Superintendent Technical Services

Superintendent – Technical Services

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• 5:2, 4:3 or 8:6 roster FIFO Perth

We are looking for a Superintendent – Technical Services to lead the site Mine Technical Services team delivering technical services to achieve the Business Plan in a safe and effective manner. The Mining Technical Services team is accountable for delivery of mine planning, drill and blast design, geotechnical, geology, and survey functions.

What the role entails

These role’s are a great opportunity to be a lead member of the mining team that is delivering to a steady, sustainable operation. Reporting to the Manager Mine Technical Services, you will be:

• Monitoring performance against plans and executing efficient identification and mitigation of mining, geotechnical, hydrogeological and geotechnical risks to achieving the plan
• Delivering all technical aspects of mining for operational teams to achieve plan tonnage rates
• Supervising and monitoring the team members to deliver results to the plan
• Maintaining a safe work environment and compliance to the Rio Tinto Safety standards
• Engaging in hazard and critical risk identification within mining areas

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A degree in a Mining or Geoscience related field such as Mining Engineering, Geology, Geotechnical Engineering or Survey
• Significant onsite mining operations experience in technical and operational roles within large scale integrated environments
• Demonstrated experience in leading and managing teams to deliver results at the Superintendent level

What we offer

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

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A culture to support flexible working options
• 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)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

About Rio Tinto

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

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 for this role will close on 17 January 2023 however we do reserve the right to close the role earlier.