Superintendent Planning & Scheduling
Rio Tinto
The role is open to Residential and FIFO opportunity
Take the next steps in your career with a company that is committed to your growth and development
Join a workplace where safety is paramount, collaboration is encouraged, and every voice is valued.
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 seeking a Superintendent Planning & Scheduling to lead a team of professionals supporting the sustainable, reliable, and safe operation of fixed plant assets through effective work and shutdown management. You will bring strong technical capability in asset management, together with excellent partnering and leadership skills.
Reporting to the Maintenance Planning & Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for:
Leading, coaching, and developing the Planning & Scheduling team
Supporting delivery of asset performance through effective work and shutdown management processes
Supporting delivery of asset management process conformance
Ensuring cost-efficient planning, scheduling, and resource utilisation
Managing ZBB, Capex, and Opex budgets and forecasting
Collaborating closely with other functions and stakeholders in the performance of duties
Maintaining Asset Management and Strategic Asset Management Improvement Plans
Managing risk, through programs including Risk and Assurance Forum (RaAF), Asset Integrity Assessment (AIA), and Critical Risk Assessment (CRA)
Fostering a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, evaluating, and implementing improvement opportunities utilising Rio Tinto best practices
What you’ll bringTo be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
A strong background in safety and people leadership roles
Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset
Demonstrated capability in coaching, leading change, and effective decision-making
Strong time and team performance management skills
Ability to collaboratively enable effectiveness to safely optimise productivity, build organisational excellence, capability, and improvement
A strong background in work management and shutdown management
Understanding of financial management principles
Applied systems knowledge (e.g., SAP, Prometheus, Enablon, and others)
Current C Class Driver's Licence (manual)
A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
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.
We are committed to promoting diversity within Rio Tinto and as a special measure to we strongly encourage women to apply.
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
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)
Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water)
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
Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.
Where you’ll be working
This role is based at Cape Lambert, WA. Our integrated operations, which include port facilities, ensure we can supply the right quality product to our customers, when they need it. We blend our products at our own ports, which allows us to produce a reliable and consistent product. And because we have dedicated shipping operations, we are able to better control the delivery of product to our customers.
Applications close on 28th of January 2026 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).
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.
