Superintendent Maintenance Planning & Engineering

Superintendent Maintenance, Planning & Engineering

We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

• Showcase your passion for leading others in this dynamic role developing and supporting a multi-disciplined technical team
• Use your analytical skills to successfully lead and implement continuous improvement initiatives
• Work for a leader who is passionate about developing and supporting their team
• Based at Rio Tinto’s West Angelas operations working 5 days on; 2 days off / 4 days on; 3 days off lifestyle roster

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 an experienced Superintendent MP&E (Maintenance, Planning and Engineering) to join our team based at West Angelas. Reporting to the Regional Manager, Maintenance Planning and Engineering, this vital leadership role will be responsible for a large team of Planners and Schedulers, Electrical Control and Reliability Engineers across Fixed Plant, Heavy Mobile Equipment, Site Services and Dewatering. 

The scope of work you will be accountable for is challenging and diverse. Your demonstrated ability to engage, connect and positively influence key stakeholders at all organisational levels will play a critical part to the effectiveness in this role.

Reporting to the Manager, Maintenance Planning & Engineering, and working within a dynamic environment your key accountabilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Supporting and developing a multi-disciplined team in the delivery of reliability engineering, planning and scheduling processes
• Providing expert technical advice to operations and maintenance teams
• Possess strong interpersonal skills to allow for productive interfaces with the site maintenance teams
• Lead and support investigations into asset failures and performance, including root cause analysis (RCA)
• Utilise performance data to identify high value opportunities to supports improvements in reliability, productivity, and cost
• Demonstrated ability to meet targets whilst bringing the team on a journey of continuous improvement
• Proficient in utilising SAP
• Accountable for the preparation of the annual area maintenance budgets and continuously reviewing conformance to budget
• Monitor and analyse the performance of our assets and analyse primary/ secondary maintenance tasks to improve asset reliability and cost 
• Support the development of integrated schedules, associated deliverables, monitors status against schedule and updates as appropriate
• Demonstrate our Rio Tinto values of Care, Courage, and Curiosity

About you

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

• Be proactive with a commitment in driving a safe and inclusive team culture
• Have leadership experience and confidence in leading, developing and coaching multi-disciplined teams
• Practical experience and an understanding of asset management and reliability-based principles and processes such as RCA, FMECA and tactics development.
• A working knowledge of statutory, Australian and Rio Tinto engineering standards will be advantageous
• Capable of working in challenging environments whilst maintaining effective time management skills
• Well-developed analytical and technical competencies, excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with employees across all levels of the organization
• Proven ability to manage a team independently with a capacity to build collaborative relationships
• Proven relevant experience within the mining industry in both heavy mobile equipment and fixed plant environments
• Strong working knowledge of work management, shut management and asset health processes
• Experience with zero based budgeting and data analytics would be advantageous
• Hold a current ‘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.

Where you’ll be working

Located 110km west of Newman, West Angelas operates on a fly in fly out roster from Perth, Broome and Busselton.

West Angelas is a pioneer in autonomous technologies – we were the first site to trial autonomous haul trucks and incorporate autonomous drilling into our operations in 2008, and we continue to have one of the largest mining fleets in the Pilbara.

Our high grade, low phosphorous Marra Mamba orebody is an integral part of the Pilbara Blend, contributing both lump and fines products on around four trains each day. At the West Angelas hub there are state-of-the-art power generation and refueling facilities. These facilities supply power and diesel fuel to the East Pilbara mine sites.

The future is bright at West Angelas with ongoing growth projects at Deposits C and D, as well as additional deposits under study providing enormous opportunities for personal development and career growth.

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.

Applications close on Monday, 25^th March 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).