Planner Short Term

Short Term Planner – Fixed Plant 

• Global mining organisation with an exceptional safety culture
• Use your analytical skills to successfully lead and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• FIFO Opportunity on a 5:2, 4:3 roster Guadi Darri

Where we’re all welcome 

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. 

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

We are looking for a Short Term Planner – Fixed Plant for the Gudai Darri operation. This role is a great opportunity for a passionate and self-motivated individual who has exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills. You will have the ability to work in a flexible environment and will need to be able to effectively prioritize your workload. Reporting to the Senior Planner, you will be:

• Be the custodian of the Rio Tinto Work Management Process for your area
• Develop and maintain Maintenance Plans through all phases of the work management process
• Facilitate planning meetings in accordance with the work management process
• Detailed planning of work in SAP, capturing improvement changes, developing estimations of resource requirements and ordering of parts and materials
• Prioritising work according to maintenance plans and asset risk with Supervisors, Superintendents and external departments, utilising considerable stakeholder and relationship building skills
• Developing and refining the scheduled outage forecast working in with site and central teams to optimise and manage business impact
• Understand and work with Long Term Planners to develop and work within the boundaries of the Zero Based Budget
• Work closely with a variety of stakeholders across the organisation to identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement and ensure effective communication of plans to mitigate risk

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Proven experience using SAP
• Experience with executing, scheduling or planning asset maintenance
• Knowledge in Microsoft Office (Project and Excel)
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills
• Able to be proactive and flexible
• Highly organised with great record keeping skills
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills
• Complex problem solving and ability to think on your feet to deliver effective and sustainable

What we offer

• Experience with developing and implementing safe procedures with previous supervisory experience
• Be 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
• 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 an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700-kilometre rail network and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand.

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.

Applications close on Thursday 2nd April 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

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