Superintendent Maintenance

Rio Tinto

Posted on:  5th Dec 2024

Superintendent Maintenance Utilities

  • Challenging role that will broaden your horizons in the Utilities infrastructure

  • Manage safety system process and procedures

  • Fly in, Fly out from Perth – 5 days on, 2 days off / 4 days on, 3 days off

Where we’re all welcome

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 who we are.

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

About the role

We are looking for a Superintendent Maintenance Utilities to join our East Pilbara Utilities leadership team and oversee maintenance for our utilities assets. The scale and complexity of operations is significant which will provide you with opportunities to demonstrate your expertise in maintenance, and your capabilities as a respected people leader.

 In this role, you’ll be managing a significant asset base, whilst leading maintenance crews, contractor partners, planner schedulers for coordinating shift activities to deliver maintenance targets in a safe and cost-effective manner. The asset base and commodities under your remit will include – fuel hubs and storage tanks, High Voltage electrical transmission and distribution network, Generation of a power plant, Gas reticulation, hydrocarbon fuel hubs and storage tanks, workshop lucubration system and waste service with respective operation plants.

This is a high-profile opportunity to work with a diverse group of stakeholders, provide advice to senior leadership, and guide our sites towards operational success. Working closely with local site leadership, vendors and communities, reporting to the Manager Coastal Maintenance, you will be:

  • Providing leadership and guidance to Supervisors and multidisciplinary trade teams.

  • Driving efficiencies to improve productivity and managing risks.

  • Managing seamless delivery of services to assist sites achieve their targets.

  • Proactively managing our assets during planned and unplanned outages to minimise production losses.

  • Implementing and developing asset management processes for existing and new assets.

  • Effectively managing operating costs and identifying opportunities to free cash flow.

  • Capital planning and forecasting for planned projects.

What you’ll bring

We are seeking to appoint an accomplished maintenance leader, who is comfortable leading in a complex setting across multiple disciplines. You might be an experienced maintenance/utilities leader contemplating a change of scene. Perhaps you are seeking a role that will provide greater challenge and variety. If so, we would encourage you to consider this opportunity.

We’ll provide opportunities to challenge yourself, learn from others, share your own ideas and champion a supportive and inclusive approach towards leading your team. To be successfully considered for this role, we are seeking the below attributes:

  • You’re driven to succeed and are committed to championing safety in the workplace.

  • Proven leadership experience, with the ability to coach, mentor and develop a team.

  • Commercial and technical acumen, enabling you to effectively manage assets and maintenance.

  • An understanding of the challenges associated with large scale mining operations and utilities assets maintenance.

  • Tertiary level qualifications in Electrical Engineering (advantageous) or significant Utilities Electrical trade and supervisory experience.

  • A current Manual C Class driver's license.

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100%, we still want to hear from you.

What we offer

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

  • A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

  • A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto

  • Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia

  • A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus

  • 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, cultural leave) To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them

  • Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:

  • Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment

  • Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career.

  • Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.

Who we are

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 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.

Where you’ll be working

This role will be offered at our West Angelas site on a 5 days on, 2 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off FIFO roster from Perth. Rio Tinto owns and operates an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets that include a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700 kilometre rail network and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand.

About Rio TintoRio 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 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 situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice MattersAt 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.

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