Superintendent Maintenance Services

 Superintendent Maintenance Services – Tom Price

• Succeed with a supportive leader who will help you develop and sustain success
• Be part of a team that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Residential in Tom Price, 5/2/4/3 roster

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Superintendent Maintenance Services to lead, coach and develop the members of the Maintenance Services team.

This role will be responsible for the safe execution of maintenance at our Tom Price operation. Your role will ensure the team is set-up for success against business priorities and the seamless safe delivery of maintenance activities. You will work closely with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.

Reporting to the Manager Plant Operations Tom Price, you will be supported in your efforts in continually seeking to improve our processes, productive capability and efficiency across the operation. You will be:

• Leading the focus on sustaining and improving a strong safety culture throughout the site
• Leading and coaching a multi-disciplined team of professionals and maintenance staff consisting of frontline supervisors, technical and trades roles
• Leading the maintenance services team to identify and manage asset risk, ensuring the right work is completed to maintain asset integrity
• Fostering a culture of continuous improvement, supporting the team in the implementation of the Rio Tinto Safe Production System and other technical advances
• Developing, monitoring and controlling approved budget to deliver cost effective services that meet the business needs while ensuring compliance with the relevant statutory legislative provisions

Leading on the frontline is one of the most important jobs in our business and comes with a huge amount of responsibility. We need you to motivate, inspire and keep your people safe and well. With signature leadership training programmes, growing and developing is more than an opportunity – it is something we actively plan and make happen. Every day our leaders grow, while our rosters are designed to help you live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family.

What you’ll bring

We're looking for someone who is passionate about providing authentic and positive people leadership and a natural role model at cultivating a curious mind. You will have a strong understanding of safe operations and safe behavior fundamentals, work well under pressure while maintaining the ability to meet multiple deadlines along with demonstrated understanding of maintenance system processes.

With safety at the forefront of everything you do, we will empower and support you to achieve excellence. We’ll also provide opportunities for professional development, to learn from others and freely share your ideas.

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 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 & 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)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers –generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress. Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium –the world’s first to be certified “responsible” –helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Where you’ll be working

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

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 18 October 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).