Transport and Logistics Controller – Boyne Smelters
- Be part of close-knit team with a strong commitment to safety
- Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
- Enjoy a relaxed coastal lifestyle next to a regional hub – Gladstone
- Full time role based at Boyne Island, Queensland
About the roleFinding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.Reporting to the Transport Logistics Crew Leader, the
Transport & Logistics Controller will play an important role in delivering quality Aluminium both ingot and billet for our domestic and international customers.This role is a great opportunity for a safety focused, team player who wants to contribute to making the business even better. The role will require the successful applicant to spend a large portion of their time in the field.Working as part of a small team you will be responsible but not limited to;
- Planning the safe execution in the preparation, loading and delivery of Aluminium to our customers.
- Nurturing a safety culture that delivers world class safety performance.
- Being able to work across output team boundaries to always deliver the best outcome for the smelter.
- Conducting required audits and inspections to a high standard, and for the purpose of reinforcing a strong HSE culture and systems.
- Ensuring targets are consistently delivered in a sustainable/ timely manner and with maximum customer satisfaction
- Work closely with our contracting partners. Being a contractor delegate or rep will be advantageous due to the amount of work we complete with 3rd party providers
What you’ll bringTo be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
- A demonstrated commitment to safety
- Desire and ability to lead, and function effectively as part of a team
- A commitment to continuous improvement
- Mechanical aptitude
- Excellent communication skills
- The ability to work with upstream and downstream stakeholders and support teams
- Active participation in Toolbox and Safety Meeting sessions and ability to facilitate Toolbox meeting when Crew Leader is absent.
- A willingness to learn and enthusiasm to develop new skills as required
- Sound computer skills including the use of Metpro would be desirable.
- Forklift ticket highly regarded
- Manual c class drivers licence required
What we offerBe 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
- 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 & 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
Where you will be workingRio Tinto is a global leader in aluminium, one of the world’s most widely used metals.Active in the sector for more than 110 years, today we operate large-scale, high-quality bauxite mines and alumina refineries, and have the world’s most modern and competitive aluminium smelter portfolio.
Boyne Smelters Limited is Australia’s second largest aluminium smelter with a 1,000-person strong workforce. Located approximately 20km south east of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast, BSL produces around 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum.Activities at BSL include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten material into aluminium products ready to ship. The smelter is connected via a conveyor belt to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for the supply of alumina.BSL is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring safe work practices where people feel safe at work and care for each other.About Rio TintoEvery 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 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.Every Voice MattersAt 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.Closing date – 2nd April 2024