Coordinator Shutdown

Shutdown Coordinator

• Fantastic opportunity to further develop your leadership capability
• Enjoy an exceptional work life balance with 8 days on, 6 days off roster
• FIFO from Perth to Gudai-Darri

About the role

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

We are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic Shutdown Coordinator to join our Gudai-Darri operation. 

This is a great opportunity for an individual with a strong work ethic, positive attitude, and mindset, and who values personal and others safety above all else. The primary function of this role will be responsible for ensuring all tasks are understood pre-shutdown and the necessary actions are taken to ensure successful execution of shutdowns, aligned with site’s direction and positive culture. 

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 are 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 Shutdown Supervisor, working 8 days on, 6 days off roster, Duties will include:

• Working closely with Shutdown Planners, Electrical Coordinators, Permit Officers, our fixed plant teams, and our contractor partners to develop and execute a quality shutdown plan.
• Management of contractors when on site and coordinating all mechanical tasks pre, post and during shutdowns for your assigned area of responsibility to QA/QC requirements.
• Demonstrating a strong commitment to safety to achieve a workplace target of zero injuries and incidents
• Completing deep dives into shutdown work orders and identifying constraints such as interactions, commissioning requirements, isolations/permits, accuracy of duration of tasks, parts, resources etc.
• Actively support and coordinate pre shut and post shut activities – i.e., job scoping, planning, shut org charts, development of wash-down & permit plans, crane set up maps, laydown/staging areas, tooling and consumables, clean-up, tooling returns, parts return etc.
• Influencing team members and our contract partners to generate improvement ideas

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Excellent understanding of Work Management Systems and Process; able to easily navigate through SAP and Gantts
• High exposure to Contractor Management System; CMS qualification required
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating the ability to engage with the team and our contractor partners to promote site’s values and positive culture
• A willingness to learn and a continuous improvement mindset
• A positive outlook and an adaptable, flexible, and reliant attitude
• Dedicated commitment to workplace health and safety
• An unrestricted ‘C’ Class Driver’s Licence

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

Our $A3.6 billion Gudai-Darri iron ore mine is our most technologically advanced mine. In addition to leveraging technology already in use across Rio Tinto, such as autonomous trucks, trains and drills, Gudai-Darri also has more than 70 design innovations including a reclaimer with a rotable bucket wheel, a world class laboratory and in-field access to data and systems for all team members. 

The Caterpillar mining fleet at Gudai-Darri includes autonomous trucks, production drills, and in a world first, autonomous water carts.

Located 110km north-west of Newman, Gudai-Darri will produce up to 43 million tonnes of iron ore a year in its first phase, contributing to our flagship product, the Pilbara Blend™. It will also become a production hub for our iron ore business, incorporating world class infrastructure and a 166-kilometre rail line connecting the mine to our existing network.

Gudai-Darri is creating jobs and business opportunities in Western Australia. More than 2,000 people have been employed as part of its construction with approximately 600 permanent operational roles created. 

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 Friday, 23rd September 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).