Shift Supervisor - Calcination

Your new career opportunity: Shift Supervisor - Calcination

• Inclusive work environment where people are valued and respected
• Residential role in the tight-knit town of Gladstone surrounded by iconic natural attractions
• Permanent full-time role
• Lifestyle roster (4,5,5 day & night shift)

About your role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Shift Supervisor to join the Calcination team in the Whiteside department.  Our focus is on safety and wellbeing, and we are looking for a leader who makes safety, culture, support, compassion and mentoring their number one priority.

Leading on the frontline is one of the most important jobs in our business and comes with a vast amount of responsibility.  Reporting directly to the Superintendent – Calcination, you will contribute to our Safe, Stable and Sustainable vision by: 

• Creating a culture of care by being a visible safety leader, supporting, mentoring, engaging, developing and coaching your team to achieve together
• Implementing safety improvements and co-ordinating activities to eliminate hazards
• Developing effective relationships with operational, maintenance and technical teams within the department and across site
• Planning and organising work to meet daily business targets
• Identifying and reporting on opportunities for improvement initiatives
• Managing costs to ensure delivery is met in the most cost-effective manner.

What you will bring

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

• Demonstrated experience as a safety leader with a passion to influence safe working methods amongst your team
• Previous experience in a Supervisor/Leadership role would be advantageous
• The ability to successfully work within a team environment and build working relationships through effectively communicating, engaging and building trust with your team, peers, leaders and stakeholders 
• Willingness to lead and implement change, influence, and mentor others 
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise workloads whilst ensuring accuracy in the workplace.
• A commitment to meeting safety, environment and business targets
• Excellent operational decision making and problem-solving skills combined with a desire to succeed in challenging situations

What’s on offer

We know there are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include:      

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Competitive salary package 
• Domestic relocation assistance 
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family 
• Learning and development opportunities to support your desired technical or leadership career path
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters

Where you will be working

Gladstone is a coastal town in central Queensland with the region home to a population of approximately 64,000. The Gladstone region enjoys well-established education services, entertainment, shopping and medical facilities and is the gateway to the Southern Great Barrier Reef. If you are thinking of making a seaside change, check out what our region has to offer:

https://www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/glad-gladstone

About QAL

Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) is one of the world’s largest alumina refineries, enjoying a global reputation as a leader in the minerals processing industry. QAL is focused on employee engagement, best practice technology, innovative capital solutions, benchmark maintenance and project execution whilst maintaining world class safety, quality and environmental performance.

Creating an inclusive and diverse workforce 

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 QAL, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds. 

You may not meet all the selection criteria we are looking for, but that doesn’t mean you are not the right fit for QAL. You might have experience outside of these requirements that will make you a great candidate with strengths in areas that we can build on. 

If you are looking for a new venture and the chance to work for a company that cares about being Safe, Stable and Sustainable, apply today.

Applications Close: Thursday, 29 February 2024