Women in Leadership Program - Supervisors

About the role

Have you considered a career change to a role where you’re encouraged to use your full potential and build on the skills you’ve already acquired?

Our Women in Leadership program is looking for our next leaders. The greatest thing about our program is you do not need any prior experience in our industry or as a Supervisor! We provide you with all the training and upskilling required to start your career journey at Rio Tinto.

The program will run for approximately 12 months, depending on your individual needs, and will be made up of a range of development activities including formal learning, on-the-job learning and coaching, mentoring and networking. You bring your transferable skills and passion for the women in leadership program provides a supportive environment to learn and grow into one of our future leaders.

You will gain operational exposure in working at one of our bauxite mines, alumina refineries or aluminium smelter sites. As a Supervisor, each day will be different, as you lead a team to execute their daily tasks, whilst keeping safety at the forefront of everything you do.

About you

We’d love to hear from those who have:

• A commitment to your own safety and to those around you
• A desire to lead with a visible leadership style of guiding, mentoring, developing and empowering team members
• A passion for learning, developing and personal growth, and a drive to make a difference
• Strong organisational, stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills
• Good problem solving and can think creatively
• An unwavering commitment to improve and maintain health and safety standards

Where you’ll be working

These roles will be based at one of the following sites, if you do not reside locally, you will be given relocation assistance for you and your family to start your new career journey. 

• Gove – Northern Territory
• Weipa - Queensland
• Gladstone - Queensland
• Bell Bay – Tasmania
• Invercargill – New Zealand

What we offer

With us, you’ll have:

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A supportive and inclusive environment
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• Recognition for your contribution, thinking and hard work
• Career development and education assistance to further your leadership ambitions or technical knowledge
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Access to an attractive share ownership plan
• Extensive salary sacrifice and 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).

Our traditional roster arrangements for Supervisors vary across our operational and maintenance teams and can include:

• 4 on/4 off - day and night shifts
• Lifestyle roster - day and night shifts
• 9-day fortnight
• Monday to Friday

About Rio TintoRio 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.

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.

If you’ve made it to the end of this page, this could be the opportunity you’ve been looking for and we want to hear from you. So, what are you waiting for? Apply today!