Planner - Major Works

Rio Tinto; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Annual incentive program

Extensive medical benefits

Share ownership plan

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Rio Tinto is seeking a Planner Major Works to coordinate planning for major shutdowns across fixed plant assets in the Pilbara. Reporting to the Superintendent Major Works, you will lead the planning and readiness of complex maintenance campaigns, ensuring scope is defined, risks managed and resources secured.

Working on a FIFO 5/2/4/3 roster, you will collaborate with operations, maintenance, engineering and contractors to improve asset reliability and shutdown performance.

Qualifications

• Experience planning and coordinating major maintenance, shutdowns or asset replacement in heavy industrial environments.
• Ability to develop maintenance plans, work packs and shutdown readiness activities for complex scopes.
• Strong understanding of work management, shutdown planning, forecasting and scheduling principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning for major shutdowns and maintenance campaigns on fixed plant assets (crushers, feeders, balance machines).
• Develop executable maintenance plans with labour, materials, tooling and contractor resources.
• Maintain integrated shutdown schedules with critical path, risks and interdependencies.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Stakeholder engagement

Contractor management

Work management

Safety-first mindset

Budget monitoring

MS Office proficiency

Education

Trade qualification in fixed plant maintenance

Tools

SAP

Prometheus

Microsoft Project

Job description

(Multiple roles covering Crushers, Apron Feeders, Balance Machines)

• Play a critical role in planning and coordinating major shutdown works on Rio Tinto’s specialised fixed plant assets, driving asset reliability, shutdown performance and safe execution outcomes.
• Develop expertise in major works planning, shutdown strategy, contractor management, critical path scheduling and asset lifecycle management while influencing operational outcomes across some of the Pilbara’s most complex fixed plant assets.
• Enjoy a 5 2 4 3 FIFO roster, attractive benefits, and the opportunity to work alongside a team focused on safety, collaboration, technical excellence and continuous improvement.

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide the materials the world needs, now and into the future. Guided by our values of care, courage and curiosity, we work together to solve challenges, improve performance and create lasting value for our people, communities and customers.

About The Role

We are looking for a Planner Major Works to join the Major Works team responsible for planning major shutdown and maintenance activities across Rio Tinto’s specialised fixed plant assets. Reporting to the Superintendent Major Works, you will lead the planning and readiness of complex maintenance campaigns on Primary Crushers (Gyratory and Jaw Crushers), Apron Feeders, or Balance Machines, ensuring scope is defined, risks are managed, resources are secured and work is executable.

Working on a FIFO 5 2 4 3 roster, you will play a key role in improving asset reliability and shutdown performance while partnering with operational, maintenance, engineering and contractor stakeholders across the Pilbara.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead planning activities for major shutdowns and maintenance campaigns on specialised fixed plant assets including Primary Crushers, Apron Feeders and Balance Machines.
• Develop executable maintenance plans, ensuring labour, materials, tooling, contractor resources and support equipment are identified, planned and available for execution.
• Develop and maintain integrated shutdown schedules, managing critical path, risks, interdependencies and resource requirements throughout the shutdown lifecycle.
• Coordinate labour, accommodation, logistics, materials and contractor mobilisation to ensure work scopes are ready for safe and efficient execution.
• Support scope development, readiness reviews, commissioning planning and shutdown governance activities in alignment with RTIO shutdown management processes.
• Provide technical planning support to maintenance, engineering and operational stakeholders to optimise shutdown outcomes and improve asset reliability.
• Lead contractor engagement activities, including scope development, resource planning, performance monitoring and contract support.
• Collect, analyse and report work management and shutdown performance data, identifying improvement opportunities and corrective actions.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with safety, environmental, statutory and business requirements.
• Coach and support supervisors, engineers and maintenance teams in planning standards, shutdown readiness and work management processes.
• Monitor budgets, forecasts and maintenance costs to support the delivery of safe, efficient and cost-effective major works programs.

About You

We’re looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements outlined below. You do not need to meet every helpful for success criterion to apply. If you bring relevant experience and are excited by the opportunity, we encourage you to submit an application.

Required for Success

• A strong commitment to the safety of yourself and others.
• Demonstrated experience planning and coordinating major maintenance, shutdown or asset replacement activities within mining, fixed plant or other heavy industrial environments.
• Experience developing maintenance plans, work packs, shutdown schedules and readiness activities for complex maintenance scopes.
• Strong understanding of work management, shutdown planning, resource forecasting and scheduling principles.
• Proven ability to engage and influence stakeholders across operations, maintenance, engineering, supply and contractor organisations.
• Experience coordinating labour, materials, tooling, equipment and specialist contractor resources to support safe and efficient execution.
• Computer literacy and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Outlook and Word.
• A current Australian Manual C Class Driver’s Licence.

Helpful for Success

• Experience planning major shutdowns, outages or asset replacement campaigns involving Primary Crushers, Apron Feeders, Balance Machines or other large scale materials handling assets.
• Relevant trade qualification or practical experience in fixed plant maintenance, major shutdown execution or asset reliability.
• Experience managing contractors, shutdown logistics, specialist resources and maintenance budgets.
• Knowledge of asset management, work management and maintenance planning processes within large-scale operational environments.
• Experience using SAP and maintenance scheduling tools such as Prometheus or Microsoft Project.
• Experience supporting schedule optimisation, shutdown readiness and reliability improvement initiatives.
• Previous exposure to critical lifts, complex commissioning activities and high-risk maintenance scopes.
• Understanding of contractor management, procurement processes, long lead material planning and shutdown governance.

What We Offer

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
• 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 tofamily-friendly health and medical wellbeingsupport
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, personal & cultural leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

Where you'll be working

This role offers the opportunity to work within a collaborative and high-performing team responsible for delivering major maintenance and shutdown activities across Rio Tinto’s Pilbara operations. Working on a 5 2 4 3 FIFO roster, you will travel across multiple Pilbara sites, balancing shutdown planning, stakeholder engagement and on-site execution support while contributing to the reliability and performance of some of the largest mining assets in the world.

Applications for this role will close on Tuesday, 20 October 2026.

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 situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and Inclusion

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTQ+ 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.