Superintendent LME

Superintendent - Light Mobile Equipment Maintenance

• Operationally lead a maintenance team and make a difference in a safe working environment
• Supportive team culture with a focus on inclusion, safety and work life balance
• Great role to continue your growth and development in a rewarding leadership role

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Superintendent LME to lead our site based Light Mobile Equipment (LME) teams in the West Pilbara to safely maintain a reliable and extensive light mobile equipment fleet at the West Pilbara Operations.

This role is a great opportunity for an operational maintenance professional looking to work in a dynamic maintenance environment where you can influence the safety and reliability of the LME fleet which covers maintenance execution, maintenance planning, workshop management and reliability improvement. Working a 5,2,4,3 fly in fly out, roster and reporting to the Manager Utilities Management, you will be:

• Engaging with key customers of the LME fleet
• Providing leadership, coaching and development to a large team of LME supervisors and maintainers
• Identifying and ensuring maintenance best practices are utilised to ensure safety, maximise equipment reliability and minimise the time and cost of repairs.
• Delivering divisional targets
• Engaging and collaborating with operational and other key stakeholders
• Developing and implementing strategies to improve safety and equipment reliability

What you’ll bring

• Commitment to the safety of yourself and everyone on site and in our communities
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Maintenance work management or project management experience
• Be an engaging leader who can engage, influence, coach and motivate both your immediate team but also your wider stakeholder group.
• Be resilient, proactive and pragmatic with the ability to drive progress and change within a dynamic environment.

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• Career development and education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, generous paid parental benefit, sick leave)
• 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
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

About Rio Tinto

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. 

We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

Where you’ll be working

This role is based at our Tom Price is located in the central Pilbara, west of Karijini National Park and is our original Pilbara mine, currently employing residential and fly in fly out employees. It is known as one of the most attractive towns in the Pilbara with a high school, two primary schools a hospital and a high standard of recreational facilities.

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.

Applications for this role will close on 19^th January however we do reserve the right to close the role earlier.