Supervisor Utilities

Power Station Supervisor Utilities

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• 8 days on 6 days off roster - FIFO or Residential in Paraburdoo
• Day shift only with a call out roster

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are seeking a Power Station Supervisor with extensive experience within the power generation industry.

You will be responsible for the leadership, management and direction of onsite trades to successfully maintain and operate the Paraburdoo Power Station. The correct candidate will have proven extensive experience performing scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of power plant assets in accordance with instructions, procedures and required standards to enable reliable plant operations.

This opportunity is full of rewarding challenges and role diversity; your demonstrated ability to engage, connect and positively influence will prove valuable to the effectiveness of this role.

Reporting to the Superintendent Utilities and working in a challenging and exciting environment within our Plant Operations team, you will:

• Provide safety and technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to a team of mechanical and electrical maintainers carrying out inspections, scheduled maintenance, breakdown maintenance and project upgrades within the power station
• Ensuring that maintenance is of a high quality and re-work is not required
• Planning daily work, utilising the team’s strengths
• Use SAP to raise and approve notifications, maintain team capacities and ensure maintenance activity information is captured
• Work with the engineering team supporting projects and major outages
• Supporting all operational leaders where required
• Supporting all aspects of HSEQ compliance, auditing, education and management of the HSEQ System
• Review and approve weekly scheduled maintenance plans
• Previous experience in performance management, incident investigations and in safety leadership
• Proven ability in leading a safe, cost effective and high achieving team to meet operational requirements

What you’ll bring

• Mechanical Trade qualification or Electrical Trade qualification
• EEHA qualification and experience
• Experience in HV switching and operations
• PLC and operating platform qualifications and experience
• Experience in operations and maintenance of Gas Turbines & Balance of Plant.
• Operation and maintenance of reverse osmosis water treatment plants
• Experience and an understanding the Work Management Processes & Practices
• Western Australian C class driver’s licence

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• GE LM6000 gas turbine Level 1 & Level 2 mechanical maintenance
• Experience with GE Jet Engines, LM2500, LM6000 or LMS100 gas turbines is also preferred
• Industrial Gas fitting, type B appliance training and experience
• Hazardous area training
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and SAP
• Condition monitoring techniques, i.e. Vibration monitoring, lube oil sampling
• Apply First Aid

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• 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 and salary packaging options
• Career development and 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)

About Rio Tinto

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 rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres 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

Where you’ll be working

Located 80km south west of Tom Price, Paraburdoo is a town nestled in some of the most scenic landscape in Western Australia. Paraburdoo is recognised for its beautiful scenery, wildlife diversity and close proximity to Karijini National Park. Paraburdoo prides itself on being a safe and friendly community; ideal for young families.

The picturesque town provides residents with a range of leisure facilities and local amenities including a domestic airport, hospital, community centre, child care centre, primary school, parks and a variety of sporting facilities. The recently built Paraburdoo Sports, Fitness and Community Complex offers state of the art facilities including an Olympic-size swimming pool, indoor basketball court and gym.

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.

Ready to experience something unique? Come work with us.

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia.

Applications close on 10 September 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)