Weekly Scheduler: Large-Scale Maintenance & Shutdowns

Riotinto; Pannawonica; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Safety as priority

Permanent Rio Tinto employee

Annual incentive program

Private health insurance

Share ownership plan

Insurance cover

Salary packaging options

Education assistance

Wellbeing support

Paid leave and entitlements

Employee discounts

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Rio Tinto is seeking a Weekly Scheduler to join the Mobile Equipment Maintenance team in the Pilbara region. You will deliver well-planned weekly maintenance schedules for a large-scale mobile earthmoving fleet, reporting to the Superintendent Planning and Engineering.

The role focuses on safety, cost, quality and resource balancing to support reliable asset performance. Based in the Western Australia region with a family-friendly FIFO roster from Perth to Pannawonica, you will collaborate with

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance planning or scheduling within heavy industry.
• Proficient in CMMS and work management processes.
• Advanced Excel and scheduling tool skills.
• Experience coordinating resources and stakeholders to deliver maintenance or shutdown activities.
• Ability to interpret maintenance strategies, critical paths and schedule dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain executable weekly schedules using data, resources and asset strategies.
• Review labour, equipment and material availability to optimise work sequence.
• Coordinate with contractors, suppliers and leaders to align resources and critical path activities.
• Monitor schedule loading, utilisation and progress, identifying constraints and implementing improvements.
• Reschedule deferred work and maintain schedule accuracy through governance processes.
• Manage schedule loss events and communicate impacts to stakeholders.
• Analyse work management data to improve shutdown planning and scheduling outcomes.
• Support contractor close-out activities, including invoicing and admin requirements.

Skills

CMMS

Excel

Resource coordination

Schedule management

Safety focus

Education

Mechanical trade or technical qualification

Tools

Scheduling tools

Job description

Rio Tinto is seeking a Weekly Scheduler to join the Mobile Equipment Maintenance team in the Pilbara region. You will deliver well-planned weekly maintenance schedules for a large-scale mobile earthmoving fleet, reporting to the Superintendent Planning and Engineering.

The role focuses on safety, cost, quality and resource balancing to support reliable asset performance. Based in the Western Australia region with a family-friendly FIFO roster from Perth to Pannawonica, you will collaborate with