Superintendent Scheduling

Superintendent Rail Scheduling

• Opportunity for residential in Karratha or FIFO from Perth
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• 9 day fortnight – 5/2-4/3 roster

About the role

Rio Tinto’s Rail Maintenance Excellence division has a unique opportunity available for a Superintendent Rail Scheduling to join the newly created Maintenance Excellence team.

This role will report to the Manager - Maintenance Excellence and will be based at 7 Mile, Karratha, operating a 5 days on, 2 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off roster.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to business outcomes by leading the new centralised scheduling team. The Superintendent Scheduling ensures the schedule is integrated, optimised, and ensures a safe execution of work for our teams. The role is also focused on strong collaboration within IOS, RNM, RNR, RL&O and other teams across the business.

It is also envisaged that this role will play a key role in building capability and leading the team through change as Work Management processes improve under the RME Improvement roadmap.

Major accountabilities of this role include;

• Manage the centralised scheduling team
• Oversee the day-to-day scheduling and reporting activities of the team
• Active management of the obstruction approvals coordination with RL&O (Rail Logistics and Optimisation), IOS (Integrated Operations Scheduling) & the Rail Execution teams
• Provide advice and feedback to schedulers on plan quality and encourage critical thinking/alternative strategies for schedule construction
• Provide reconciliation for the weekly and monthly performance against plan
• Assist in the integration of expansion and upgrade projects
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by developing, implementing and supporting optimal production and quality principles
• Ensure work management deliverables are achieved by the team

About you

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

• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of scheduling/planning processes and systems and/or logistics management or process management in industrial/mining environments
• Understands whole of business approach to value-chain optimisation.
• Exposure to the Rail Maintenance ~ desirable
• Experience in people management & leading teams though change
• Curiosity and a willingness to learn 
• Experience in CMMS such as SAP, Microsoft project, HOSDI
• Ability to collaborate and build trust with a wide range of stakeholders across the business
• Excellent communication skills – ability to distil complex information into readily understood key messages & to present this to a wide range of audiences
• Project management exposure
• Planning & Scheduling position > 5 years
• Experience in MS Office suite & using data analytics packages e.g. Power BI

Where you will be working

This opportunity will be located at our 7 Mile Operation in Dampier, a coastal town just a short drive from the beautiful coastal town of Karratha, located in the heart of the Pilbara and home to some of WA’s most beautiful beaches.

Our privately owned and operated rail network is an essential part of our integrated production process and services our 15 mines across the Pilbara via 1,700km of track. With depots located at Tom Price, Cape Lambert and Dampier (7 Mile), each train is operated by a single driver and comprises up to three locomotives and 240 ore cars stretching to approximately 2.7 kilometres in length with over 40 trains operating per day. We are also applying and adapting technology to improve safety and productivity across our rail network.

What’s on offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• 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)

About us 

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a 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

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.

Apply today if you want to work with the latest technology and innovation, in an environment where we challenge you to drive positive change.Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions. This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia. Rio Tinto offers Fly in and fly out options from Perth, our regional FIFO hubs and the opportunity to live in our residential towns where applicable.

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