• Effectively and efficiently managing the short and long-term shipping schedule to optimise inventory levels and minimise demurrage impact

• Scheduling vessels in conjunction with supply chain and local shipping agents taking into consideration operational production and maintenance requirements.
• Communicating effectively on ship movements with the operations, maintenance teams and external parties.
• Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders.
• Generating and paying invoices as well as cost management and supporting the shipping budget generation.
• Performance reporting.
• Analysing data and looking at ways to continuously improve the value chain process.
• Delivery of ad-hoc improvement initiatives

About you

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

• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to analyse, plan and coordinate.
• Advanced software platform skills e.g., PowerBi, scheduling databases, Microsoft suite of tools
• Ability to learn, remain professional as dealing with multiple internal and external stakeholders and be decisive.
• Appreciation and understanding of how a wharf and multi-user port works, would be advantageous.
• The ability to collaborate with other work groups.
• Solid time management skills and a commitment to meeting deadlines.
• A sound understanding of end-to-end logistics requirements and governance

What we offer

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, 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.

Where you’ll be working

Located in Central Queensland, approximately 10km north-west of Gladstone, Yarwun alumina refinery commenced operations in 2004. Processing bauxite from our mines in Weipa and Gove, Yarwun produces more than three million tonnes of smelter grade alumina annually. 

As one of the largest industries in the Gladstone region, Yarwun employs over 700 people and has a large contractor workforce. 

With a focus on safely improving our process every day, the team at Yarwun challenge themselves to use existing and emerging technology to support our 24 hour operation.

Yarwun is a proud member of the Gladstone community, and along with Boyne Smelters Limited and Queensland Alumina Limited, support community investments that improve the liveability of the Gladstone region through the Here for Gladstone community fund.

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.

Closing date – 5^th October 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.”