Supervisor

Supervisor – Train Servicing Facility

• Gain experience in rail while utilising your strong maintenance leadership experience
• Dynamic, challenging and rewarding opportunity with our incredible Rail team
• Residential role, live and work in Cape Lambert - 3 days, 3 nights and 6 off roster
• Great remuneration on offer and generous employee benefits – including relocation, medical subsidy and housing allowance

About the role

We are looking for a number of Supervisors to lead a team of Electrical and Mechanical personnel in a safe and efficient manner.

This role is a great opportunity for an experienced Supervisor with a strong background in maintenance to gain experience in the rail industry. Working a 3 days on, 3 nights on, 6 off roster and reporting to the Superintendent, you will be:

• Managing and supervising a maintenance team, including team leadership, performance management, safety performance, workflow management and task execution
• Ensuring quick, accurate fault finding and diagnosis on Locomotives and Rollingstock
• Managing quick response to disabled Rollingstock and Locomotives and managing repairs within the rail yard
• Leading continuous improvement initiatives that improve the quality of work completed at the lowest possible cost
• Building and maintaining collaborative stakeholder relationships and interfacing with other maintenance, engineering and operations teams
• Preparing reports and recommendations, and implement corrective and preventative actions
• Driving and promoting a strong safety culture and zero harm approach through safety leadership
• Using SAP and Rio Tinto workflow management principles to execute planned maintenance activities

About you

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

• Manual C Class Drivers Licence
• Mechanical/Electrical or other trade qualification
• Demonstrated experience in a similar leadership role within a maintenance environment
• Previous experience in performance management, incident investigations and safety leadership
• Proven ability in leading a safe, cost effective and high achieving team to meet operational requirements
• It will also be beneficial if you have:
• Certificate IV in Front Line Management or similar
• Previous experience in locomotive and wagon maintenance
• Exposure to a maintenance management system, such as SAP

What we offer

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

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. 

Where you will be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700 kilometre rail network 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.

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.

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.

Applications close on 3 February 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)