Superintendent Mining

Rio Tinto

Posted on:  19th Nov 2025

Superintendent Mining | Gove, NT

  • Business critical leadership role
  • Residential, family friendly location or FIFO
  • Culturally unique, coastal role – Gove

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Superintendent Mining to support the Gove operations bauxite mine in this business critical role that leads a team of over 100 people.

This role is a great opportunity for a driven leader who is experienced in successfully leading large mining teams with a focus on safety and output. Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will be:

  • Managing Safety and Production to maximise productivity while minimising cost and environmental impact.
  • Executing short, medium and long term plans and schedules to meet business strategy.
  • Defining staffing needs, selection/assessment criteria and development needs.
  • Identifying and evaluating opportunities for improvement and where to implement and support Rio Tinto best practices.

About you

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

  • Proven successful leadership of an open cut mine operation within a diverse environment.
  • A People leader that drives improvement through engagement
  • Demonstrated expertise in the application of rigorous problem solving, business improvement and project tools.
  • Extensive knowledge of open cut mining techniques

What we offer (Pending Residential or FIFO)

  • Enjoy domestic relocation assistance.
  • Receive a remote area allowance (25% of base salary).
  • Benefit from remote area holiday travel assistance.
  • Take advantage of heavily subsidised housing and utilities.
  • Secure a permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto.
  • Earn a competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience, with an annual incentive program.
  • Access comprehensive medical benefits, including subsidised private health insurance for you and your immediate family.
  • Participate in an attractive share ownership plan.
  • Benefit from company-provided insurance cover.
  • Explore extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options.
  • Pursue career development and education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions.
  • Enjoy ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support.
  • Take leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave).
  • Access exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail, and more).

Where you will be working

Our Gove site in Australia’s Northern Territory has been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for more than 40 years.

Gove bauxite is shipped internationally as well as domestically to supply Queensland Alumina Limited and Yarwun refineries in Gladstone, Queensland. These refineries produce alumina as feedstock for our Australian aluminium smelting operations and for sale on the international market.

We expect our bauxite mining operations in the Gove Peninsula will cease later this decade and we are doing significant work to support closure of the operation.

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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.

Respect and InclusionAt 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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