Superintendent Communities & Social Performance

Superintendent of Communities and Social Performance | Weipa

• Full-time permanent position
• Exceptional career advancement prospects within a global enterprise
• Experience the beauty of the Cape right in your backyard
• Flexible 9 Day Roster

About the role
 

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.
 

About the Role
 

Reporting to the Manager, Communities and Social Performance Weipa, the Superintendent of Communities and Social Performance will lead a team to deliver technical CSP requirements, that contribute to delivering business priorities or effectively managing risks, including priorities identified in the Weipa Regional CSP Strategy.
 

This leadership role focuses on building relationships through community engagement, making a positive contribution through RED and social investment and ensuring Traditional Owner agreement obligations are met by the business. 

Key Responsibilities

The Superintendent of Communities and Social Performance will:

• Collaborate with asset, functional and other CSP team leads to manage the delivery of priorities identified through the Weipa Regional CSP strategy, including integrated community engagement and communication and social investment.
• Partner with regional stakeholders, such as Traditional Owners, government, private sector and civil society groups to inform and drive shared economic development outcomes.
• Lead knowledge base and socio-economic impact assessment work to meet the requirements of the CSP Standard (and related requirements e.g. GISTM), ensuring that findings inform impactful strategies implemented through engagement, social investment and regional economic development plans and making progress and performance results available internally (and externally where relevant).
• Drive team wide capability-uplift and compliance with the business risk management and stakeholder engagement systems.
• Develop strategies and effective engagement programs that leverage and/or maxmise annual community perception insights (monitoring via Local Voices and other mechanisms)
• Provide leadership and guide CSP inputs to meet Traditional Owner agreement obligations, facilitate and coordinate agreement reporting and related assurance activities that effectively meet Rio Tinto’s obligations.
• Lead, develop and grow, including succession planning, a specialised team of CSP practitioners and SMEs. 

What You’ll Bring

• Tertiary qualification in social sciences, community development or equivalent 
• Ideally 5 years of experience in CSP discipline within relatable area, which may include stakeholder engagement, community relations or social investment
• Skills and a track record in leading, developing managing high performing teams
• Demonstrable ability to influence, work collaboratively and develop positive relationships with stakeholders
• Ability to develop and implement impactful strategies and work programs, that contribute to delivering on business priorities and long-term outcomes (i.e. Impeccable ESG and Social Licence)
• Experience in project managing multiple projects/programmes simultaneously and working through a networked organization to achieve results
• Current C Class Drivers Licence
   

What we offer 

• Full relocation provided to Far North Queensland from elsewhere in Australia
• Weipa accommodation benefit 
• Remote area allowance 
• Remote area holiday travel assistance 
• 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 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 

Where you’ll 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

Applications close on 06th August 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

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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