Superintendent Plant Operations

Superintendent Fixed Plant Operations

• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Supportive team culture with a focus on inclusion, safety and work life balance
• 9 & 5 FIFO Roster

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Superintendent Fixed Plant Operations to lead, coach and develop the members of the Fixed Plant Operations team and our Greater Nammuldi Operations. Your role will ensure the team is set-up for success against business priorities and the seamless safe delivery of operational activities.

Reporting to the Manager Fixed Plant, you will be supported in your efforts in continually seeking to improve our processes, cost efficiency and productive capability across the operation. Your role will include but not be limited to:

• Leading the focus on sustaining and improving a strong safety culture throughout the site
• Leading and coaching a Operations team, consisting of frontline supervisors, coordinators and operators.
• Leading the operations team to identify and manage asset risk, ensuring the right work balanced for SOP and asset integrity
• Ensuring that the operational teams are inspecting the asset and is delivered in line with Rio Tinto best practice to maximise productivity and equipment reliability
• Fostering a culture of continuous improvement, supporting the team in the implementation of improvement initiatives and 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

Where you’ll be working

Located 60km north-west of Tom Price, Brockman is wholly owned and operated by Rio Tinto. Opened in 2010, this open pit operation offers a family friendly fly in fly out roster.

The Greater Brockman Operations consist of Brockman 2, Brockman 4, Nammuldi and Silvergrass. Driving the latest technological advancements, the open-pit mines offer an avenue for opportunity and career progression.

About you

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 behaviour fundamentals, work well under pressure while maintaining the ability to meet multiple deadlines along with demonstrated understanding of asset management 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

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• Get ahead financially and enjoy housing subsidy benefits
• 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 and salary packaging options
• Career development and 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)

About Rio Tinto

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 almost 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.

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.