Superintendent Production

Superintendent Production – Western Range

• Make your mark by being involved in Rio Tinto’s new project in the Pilbara
• It’s an exciting time to join our residential team in Paraburdoo
• Supportive team culture with a focus on inclusion, safety and work life balance

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are seeking a highly motivated and safety-driven Superintendent Production, with a strong background in Autonomous Haulage Systems to lead the Production team at our new Western Range project. Taking ownership of building your new team, this is an exciting opportunity for an engaging individual who has a passion for leading, while promoting positive safety and people culture through visible and tangible leadership.

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.

Reporting to the Mine Manager working on a residential 5:2:4:3 roster, your key responsibilities will include:

• Day-to-day management of all open pit production operations including planning activities for the site
• Be an inspiring role model and coach for positive behaviours, practices and processes, whilst providing leadership, development and support to the mine operation teams
• Managing optimisation projects and driving continuous improvement initiatives
• Driving a strong safety culture which ensures adherence to procedures for operational activities, site standards and legislation.
• Leading, organising, developing and motivating your teams to exceed expectations and targets, while building meaningful succession pathways for your staff
• Developing and implementing key productivity improvements to drive operational efficiency
• Working collaboratively and fostering relationships with key partners to achieve wider business objectives
• Measuring, recording, analysing and reporting on safety, people and productivity activities to consistently exceed plan and improve performance

What you’ll bring

• 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
• Autonomous haulage system experience. Frontrunner would be highly regarded
• A desire to build and lead engaged teams
• Prior contractor management experience would be desirable
• Understanding of the mining industry from both an operational and technical perspective
• Mining operational optimisation knowledge and/or experience
• Demonstrated ability to consistently achieve safety and operational outcomes and delivery of targets
• A Quarry Managers certificate would be highly regarded

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
• 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid or half paid parental leave
• 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); and
• Local relocation packages offered for Australian residents only

About Rio Tinto

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. 

We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

Where you’ll be working

Western Range is an iron ore project in the Pilbara in Western Australia, and we have formed a joint venture with China Baowu Steel Group to develop it. The mine will have a capacity of 25 million tonnes per year. The project includes construction of a primary crusher and an 18-kilometre conveyor connection to the Paraburdoo processing plant. 

Paraburdoo’s picturesque town provides residents with a range of leisure facilities and local amenities including a domestic airport, hospital, community centre, child care centre, primary school, parks and a variety of sporting facilities. The recently built Paraburdoo Sports, Fitness and Community Complex offers state of the art facilities including an Olympic-size swimming pool, indoor basketball court and gym.

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.

Ready to experience something unique? Come work with us.

Applications close on 15^th of December 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date