Superintendent Operations

Superintendent Plant Operations – Tom Price

• Lead an operationally critical team
• Be part of a leadership team that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Residential in Tom Price, 5/2/4/3 roster

About the role

We are seeking a highly motivated and safety-driven Superintendent Plant Operations, to lead the Fixed Plant Operations team at our Tom Price mine.

This role is responsible for the safe operation of all Fixed Plant equipment at Tom Price and is central to the successful performance of the Greater Tom Price site. Your role will be to ensure the team is setup for success, through leading, coaching and developing your team to deliver safe, reliable production.

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 team of frontline supervisors and operators in all aspects of the fixed plant operation, including dry crushing and screening, beneficiation, conveying, stockyard management and train loading
• Managing a residential workforce living in Tom Price
• Fostering a culture of continuous improvement, supporting the team in the implementation of the Rio Tinto Safe Production System and other technical advances
• Working collaboratively and fostering relationships with key partners to ensure the safe, productive and efficient operation of all fixed plant assets
• Sponsoring numerous capital projects and representing End User requirements to enable the delivery of a significant program of works to upgrade the fixed plant assets.

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 fixed plant operations and improvement 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.

To ensure success in this role, you will have:

• Proactive with a strong commitment in driving a safe working culture
• Experience working in operational leadership roles and be confident in effectively leading, mentoring and coaching team members as well as interfacing with senior leaders
• A desire to build and lead engaged teams
• Fixed plant operational knowledge and experience, ideally within the mining industry
• Demonstrated ability to consistently achieve safety and operational outcomes and delivery of targets

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 culture that is supportive of flexible working options
• 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

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. 

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins witha 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. 

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 for this role will close on 17 January 2023 however we do reserve the right to close the role earlier.