Supervisor Operations

Supervisor Operations – Resource Development – FIFO 8/6

• Be part of a great team that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities

About the role

Our Resource Development department is looking for a Supervisor Operations who will be part of a team responsible for the execution and delivery of evaluation and exploration programs, in both near mine and regional areas.

Resource Development is a department within Planning Integration and Assets. To be successful we need to work closely with many internal and external stakeholders to identify gaps and opportunities in resource understanding, generate targets for resource evaluation and ensure project delivery.

Reporting to the Senior Coordinator Operations and working in a challenging and exciting environment, you will:

• Be an enthusiastic, inspiring role model and coach for positive behaviours, practices and processes, whilst providing leadership, development and support to your team
• Build and maintain relationships with multiple stakeholders to align on operational plans and strategies
• Liaise with team members and stakeholders on drilling and evaluation priorities
• Drive effective cost management initiatives by identifying & implementing cost-saving opportunities
• Manage day-to-day operations through positive engagement and communication to enable safe productivity
• Champion continuous improvement by identifying opportunities and implementing changes to optimise Resource Development operations
• Provide safety leadership in promoting a safe and environmentally responsible working ethic, leading to an incident free workplace

About you

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Leadership experience and confidence in leading, developing and coaching team members
• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• An aptitude to establish and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to conform to plan and drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Alignment to our values of Care, Curiosity and Courage
• A ‘C’ class manual driver’s license
• Cert IV in Project Management or relevant qualification desirable, but not essential.

Where you will be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Rio Tinto operates the world's largest integrated portfolio of iron ore assets with industry-leading margins. Our premium product suite, including our flagship Pilbara blend, drives strong customer relationships and is supported by technical and commercial marketing expertise. The iron ore business continues to be the world's largest autonomous truck operator and a proud leader in automated mining technologies.

This position will be offered on a FIFO 8 days on, 6 days off roster from Perth, Western Australia.

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 witha 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 close on 13 September 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)