Supervisor - Mining Maintenance

Supervisor - Mining Maintenance

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Residential role based in the beautiful tropical town of Gove, huge range of benefits!

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a passionate and values-driven Supervisor to lead a team of heavy mining equipment tradespeople to ensure safety, people and production targets are met.

Leading on the frontline is one of the most important jobs in our business and comes with a huge amount of responsibility. We need you to motivate, inspire and keep your people safe and well.

With signature leadership training programmes, growing and developing is more than an opportunity – it is something we actively plan and make happen. Every day our leaders grow, while our rosters are designed to help you live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family.

This is a great opportunity for a people leader, who has a strong focus on safety and driving cultural change. Reporting to the Mining Maintenance Superintendent and working a 4 on, 4 off (days and nights) roster; you will be:

• Providing visible leadership and driving a positive safety culture and respectful behaviours within the team
• Continually developing and upskilling team members
• Participating in the measuring, analysing, and recommendation of process improvements.
• Coordinating all maintenance activities through efficient use of resources and assets
• Monitoring the performance of the shift maintenance targets and taking appropriate action to maintain the production requirements
• Participating in the preparation of accurate weekly maintenance schedules and assigning tasks to team members.
• Oversee the execution of maintenance and repairs being completed in a safe manner, delivered on time, and to a high-quality standard.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• A background with heavy mobile equipment maintenance and a trade or tertiary qualification for the purpose of effectively checking and verifying work to ensure safety and legal requirements are met
• Experience leading teams in a regulated environment
• A passion for leadership and alignment to Rio Tinto’s values and vision
• A continuous improvement mindset
• Competency in the use of SAP and Microsoft Office programs Word and Excel.

What we offer

• Shift allowance for working a mixture of days and nights
• Domestic relocation assistance
• Remote area allowance (25% of base salary)
• Remote area holiday travel assistance
• Heavily subsidised housing and utilities
• 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
• 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)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

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 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.

Where you will be working

Our Gove Operations have been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for more than 40 years. Located in Australia’s Northern Territory, each year the operation produces approximately 12 million tonnes of bauxite.

With a workforce of 460 people, daily activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, shutdown planning and execution, export operations, cultural heritage management, and closure activities following our decision to close the site’s alumina refinery and associated Residue Disposal Area in 2017.

We expect our bauxite mining operations on the Gove Peninsula will cease in 2030 and we are undertaking significant work to support closure of the operation. We also recognise our operations take place on Indigenous-owned land, and we are committed to working together to achieve a positive future for Nhulunbuy and the Gove Peninsula post-mining.

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.