Superintendent Reliability Engineering

Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion and diversity

• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development

Where we’re all welcome

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 who we are.    

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength.  The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.   

About the role

We are seeking an engaging, safety focused leader to join our Supply Chain Services Asset Management division for Rail Infrastructure. This opportunity is full of rewarding challenges and role diversity, to develop strategic and leadership skills in a supportive environment working across the railway operations.

Reporting to the Manager Rail Infrastructure, you will :

• Optimise asset performance with a primary focus on developing and optimising asset strategy and tactics

• Be an inspiring role model and coach for positive behaviours, practices, and processes

• Manage site Asset Criticality Assessment (ACA) register

• Demonstrate an understanding and comply with the health, safety & environment policies, procedures, and initiatives

• Lead and assist the team in detailed investigation processes and support reviews of unplanned failures

• Have ultimate accountability for site defect elimination processes

• Be a lead relationship manager with site execution teams

• Drive AM process improvements including work/shut management, MPA transactions, BOM/task list/ plan update/review. Minor level tactic change implementation

What you’ll bring

• Strong leadership aptitude with good technical abilities

• Have a strong understanding of asset management

• Relevant engineering degree qualification

• Experience in defect elimination processes and root cause analysis

• Excellent numerical analysis and data validation skills

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team 

• Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset 

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

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 

• 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.

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

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.

Applications close on Friday, 6th December 2024 (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.