Trainer

Trainer

• Join our high-performing Learning and Development team at Boyne Smelters Limited
• Permanent employment in Gladstone and a huge range of additional benefits
• We welcome enquiring minds and people with the courage to help us challenge and continually improve. A touch of creativity would also be welcome!

About the role

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

We are looking for a Trainer to join the team at our BSL site in Gladstone. This is a great opportunity to be a part of our frontline Learning and Development team based at Boyne Smelter Limited, Gladstone. You will be a forward-facing team member, delivering a range of frontline theory training, and supporting leaders and online assessors to train and develop our operational teams.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Superintendent Learning & Development and working in a challenging and exciting environment within Boyne Smelters Limited, you will be responsible for:

• Delivery of formal face to face classroom learning content
• Delivery of specialised learning content
• Pre-classroom or specialised learning delivery logistics including; list of attendees, printing of required resources, setting up of room or training location
• Post classroom or specialised learning delivery including; marking of assessments, if a permit is to be issued, issuing the permit on successful completion, scanning of learning evidence
• Partnering with Instructional Designers to create and review fit for purpose learning content that meets the needs of the business
• Conducting formal planned coaching and appraisal of on job trainers
• Giving and receiving feedback with OJTs on an adhoc basis
• Accountable for validating OJTs to be authorised (internal and external customer groups)
• Accountable for quality assurance assessment of competency evidence.
• Response to customer queries including system access assistance
• Partner with Learning Support team to development and review learning content

What you will bring

• Demonstrated leadership capability, personal drive and an authentic and flexible approach
• Teamwork – we have a great team and need team players who are also accountable for autonomous objectives and activities
• Professionalism – we are the first people our new starters see. We lead and train them with enthusiasm and a willingness to share experiences – theirs and ours.
• A genuine passion for helping others learn, develop, and thrive in their workplace
• Willingness to be curious about what you do, how you do it, and demonstrated ability to take the lead on improvement activities
• Strong facilitation and communication skills including how to engage, story tell and bring people on the learning journey

What we offer

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP)
• Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
• A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays)
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive. We have been mining for almost 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities.

Where you will be working

Opened in 1982, Boyne Smelters Limited is Australia’s second largest aluminium smelter with a 1,000-person strong workforce. Located approximately 20 kilometres south east of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast, BSL produces around 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum. 

Activities at BSL include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten material into aluminium products ready to ship. The smelter is connected via a conveyor belt to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for the supply of alumina.

Along with Yarwun Operations and Queensland Alumina Limited, BSL supports the local community in a wide range of initiatives.

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.