Superintendent Contractor Management

 Superintendent Contractor Management

• Permanent full-time employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development

About the role

Our Yarwun refinery is seeking a Superintendent Contractor Management to join the Operational Excellence team.

This is an exciting opportunity for anyone looking to broaden their skills across customer service, governance, systems, global relationships, and data management with a professional team.

Reporting to the Operational Excellence Manager, this is a great opportunity for an individual who enjoys working and has excellent demonstrated administrative skills. Your responsibilities will be to:

• Coach and guide Contract Owners and Designated leaders on systems and the end-to-end process
• Role model excellence Rio Tinto Contractor engagement solution System
• Monitor and report to the service supplier, worker and payment to vendor compliance.
• Monitor supplier and contractor qualifications in the Contractor Management system (Avetta)
• Key involvement with the site's critical stakeholders, RTP, HSE, finance, and risk management system.
• Support the team in delivering the Contractor management strategy and maintaining a safe product with cost insights

About you

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

• A strong, demonstrated commitment to health, safety, environment and community
• Excellent communication skills – oral and written, including presentation skills
• Evidence of developing and maintaining efficient systems of work
• A demonstrable commitment to working safely
• Energy and tenacity to support the delivery of the plan while maintaining engagement with critical stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to motivate others through engaging leadership
• Strong computer literacy

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.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• 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
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

Where you’ll be working

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

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.