Project Operations Supervisor

Project Operations Supervisor

• Plan, manage and coordinate logistics work in an exploration field environment.

• Use your judgement and field experience to deploy resources in exciting and remote locations.

• Thunder Bay based role with frequent travel to remote exploration locations.

About the Role

Finding better ways™ to provide the materials the world needs.

We are seeking a Project Operations Supervisor to influence and drive positive leadership to our dynamic exploration operation support team, enabling them to meet safe productivity, cost, and quality requirements to achieve targets within our operations.

Leading on the frontline is one of the most important jobs in our business and comes with a huge amount of responsibility. We need you to motivate, inspire and keep your people safe and well. This role requires extensive travel to remote project locations within Canada.

This role is a great opportunity for someone with proven generalist field experience to play a vital role within the project team. The Project Operations Supervisor must enjoy being part of the exploration team and working in remote locations but must also have a passion for project supervision and the coordination of logistics and operational requirements.

Reporting to the Regional Superintendent, you will:

• Be an inspiring role model and coach for positive behaviors, practices, and processes, whilst providing leadership, development and support to your team

• Manage the deployment of Field assets, equipment, and other resources to meet project needs.

• Coordinating teams across multiple locations at a given time, managing rosters and team requirements

• Managing project compliance including hygiene, hydrocarbon and hazardous materials etc.

• Planning maintenance programs for field equipment including fleet management

• Support the establishment of Scope of works for external providers of operational support and logistics services.

• Build and maintain relationships with multiple stakeholders to align on operational plans and strategies.

• Have a passion for working in the outdoors.

What you’ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Current driving license.

• Ability to work among challenges of operating in isolated and/or remote, field-based environments

• Ability to assess project needs, coordinate logistics and operational support tasks and prioritize work to achieve project outcomes.

• Demonstrated problem-solving abilities to deliver solutions.

• The aptitude to work in field and office environments.

• Strong communication and representational skills

• Demonstrated capability of efficiently managing administrative tasks and delivering accurate, timely reports

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Familiarity around all types of surface drilling including Diamond drilling and RC drilling.

• Have a basic knowledge around heavy equipment and operation of heavy equipment

• Project Planning & logistics experience

• Defensive 4wd driving and towing experience

• Basic experience in the operation of snowmachines and utv’s.

• Basic knowledge around the operation and maintenance of chainsaws, rocksaws, core saws and other small engine machines

What We Offer

Be recognized 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 subsidized 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 to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support

• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

• Possible domestic relocation assistance                

À propos de Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto est un chef de file mondial du secteur des sociétés minières et des matériaux. Nous sommes établis dans 35 pays où nous produisons du minerai de fer, du cuivre, de l’aluminium, des minéraux critiques et d’autres matériaux nécessaires à la transition énergétique mondiale et à la prospérité des personnes, des communautés et des nations. 

Nous exerçons nos activités depuis 150 ans, en nous appuyant sur les connaissances accumulées au fil des générations et sur les différents continents. Notre mission – trouver de meilleures façons de fournir les matériaux dont le monde a besoin – nous guide dans notre quête d’innovation et d’amélioration continue, dans le but de fabriquer des produits à faibles émissions et répondant aux bonnes normes environnementales, sociales et de gouvernance. Mais comme nous ne pouvons pas y arriver seuls, nous nous attachons à créer des partenariats nous permettant de résoudre des problèmes, de créer des situations mutuellement avantageuses et de saisir des occasions.

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.

Chaque voix compte

Nous sommes déterminés à créer un milieu inclusif où les employés se sentent à l’aise d’être eux-mêmes. Nous souhaitons de plus que chacun ait l’impression que sa voix compte, que toutes les cultures sont respectées et que les points de vue, aussi variés soient-ils, sont non seulement bienvenus, mais également essentiels à notre succès. Nous nous traitons mutuellement avec équité et dignité, sans égard à la race, au genre, à la nationalité, à l’origine ethnique, à la religion, à l’âge, à l’orientation sexuelle ou à tout autre aspect distinctif.

Chez Rio Tinto, nous accueillons favorablement et encourageons les candidatures d’Autochtones, de femmes, de membres de la communauté LGBTQ2S+, de travailleurs âgés, de personnes handicapées et de représentants d’origines diverses.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA2 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.