Superintendent Hydrocarbons & Water

Superintendent Hydrocarbons & Water

• Work across Hydrocarbons and Water and Waste Water
• Based at our state of the art Operations Centre located in Perth
• Travel to site will be required to manage stakeholders

Are you seeking more autonomy, the opportunity to be part of significant strategic initiatives? We’re looking for a Superintendent Hydrocarbons & Water to join our Utilities Maintenance Engineering Team.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

The role is part of the Utilities Operations team and will report to Manager – Utilities Operations. It is a leadership role and will manage a team of Specialists in Hydrocarbons and Water. The primary purpose of the role;

• Manage diesel supply chain across the Pilbara - Iron Ore operations
• Manage key stakeholders across the supply chain including supplier, marine, diesel bulk terminals, diesel deliveries, mine operations, contractors, maintenance and engineering team
• Ensure quality of diesel is as per the prescribed specifications
• Primary Operations representative for the Diesel supply contract across Pilbara - Iron Ore operations.
• Operational Management of our Hamersley Iron and Robe Valley Water Licence
• Manage Interface with Mine Operations, Water Resource Evaluation (WRE) and Water balance
• Manage governance for drinking water quality including regular reporting and liaising with Department of Health
• Key stakeholder in growth and sustaining capital projects related to diesel and water
• Proactively assist in achieving decarbonisation initiatives

The asset base and commodities include –

Hydrocarbons

Diesel and Aviation fuel facilities , Bulk Oil and Lubricants facilities, Oily Water Treatment Facilities, 4 Fuel Hubs, distribution of fuel from Parker Point to the inland hubs, 23 diesel fuel code tanks and 140 fuel bullet tanks , light and heavy vehicle refuelling facilities and infrastructure.

Water and Waste Water

Bore water production, Water main pipeline conveyancing, Water storage tanks, waste water treatment plants, distribution, infrastructure supporting water balance and water quality. Our Team are the technical experts supporting Town Water and Sewer network for Paraburdoo Tom Price Dampier and Pannawonica towns and well as supply of potable water to our Mine Sites.

You’ll be working closely with our teams across asset engineering, maintenance engineering, sustaining capital, Water Resource Evaluation and Regional Utilities maintenance teams. With a core focus on drinking water quality, you’ll also be our trusted advisor for water and waste water conveyancing, storage, treatment and distribution.

About you

You’re well regarded by your peers, able to positively influence those around you. Safety is at the forefront of everything you do. Commercially astute, you enjoy working with a diverse stakeholder group and collaborating with others.

To be succeed in this role you’ll need:

• Desirable

• Degree in relevant technical or logistics discipline
• Previous experience in managing diesel supply chain and water quality.
• Understanding of Drinking Water Quality guideline.
• Experience in liaising with statutory and regulatory bodies.

• An in depth working knowledge of Hydrocarbons and Water related assets and their operations, specifically for utilities, and distribution assets.
• Passion for strategic and team leadership with a proactive approach
• Solid business improvement focus with experience driving continuous improvement
• A current Australian driver's license.

Come join the team and enjoy some great benefits we have to 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 and salary packaging options
• Career development and 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) 

Where you’ll be working 

You will be working at our Operations Centre located in Perth with occasional travel to sites.

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 

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.

Applications close on 7 March 2023. (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)