Team Leader - Residue Management Area

Team Leader – RMA

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Opportunity to learn and grow- receive training on dozers, excavators etc
• Exciting leadership opportunity where you will collaborate across site and drive teams to reach common goals

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. 

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. Every day our leaders grow, while our rosters are designed to help you live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family.

We are looking for a Team Leader – RMA to lead a small, tight-knit team of Process Technicians and Operators whose primary focus is to safely operate the thickeners and red mud dam. This includes isolations, complete valve and pump change-out activities, routine inspections, and mud farming. You will be a hands-on leader with mechanical aptitude and ability to confidently and clearly articulate expectations to ensure success.

This role is a great opportunity for a safety-focused Supervisor to drive a positive “one team” approach and share their passion towards achieving our safety, cash, people and growth objectives aligned with Rio Tinto’s values and vision.

Lead, create and maintain a climate in which individuals feel included, valued and all team members are clear about responsibilities, expectations, and objectives.

Reporting to the Superintendent some of your duties will include:

• Managing a team who are working a continuous day/night roster and completing effective and clear handovers with back-to-back team leader
• Demonstrating personal and team behaviour that meets or exceeds the Yarwun Visions and Models for leadership
• Fostering a culture of zero harm and continuous improvement
• Operating strategy and tactic development and improvement
• Delivering weekly, monthly, and annual production and safety performance KPI’s
• Managing expenditure within the allocated budget and execution of Yarwun operating system. 

What you’ll bring 

• A demonstrated commitment to the safety of yourself and your team 
• A passion for developing your people and enabling their success
• Experience in leading site-based teams ideally in a heavy industry or similar environment
• Intermediate to advanced computer literacy including MS Office such as Excel, Word and Projects as well as SAP or similar.
• Ability to achieve outcomes through influence and collaboration with others
• Leadership experience and confidence in leading, coaching and developing team members.
• Leadership training/qualifications may also be advantageous.

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. 

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 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
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

Where you’ll be working

With production beginning in 2004 at our Yarwun alumina refinery, located approximately 10 kilometres north-west of Gladstone in Central Queensland, today the operation produces more than three million tonnes of alumina per year.

Around 700 people support the operation, with an additional 350 contractors on site each year as part of scheduled maintenance shutdown activities. Thanks to its ‘Industry 4.0’ focus, Yarwun is also a leader in trialling new technologies to improve operations on site, including 3D printing, robotics and drones in confined spaces, and is home to Rio Tinto’s innovative Queensland Research and Development Centre (QRDC).

Along with Boyne Smelters Limited and Queensland Alumina Limited, our Yarwun Operation supports the local community in a wide range of initiatives through Here for Gladstone.

This role will be based out of the Residue Management Area (RMA) which is the tailings dam for the Yarwun Refinery.

Every Voice Matters

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.

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.