Supervisor- Electrical

Supervisor- Electrical

• Be part of a safe, diverse team of professionals
• Enjoy a relaxed coastal lifestyle in an ideal residential environment in Nhulunbuy - Gove
• We offer paid parental leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We’re looking for a Supervisor- Electrical to join our close-knit and results-driven team. You’ll be making valued contributions towards the safe execution of maintenance, and ensuring we deliver best in class asset reliability and availability. More importantly, this is an opportunity for you to undertake activities that create maximum operational and commercial value for our mining operations.

Working closely with multiple stakeholders (including senior leadership), you will be responsible for execution of all electrical maintenance across Gove operation. You’ll gain exposure across all aspects of the business including electrical, process control, mechanical, processing, engineering, maintenance and work management functions.

Leading on the frontline is one of the most important jobs in our business and comes with a huge amount of responsibility. We need you to motivate, inspire and keep your people safe and well. With signature leadership training programmes, growing and developing is more than an opportunity – it is something we actively plan and make happen. Every day our leaders grow, while our rosters are designed to help you live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family.

Reporting to the Superintendent- Services and working in a challenging and exciting environment within Maintenance team, you will be:

• Ensuring site wide statutory compliance to electrical standards and regulations and associated Rio Tinto Aluminium Gove electrical procedures and policies.
• Assisting the site planners weekly in creation and execution of both short and long term plans.
• An unwavering commitment to creating a safe workplace and developing leaders in your team to continuously improve the safety outcomes for the site.
• Setting and communicating targets and expectations aligned with site and team goals, as well as RT values.
• Accepting accountability for the performance of the team by ensuring quality of tasks, services and advice to the operation and asset functions.
• Leading, coaching and mentoring employees to deliver on plan and build a high performing team.
• Ensuring critical controls are in place for the identified material risks within the maintenance function.
• Leading and championing reliability principles and defect elimination processes to ensure maintenance strategies are continuously improved and equipment run-time is maximised.
• Leading the initiation of engineering change requests and improvement projects with the Engineering Function to improve equipment safety and reliability, or to seek solutions through modifications to the plant/equipment design and blueprint.
• Interfacing with key stakeholders to ensure Maintenance plans and schedules are aligned with respective plans, specifications and standards
• To be successful in this role you are an experienced leader with high-level influencing and stakeholder engagement skills. You are team oriented and results focused with a demonstrated track record in motivating and working with others to achieve results.

What you’ll bring

• Excellent understanding of electrical maintenance, engineering practices, electrical regulations and standards
• Demonstrated success delivering outstanding results in asset maintenance.
• A genuine and consistent focus on safety, inclusion and diversity
• Demonstrated success leading and mentoring multi-disciplinary diverse teams
• Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously using initiative, sound reasoning, listening and decision making skills
• An innovative Leader focused on productivity and maximising the benefit of technology.
• Previous experience in the industrial electrical industry.
• Excellent operational discipline is required for the success of this role.
• Previous experience with Crushers , stackers and reclaimers and ship loaders would be beneficial.

What we offer

• 4/4 Shift with Days only.
• Domestic relocation assistance on offer
• Remote area allowance
• Remote area holiday travel assistance
• Paid parental leave up to 9 months
• Health cover scheme for employees and their immediate family
• Salary sacrifice & packaging options – rental, mortgage, super, vehicle
• Rio Tinto employee share programme
• Employee discounts – banking, accommodation, motoring, retail and more.

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

Our Gove Operations have been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for more than 40 years. Located in Australia’s Northern Territory, each year the operation produces approximately 12 million tonnes of bauxite.

With a workforce of 460 people, daily activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, shutdown planning and execution, export operations, cultural heritage management, and closure activities following our decision to close the site’s alumina refinery and associated Residue Disposal Area in 2017. 

We expect our bauxite mining operations on the Gove Peninsula will cease in 2028 and we are undertaking significant work to support closure of the operation. We also recognise our operations take place on Indigenous-owned land, and we are committed to working together to achieve a positive future for Nhulunbuy and the Gove Peninsula post-mining.

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.