Superintendent Structural Integrity & Dust

Superintendent Structural Integrity (SI) & Dust

• Leadership role with exposure to all Rio Tinto Iron Ore operations from pit to port
• The opportunity to use your highly developed strategic and leadership skills as part of an extremely supportive, collaborative team
• Work with leaders that are committed to your own personal and professional growth
• Based in Perth on a Monday to Friday roster with travel to our Pilbara Operations

About the role

This role is a great opportunity for a collaborative individual to lead a dynamic team which is responsible for the coordinated management of the Structural Integrity (SI) and Dust programs to achieve strategic objectives and deliver positive outcomes to the organisation.

Responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Demonstrating a personal commitment and passion for safety, inclusion, and respect.
• An engaging and inspirational leader that will act as the cross-departmental and collaboration link between site stakeholders, Perth-based technical teams, and the individual Sustaining Capital project delivery leaders
• Management of Structural Integrity (SI) and Dust program level risks and portfolio
• Develop improvement strategies for streamlining inspection and reporting required to define the structural integrity debt and the dust improvement scope to enable efficient prioritised execution of the capital delivery across Rio Tinto assets
• Develop a sustainable remediation pipeline portfolio which includes external contracting organisations in conjunction with Rio Tinto Procurement
• Investigate innovative methods of structural remediation
• Update, monitor and report on program metrics
• Guide the delivery leads on the right approaches to achieve the economies of scale and return on investment for the overall Structural Integrity (SI) and Dust programs.

 About you

 To succeed in this role, you will be required to demonstrate: 

• A passion for your people development and genuine care for their safety and wellbeing
• Advocate for an inclusive and respectful culture
• The ability to bring people together to collaborate and develop solutions, influencing positive change in our organisation and with our contracting partners
• Confident in effectively leading, mentoring, and coaching team members as well as interfacing with senior leaders, with a desire to build and lead engaged teams
• Project Management experience on SMP projects
• Significant leadership experience at Superintendent level
• Working knowledge in MS Project & Primavera P6
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the proven ability to manage stakeholder relationships

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• An opportunity to be part of the world’s largest integrated portfolio of iron ore assets
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• A competitive salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Attractive share ownership plan and an array of salary sacrifice and packaging options
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

Where you’ll be working 

The Project Delivery Team as part of Sustaining Capital actively encourages and supports flexible work. This includes workdays, hours, and location, in addition to flexible and part-time work schedules. Occasional site travel will be required in this role.

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.

Applications close on Saturday, 19^th August 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).