Team Leaders- Bell Bay Aluminium

Team Leaders - Bell Bay Aluminium

• Bring your leadership skills to and we’ll help you learn all about aluminium smelting
• A permanent role where your safety, career development and success are our priority
• Lead your team with Care, Courage and Curiosity

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. You’ll motivate, inspire and keep your people safe and well.We have exciting new leadership opportunities for 2023 on site at Bell Bay Aluminium to lead teams of maintenance or operations crews to drive performance to meet key performance indicators with safety being at the forefront of everything we do.

You’ll set and maintain the direction of the Crew, providing coaching and feedback to crew members and leading the crew to deliver specific quality and quantity of output in a safe, agile and effective manner.

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.

This role is a great opportunity for someone who has led teams previously either in heavy industry or a related field to further develop their skills and experience whilst fostering a collaborative team culture on site.

Reporting to the Superintendent and working in a challenging and exciting environment, you will be:

• Leading the Crew in a way that ensures that the performance of the team safely meets or exceeds plan;
• Leading the Crew in a way that ensures that the plant is operated according to procedures in line with specifications and area requirements
• Conducting required audits and inspections to a high standard, and for the purpose of reinforcing a strong HSE culture and systems;
• Ensuring targets are consistently achieved in a safe sustainable/ timely manner and with maximum customer satisfaction;
• Developing relief Crew Leaders ahead of time through open sharing of learnings and encouragement

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Strong interpersonal skills where you are present, participate, listen and ask questions to get the best ideas
• Computer literacy including exposure to Microsoft Word, Excel and SAP
• Ability to liaise and work with a range of stakeholders who are all striving to be the best operator
• Experience in heavy or related industries in a leadership position
• A passion for people and values-based leadership
• Experience or ability to lead a team to achieve results safely

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking, and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

This role offers variety, an opportunity to challenge yourself and other and “own the role” with support. As a permanent employee, you will also get access to:

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Market leading parental leave policy
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• 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

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’ll be working

Bell Bay Aluminium is part of the Rio Tinto Group, a global leader in aluminium, which is one of the world’s most widely used metals. Based approximately 50 kilometres from Launceston in Northern Tasmania, the smelter produces primary aluminium products.

If you’re not already connected with us via our Facebook Page, follow this link for more information: www.facebook.com/bellbayaluminium

Or, you can learn more on our official website: https://bellbayaluminium.com.au/

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.

Apply today if you want to work in an environment where we challenge you to drive positive change.