Superintendent MEM Shutdown

Superintendents Mobile Equipment Maintenance – Shutdowns

We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

• Join our world-class, Pilbara Iron Ore operations

• Bring your MEM Shutdown and leadership experience to this dynamic role

• FIFO from Perth on a 9:5 roster or 5:2:4:3 roster

About the role

We are looking for experienced Superintendents, Mobile Equipment Maintenance to join our newly developed Shutdown division and lead the execution teams to success.

The scope of work you will be accountable for is both challenging and diverse. You will have the opportunity to work across multiple sites within our Pilbara Mine Operations, and your demonstrated ability to engage, connect, and positively influence key stakeholders at all organisational levels will be critical to your effectiveness in this role

Reporting to the Manager MEM Shutdowns, and working within a dynamic environment your key accountabilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Developing a performance-based culture according to our values of care, courage and curiosity which drives exemplary safety behaviours and stable operating outcomes

• Leading a highly skilled team of frontline leaders and maintenance personnel in mobile equipment maintenance shutdown activities, often managing high risk work

• A focus on shutdown execution in collaboration with the Operational Excellence and MP&E Reliability/Maintenance Engineering teams

• Demonstrating a commitment and passion to team safety

• An engaging and inspirational leader committed to building a positive and interdependent culture

• Implementing effective maintenance and asset management practices to help deliver asset and mine performance priorities

• Coaching and developing the team to build individuals capabilities and competence

• Evaluate maintenance efficiency, identify problems, and recommend solutions

• Demonstrate our Rio Tinto values of Care, Courage, and Curiosity

About you

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

• Be proactive with a commitment in driving a safe and inclusive team culture

• The ability to engage and inspire and drive transformational change

• Experienced in HME maintenance and asset management

• A strong focus on collaboration and stakeholder engagement

• A deep knowledge of assets including diggers, drills and loaders

• Experience in risk management activities

• Confident in effectively leading, mentoring, and coaching team members as well as interfacing with senior leaders, with a desire to build and lead engaged teams

• A can-do pragmatic attitude with a structured approach to delivering strategic objectives

• A current Australian driver's license

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100%, we still want to hear from you.

What we offer 

• Be recognised for your contribution, you’re 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

• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus

• 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 to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support

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

• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them

• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:

• Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment

• Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career.

• Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.

Where you’ll be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own a world-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

Applications close on the 14 June 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

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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.

Every Voice Matters

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.

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