Supervisor Contractor Management - Shutdowns

Supervisor Contactor Management – Shutdowns

We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

• Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority  
• Diversity is our strength. Bring your unique skills, experiences, and perspectives to help our teams to thrive.
• Residential, Port Hedland or FIFO from Perth - Housing and relocation provided!

Where we’re all welcome 

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 who we are.  

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength.  The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.   

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

Our Dampier Salt, Port Hedland team is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Shutdown Supervisor to join our Maintenance Team. Reporting to the Superintendent Maintenance, you will lead the Shutdown activities across our operation to ensure safe, effective, and efficient delivery of these activities. The shutdowns are on fixed plant and infrastructure incl, conveyors, ship loader, stackers, pumps and pump platforms, buildings.

Key responsibilities will include but not limited to: 

• Manage the performance of contractors during the shutdown activities.
• Identify and evaluate specific delivery risks and provide contingencies as needed before and during shutdowns.
• Work with the Shutdown Planner to ensure availability of materials, tooling, equipment, and resources needed for all work that is planned to be executed during the shutdown activities.
• Review all work taking into consideration asset criticality, statutory work, warranty, repairable/rotable, severity and safety impacts.
• Engage and arrange external contractors/suppliers.
• Develop, finalise, and lock in executable schedules for shut maintenance (critical path, task interactions, labour requirements, materials, shared equipment, and tooling)
• Liaise with contracting partners to confirm upcoming resource availability.
• Prepare and conduct shut maintenance meetings.
• Reconcile monthly spend to ensure adherence to plan and identify opportunities for cost reductions.
• Manage all aspects of Contractor Management related to the shutdown and support the Contractor Management Supervisor.

What you’ll bring:

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

• Show genuine care to every team member by holding them to account, appropriately escalating, and not walking past or accepting unsafe acts or conditions.
• Display appropriate behaviours, respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset, displaying genuine care.
• Proven SAP experience, particularly in workflow management.
• Experience with shutdown planning and execution of maintenance activities.
• Experience in Shutdown leadership
• Experience in all aspects of Contractor Management.
• Exceptional communication & collaboration skills.
• Able to be proactive, flexible, and work independently.
• Highly organised individual with great record keeping.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills.
• Complex problem-solving skills and able to deliver solutions.
• Use your considerable stakeholder and relationship building skills to prioritise work with the Supervisors, Superintendents, other departments and contracting partners.
• Understand & work with Long Term Planners in Zero Based Budget development for shutdowns.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to effectively influence, collaborate and negotiate.
• Knowledge in Microsoft Office (Project, Excel, Outlook, Teams).
• Current Australian C Class Driver’s License.

What we offer 

• Be recognised for your contribution, you’re 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 permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto 
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia 
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus 
• 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, cultural leave) 
• Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water).
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them 
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:

• Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment
• Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career.
• Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.

Who we are   

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.  

Where you’ll be working

Dampier Salt Limited (DSL), located in Western Australia and comprising three solar operations – Dampier, Port Hedland and Lake MacLeod – is the world’s largest exporter of seaborne salt, with capacity to produce approximately 10.3 million tonnes every year. At our Lake MacLeod operations, we also mine and export gypsum to customers in Australia and Southeast Asia.

This opportunity is listed as a Residential opportunity only, for more information about the location of Port Hedland, and whether this is the right town for you and for your family please visit:

https://www.porthedland.wa.gov.au/

Applications close on the 3^rd of August 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).