Weekly Scheduler

Weekly Scheduler

• New opportunity, due to evident growth and progression within the business
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Family friendly roster – 5 days on; 2 days off / 4 days on; 3 days off
• Every other weekend is a long weekend with flexible working arrangements available!

About the role

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

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Weekly Scheduler’s to join our team at Marandoo to help us excel at safely maintaining our mobile fleet through effective preparation and delivery of maintenance schedules.

This is a great opportunity for enthusiastic individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is seeking a rewarding scheduling role.

We are an open, connected international team of technical specialists using some of the most exciting data and tools on the planet. We are the world leader in automation and smart mining. We have technical development programmes that are industry-leading and recognise the unique nature of your role. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills

Reporting to the Senior Planner and working in a challenging and exciting environment within the Asset Management & Engineering Services team you will be:

• Produce weekly draft & final schedules, run the corresponding meetings with the various stakeholders following a set agenda
• Generate weekly work management analysis reports for discussion at the Schedule Draft and Week In Review meetings
• Balancing forecasted labour with asset maintenance requirements as prescribe by Short Term Planners
• Prioritising work with Supervisors, Superintendents, and OEM Partners, utilising your considerable stakeholder and relationship building skills
• Ability to think outside the box to safely reduce shutdown duration's where possible
• Work closely with a variety of stakeholders across the organisation to identifying and implement opportunities for continuous improvement and ensure there is effective communication of the plans to ensure appropriate risk management strategies are in place

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Demonstrated skills in maintenance planning or scheduling
• Well-developed stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to work under pressure and coordinate multiple work targets
• Computer literacy and proficiency in the suite of Microsoft packages such as Outlook, Excel, and Word
• A current Australian driver's license

Desirable but not necessary:

• Working knowledge of SAP and MS Project
• Detailed knowledge of Work Management processes, with particular emphasis on scheduling related phases

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

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

The Marandoo mine is located at the foot of Mount Bruce adjacent to the Karijini National Park, 50 km east of the town of Tom Price. Marandoo is known for its picturesque hills and mountain ranges. Our operation currently employs a fly in fly out workforce.

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 the 19^th of September 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).