Tug Skipper

Tug Skipper

• Permanent Tug skipper role with a market leading organisation
• Residential or FIFO from any Australian capital city, Cairns or Darwin
• We offer industry leading paid parental leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements
• Enjoy a relaxed coastal lifestyle with endless opportunities for camping, fishing and boating!
• Be home with your family each night, (residential role), 28 days on, 28 days off roster

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Tug Skipper to operate the Tug/Pilot Boat operations for Rio Tinto Gove.

This is a great opportunity for a motivated, experienced skipper with extensive maritime experience and relevant qualification to work on a 28 days on, 28 days roster.

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible.Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

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

• Ensuring the operational readiness of the tugs to meet the demands of our 24 hour shipping capability
• Working closely with Maintenance Coordinator ensuring Vessel readiness 
• Administration and training in accordance with site and maritime requirements
• Ensuring compliance with Rio Tinto and AMSA regulations
• Ensuring crew compliance to the SMS on board each vessel
• Managing crew Fatigue conditions.
• Delivering change processes to drive continuous improvement within Port operations

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team (standard for all job adverts)
• Master Class IV (<35 metres Near Coastal)
• MSIC Card or ability to obtain
• Significant experience as Master operating azimuth stern drive harbour tugs
• Harbour towage operations experience
• Seaways ASD trained Module 1&2 (preferred).
• Proven extensive leadership experience
• Exposure to SAP Business system (preferred)
• Demonstrated commitment to Health and Safety

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Marine Engine Driver Grade 2 or better (Near Coastal)

What we offerBe 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 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

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 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’ll be workingOur Gove site in Australia’s Northern Territory has been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for more than 40 years.

Gove bauxite is shipped internationally as well as domestically to supply Queensland Alumina Limited and Yarwun refineries in Gladstone, Queensland. These refineries produce alumina as feedstock for our Australian aluminium smelting operations and for sale on the international market.

We expect our bauxite mining operations in the Gove Peninsula will cease later this decade and we are doing significant work to support closure of the operation.

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 Tuesday the 11^th of June 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).