Supervisor Maintenance Shutdowns

Rio Tinto; Weipa Town; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Remote area allowances

Annual incentive program

Private health insurance (employee)

Job summary

Rio Tinto Weipa is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead Electrical Shutdown teams and Technical Officers in planning and executing shutdowns, ensuring safe, reliable asset performance. You will allocate coverage, manage on-the-job issues, and monitor safety practices while applying asset management processes across our fixed plant assets.

This permanent, on-site role offers a competitive base salary, relocation support to Weipa, and a strong safety culture in a coastal Queensland community.

Qualifications

• Ability to lead a team of maintenance tradespersons and professionals.
• Experience applying asset management principles.
• Strong commitment to safety and regulatory compliance.
• Skilled in organizing maintenance schedules and allocating resources.
• Excellent communication with team members, management and stakeholders.
• Electrical trade qualification preferred and highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead Electrical Shutdown teams and Technical Officers in planning shutdowns.
• Oversee maintenance activities to maintain reliability and safety of assets.
• Allocate coverage and manage resources during shutdowns and planned maintenance.
• Ensure adherence to asset management processes and safety procedures.
• Resolve on-the-job issues efficiently and improve maintenance practices.

Skills

Team leadership

Asset management

Safety leadership

Maintenance planning

Communication

Troubleshooting

Electrical trade

Job description

Supervisor Maintenance Shutdowns | Weipa

• Full-time permanent position, located at our Amrun mine
• Use your leadership and critical thinking skills to deliver successful shutdowns and drive asset performance.
• Enjoy a relaxed, coastal lifestyle in an ideal residential environment; become part of the Weipa community

About The Role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

Join our team as a Maintenance Supervisor, where you will lead Electrical Shutdown teams, Technical Officers, in planning and executing shutdown maintenance activities while ensuring consistent application of asset management processes. You will play a crucial role in maintaining the reliability and safety of our assets.

Reporting to the Superintendent Fixed Plant Maintenance, you will manage and supervise Electrical Shutdown teams, Technical Officers, in maintenance activities, ensuring tasks are completed safely and efficiently. You will allocate maintenance coverage for shutdowns and resolve on-the-job issues related to planned maintenance activities and shutdowns. Additionally, you will monitor working practices and adherence to safety procedures to ensure the safety of employees working in the area.

What You Will Bring

• Ability to effectively lead and manage a team of Maintenance tradespersons and professionals
• Proficiency in overseeing maintenance activities and ensuring that asset management processes are consistently applied to maintain the reliability and safety of assets
• Understanding of asset management principles and practices, including optimization, forecasting, lifecycle management, and risk mitigation
• Commitment to maintaining a safe work environment by monitoring and enforcing adherence to safety procedures and regulations
• Capacity to address on-the-job issues promptly and efficiently
• Clear and effective communication abilities to liaise with team members, management, and other stakeholders
• Skill in organizing maintenance schedules, allocating resources, and prioritizing tasks to meet operational requirements
• Dedication to maintaining high standards and quality in all maintenance activities to ensure the reliability and longevity of assets
• Trade qualification (preferably Electrical) – highly regarded

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking, and your hard work, and go home knowing you have helped the world progress

• Full relocation provided to Weipa, Queensland from elsewhere in Australia
• Remote area allowance
• Remote area holiday travel assistance
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• 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, sick leave, cultural leave)

Where you will be working

Our Weipa Operations includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, ship loaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network, and ferry terminals. Located on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, each year the operation produces more than 35 million tons of bauxite.

Our operations are supported by a 1,900-strong workforce—including 26 per cent who are women and 25 per cent Indigenous employees. Activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, ports, cultural heritage management, and processing facility management.

The development of our new mine, Amrun, which was completed in 2018, will extend the life of our Weipa bauxite operations by decades to come and significantly build on our 55-year history on the Western Cape.

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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 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.