Supervisor Production

Supervisor Production

• FIFO opportunities across the Pilbara, out of Perth, or any of our regional hub's

• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits

• Career progression opportunities and clear pathways for those who want it

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are seeking engaging Production Supervisors to influence and drive positive leadership to our dynamic teams of mine operators, 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.

With signature leadership training programmes, growing and developing is more than an opportunity – it is something we actively plan and make happen. Every day our leaders grow, while our rosters are designed to help you live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family.

Opportunities exist for FIFO candidates located in Perth or any of our regional hubs including Busselton, Albany and Geraldton.

These opportunities are available on a combination of day shift and nightshift rosters which will give you more time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your life. Reporting to the Production Superintendent, you will:

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

• Implement production operation plan to maximise productivity while minimizing cost and environmental impact

• Work closely with Load & Haul, Mine Planning and Maintenance teams to ensure mine plan is met, and balancing the competing priorities to ensure the site achieves targets

• Complete daily inspections of the pit and drive a positive safety culture with your team.

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

• Responsible for work unit training, safety compliance and departmental scheduling and productivity

• Undertake planning including execute and deliver on the day-to-day and fortnightly plan, organise and allocate resources according to work requirements

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team  

• Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset  

• A passion for developing and coaching team members

• Prior experience in a mining production environment

• Demonstrated problem-solving abilities to deliver solutions across an operation

• Alignment to our values of Care, Curiosity and Courage

• A Current Western Australian ‘C’ Class Driver's Licence (Manual)

• Statutory Position Legal Exam – Statutory Supervisor

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, 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

• Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water)

• 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 an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700-kilometre rail network 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

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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