Superintendent Planning & Engineering - MEM

Rio Tinto; Pannawonica; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary with annual incentive

Comprehensive medical benefits incl.健康

Share ownership plan

Insurance cover

Salary packaging options

Career development support

Family health & wellbeing support

Leave entitlements

Employee discounts

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Rio Tinto in Pannawonica, WA, is seeking a Senior Superintendent Planning & Engineering to lead the MEM Planning & Engineering team and deliver safe, reliable asset performance across site operations.

You will drive fleet maintenance strategy, plan and scheduling, and partner with operations and central teams to improve plant reliability while living a residential lifestyle on a 9-day fortnight roster.

This role offers a permanent position with a competitive base salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience leading planning, maintenance or asset management in mining or similar.
• Proven capability in safety-critical environments.
• Budgeting, forecasting and performance management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead MEM Planning & Engineering team with strong safety culture.
• Drive maintenance plans aligned with production requirements.
• Coordinate 24-hour and weekly maintenance plans and inputs.
• Oversee work management governance and asset standards.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance and central teams to improve reliability.
• Monitor performance via KPIs, risk management and continuous improvement.
• Manage budgets and financial outcomes; lead root cause analysis.

Skills

Planning leadership

Maintenance management

Asset management

Safety culture

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical/ Electrical/ Metallurgical/ Process)

Related discipline or practical experience

Tools

SAP

Prometheus

Job description

• Lead the Mobile Equipment Maintenance (MEM) Planning & Engineering function and shape safe, reliable asset performance across site operations.
• Influence maintenance strategy, coach capability and drive continuous improvement alongside leaders across the operation.
• Enjoy a residential lifestyle opportunity in Pannawonica working a 9 day fortnight 5,2,4,3 roster (Monday to Friday / Monday to Thursday)

We’re Finding Better Ways to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About The Role

We are looking for a Superintendent Planning & Engineering to help the Mobile Equipment Maintenance (MEM) Planning & Engineering team deliver safe, reliable and effective asset performance.

In this role, you’ll contribute to fleet maintenance strategy, planning, scheduling and engineering outcomes while working closely with operational, maintenance, technical and central teams.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys leading people, solving complex operational challenges and strengthening capability across a site-based function.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and develop the Mobile Equipment Maintenance (MEM) Planning & Engineering team, fostering a strong safety culture and high levels of engagement.
• Drive short and medium term maintenance plans aligned with production requirements and asset strategies.
• Coordinate high-quality 24-hour and weekly maintenance plans and strengthen schedule inputs and plan compliance.
• Oversee work management governance, defect elimination and asset management standards across the site.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Technical Services and central teams to improve plant reliability and productivity.
• Monitor asset and team performance through key performance indicators, risk management and continuous improvement processes.
• Manage maintenance and engineering budgets, forecasts and financial outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership for root cause analysis, equipment failure investigations and long-term asset improvement plans.

About You

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

Required for Success

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Demonstrated experience leading planning, maintenance, engineering or asset management functions in mining, processing or another large-scale, safety-critical industrial environment.
• Experience coaching leaders, managing team performance and leading change in an operational setting.
• Practical knowledge of work management, asset management and maintenance planning principles.
• Experience managing budgets, forecasting processes and business performance outcomes.
• A qualification in Mechanical, Electrical, Metallurgical or Process Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Helpful for Success

• Experience using MEM asset management systems such as SAP, Prometheus or similar platforms.
• Experience in Rio Tinto or a comparable large-scale resources environment.
• Relevant statutory appointments, licences or certifications associated with fixed plant operations.

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 & 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

Located in the scenic Pilbara region and close to the major centre of Karratha, this vibrant town offers a sought‑after lifestyle and affordable living in comfortable subsidised housing.

This is a great opportunity for you and your family to contribute to a unique community and enjoy a wide range of seasonal outdoor activities; allowing you to find the perfect balance between leisure and work.

The town of Pannawonica is supported by a resident doctor, an excellent primary school with options to undertake secondary school studies in a supervised distance education program, supermarket, and a local community gym and youth centre.

Applications will close on Friday 18th September 2026.

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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.