Supervisor Plant Maintenance
6 days ago
Supervisor Plant Maintenance
The perfect balance, our roster gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community
Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
About the role
Join our team as a Supervisor Plant Maintenance, where you'll lead a team of Mechanical Maintainers and Boilermakers in executing weekly maintenance activities and support shutdown execution, while ensuring consistent application of safety and asset management processes. You'll play a crucial role in maintaining the reliability and safety of our assets.
You will lead, mentor, coach and develop the Mechanical Maintenance team and Support Shutdown teams with shut execution, including providing regular performance feedback. Providing leadership to safely execute Maintenance activities at a site level, ensuring teams are set up for success to meet site performance objectives.
You'll be part of a collaborative, high performing team, supported by your leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team. You'll work an 8/6/7/7/ roster which will give you more time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your life.
Reporting to the Superintendent Plant Maintenance, you will:
Manage and supervises a team of trade employees in the delivery of maintenance activities
Ensure compliance to relative legislation, including statutory obligations, Rio Tinto standards, policies and procedures
Appointment as Statutory Supervisor under WHS (Mines) Regulations 2022 with the functions as per Schedule 26
Actively foster and communicate a positive safety culture to promote safety awareness and compliance, encouraging prioritisation of safety in all activities and operations
Foster a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, evaluating, and implementing improvement opportunities utilising a range of Rio Tinto best practices
Contribute to an inclusive culture striving towards operational excellence
Collaborate closely with other functions and stakeholders in the performance of duties
Lead, coach, and develop a team of Maintenance personnel
Organise and manage the execution of Maintenance work performed
Responsible for Maintenance training, safety compliance, scheduling, and productivity
Manage Maintenance activities to maximise productivity, while minimising cost and environmental impact
Develop and roll out daily work plans that are consistent with work schedules and operational priorities
Manage key safety investigations, prepare reports and recommendations, and implement corrective and preventative actions
Check notifications daily to determine clarity and accuracy, and liaise closely with the Planner and Scheduler to review new notifications and assign accountability
Resolve on the job challenges (with regards to team cohesion, planned maintenance activities, maintenance shutdown schedules, etc.)
Achieve safety and service performance as per targets and facilitate the achievement of direct report's KPI's
Monitor and measure team performance to ensure that safety, maintenance, and cost targets are met
Manage equipment provided to the team in support of their activities and ensure appropriate allocation of resources to achieve planned outcomes
Develop, review and update procedures and training documentation for all areas of work
Assist the Superintendent Maintenance in delivering successful shutdown maintenance
What you'll bring
Leadership experience and confidence in leading, developing, and coaching team members
Knowledge of maintenance principles
Contractor management experience
An understanding of the work management process and principles, with a sound knowledge of shutdown and maintenance
Relevant trade qualifications or Engineering degree
Experience in bulk materials handling sector or related industry, particularly related to an operational work environment
Computer literacy including Microsoft Office, SAP, Prometheus, & other information systems
Effective planning and time management skills
C Class driver's licence
Frontline management qualification or similar will be well regarded
A can-do attitude
A continuous improvement and growth mindset
Statutory Supervisor Qualification or willingness to obtain
What we offer
Be recognised for your contribution, your critical 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
Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
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, cultural leave)
To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more
Where you'll be working
In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own a world-class, integrated network of 18 mines, 4 independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world's leading producers and exporters of iron ore.
Applications close on 12th of October 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).
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 situations 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.
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