Superintendent Site Services

Superintendent Site Services

• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• FIFO roster 5:2 – 4:3 to Marandoo

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

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 seeking a motivated and engaging Superintendent Site Services to lead our site-based site services team, accountable for the safe planning and execution of site services support across our Marandoo operations.

This role presents a fantastic opportunity to draw on your people leadership skills, harnessed with your technical knowledge to positively develop and support your team, whilst fostering an inclusive and positive team culture.

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 Manager Operations and working in a challenging and exciting environment within the Marandoo Operations Department, you will be:

• An inspiring role model and coach for positive behaviours, practices and processes, whilst providing leadership, development and support to your team
• Engaging and collaborating with operational leaders across our sites and our key stakeholders
• Leading site services activities from planning through execution and review, including the responsibility for contractor management
• Fostering a culture of continuous improvement and supporting the team in the implementation of improvement initiatives
• Developing, monitoring and controlling approved budget to deliver cost effective services that meet the business needs
• Supporting Capital Projects and delivery for site

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Drive to create a respectful, inclusive and diverse work environment
• A passionate people leader who will influence, motivate and be confident in effectively leading, mentoring and coaching team members as well as interfacing with senior leaders
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, presentation & negotiation skill, with demonstrated ability in influencing others
• Demonstrated complex problem-solving abilities to deliver solutions across an operation

What we 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 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)

Where you will be working

Located 45km east of Tom Price, Marandoo offers a range of fly in fly out rosters. The below-water-table expansion is expected to extend the life of the mine by approximately 16 years. An updated accommodation village complements the mine expansion and provides modern, comfortable facilities for its workforce. 

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 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

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 close on 1^st September 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)