Supervisor Cranes

Rio Tinto; Shire Of East Pilbara; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Annual incentive program

Comprehensive medical benefits with-s.

Share ownership plan

Company provided insurance

Salary packaging options

Career development and education

Family-friendly health and wellbeing

Annual leave and leave options

Job summary

Rio Tinto in Western Australia is seeking a Supervisor Cranes to lead crane and transport teams during shutdowns and major maintenance across Pilbara operations.

You will drive safety, coordinate resources, and partner with planners and contractors to ensure timely delivery of lifting and transport requirements in a dynamic, heavy-industry environment.

This permanent role offers a competitive salary, annual incentives, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Experienced frontline leader in cranes, transport, shutdowns or heavy industry.
• Ability to respond to changing priorities and emergent work.
• Proven coaching and development skills for teams.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience with contractor management systems.
• Knowledge of planning, scheduling and shutdown execution.
• Current Australian C Class Driver’s Licence.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word).

Responsibilities

• Promote and lead a strong safety culture aligned to Rio Tinto standards.
• Lead crane and belts teams during shutdowns and major maintenance.
• Coach and develop team members to reinforce safe behaviours and performance.
• Coordinate resources and adapt to changing priorities and breakdowns.
• Build relationships across maintenance, operations, planning and contractors.
• Support workforce planning and daily shutdown execution.
• Monitor progress and support schedule delivery against safety, quality and performance targets.
• Support contractor management and ensure work aligns with site requirements.
• Contribute to reporting, cost management and continuous improvement.

Skills

Frontline leadership

Crane & transport operations

Safety leadership

Communication & stakeholder engagement

Contractor management systems

Planning & scheduling

C Class Driver’s Licence

Microsoft Excel

Tools

CN crane licence

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

• Join our Major Works team supporting shutdown and major maintenance activities across the Pilbara

• Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better

• Enjoy an 8/6 FIFO roster while working alongside a team focused on safety, collaboration and continuous improvement.

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 seeking a Supervisor Cranes to join our Major Works team supporting shutdown and major maintenance activities across Rio Tinto’s Pilbara operations.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced frontline leader who thrives in a dynamic environment and can effectively respond to changing priorities, emerging work and operational breakdowns. You will provide onsite leadership, development and support to crane and transport operators while coordinating the safe and timely delivery of lifting and transportation requirements.

Working closely with Coordinators, Planners, operational teams and Contractors, you will play a key role in supporting shutdown execution, resource coordination and the delivery of major works across multiple Pilbara operations.

What you’ll be doing

Reporting to the Superintendent Cranes & Belts you will:

• Promote and lead a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance with Rio Tinto standards, policies and procedures.
• Lead and support crane and belts teams through the safe and efficient execution of shutdown and major maintenance activities.
• Provide coaching, mentoring and development to team members to support safe behaviours and strong performance.
• Coordinate resources and respond effectively to changing priorities, emerging work and breakdown requirements.
• Build strong working relationships across maintenance, operations, planning and contractor teams.
• Support workforce planning, resource coordination and daily shutdown execution activities.
• Monitor work progress and support the delivery of shutdown schedules against safety, quality and performance targets.
• Support contractor management processes and ensure work is completed in line with site and operational requirements.
• Contribute to reporting, cost management and continuous improvement initiatives.

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 frontline leadership experience within cranes, transport, shutdowns, mining, construction or a similar heavy industry environment.
• Experience leading teams in a dynamic environment with changing priorities and emerging work.
• Strong leadership capability with the ability to influence, coach and support others.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience working with contractor management systems and processes.
• An understanding of planning, scheduling and shutdown execution fundamentals.
• Current Australian C Class Driver’s Licence.
• Computer literacy and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Outlook and Word.

Helpful for Success

• Experience supporting large-scale shutdowns, major works or maintenance campaigns.
• Previous experience supervising crane, rigging, transport or heavy haulage activities.
• CN crane licence or relevant crane qualifications.
• Dogging and Rigging tickets.
• Section 26 Statutory Supervisor qualification.
• Knowledge of Main Roads permitting requirements.
• Experience managing contractors within a mining or industrial environment.
• Experience supporting cost management and continuous improvement initiatives.

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 plus 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 and salary packaging options
• Career development and education assistance to further your technical and leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life’s reasons, including annual leave, parental leave, personal leave and cultural leave
• Exclusive employee discounts on banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more
• Domestic relocation assistance may be available

Where you’ll be working

As part of Rio Tinto’s Major Works team, you’ll support the delivery of large-scale shutdown and maintenance activities across multiple Pilbara operations. Working alongside experienced maintenance and operational leaders, you’ll lead crane and transport teams responsible for supporting critical lifting, logistics and transportation requirements. This is a dynamic environment where priorities can change quickly, requiring strong communication, effective coordination and a practical approach to safely delivering shutdown outcomes.

Applications close 29/10/2026

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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.