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 – Relocation assistance and housing provided
• 3 days, 3 nights and 6 off lifestyle roster

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

About the role

We are seeking an engaging, safety focused Supervisor to lead a team of Electrical and Mechanical personnel at the Cape Lambert port.

This role is a great opportunity for an experienced Supervisor with a strong background in maintenance to gain experience in the rail industry. Working 3 days on, 3 nights on, 6 off roster and reporting to the Superintendent Maintenance, 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 in the most cost-effective manner
• 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

What you will need for this role

Along with demonstrated experience in a similar leadership role within a maintenance environment, you will also have proven ability in leading a safe, cost effective and high achieving team to meet operational requirements.

You will also possess the below :

• Manual C Class Drivers Licence
• Previous experience in performance management, incident investigations and safety leadership
• Previous electrical experience will be looked upon favourably
• Previous instrumentation experience (seen as advantageous but not essential)
• Exposure to a maintenance management system, such as SAP (seen as advantageous but not essential)

What we offer

• 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

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

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

• Career development and education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions

• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support

• Housing benefits (applicable to residential employees)

Where you’ll be working

This role is based at our Cape Lambert operation in the heart of Wickham, a remote town nestled in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. This role is offered on a residential 3 days, 3 nights and 6 off lifestyle roster.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, a 2,000-kilometre rail network and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. 

Our port facilities consist of four shipping terminals located on the Pilbara coast at Dampier and Cape Lambert which form an essential part of our logistics process. Each terminal has facilities for train unloading, iron ore stockpiling, product blending and ship loading.

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.