Supervisor Production

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

• Perth based role from our State of the Art Operations Centre – Perth Airport

• Family friendly 3 days 3 nights 6 off roster

About the role

We are looking for a Production Supervisor to join the Train Control Scheduling Team to lead a team of Yard Schedulers and Asset Health Evaluators working within the daily execution space to optimise planning and scheduling of rail production, fault response and maintenance.

As a supervisor, you will be accountable for production performance in the world’s first fully autonomous heavy haul railway from our state-of-the-art Operations Centre.

Reporting through to the Train Control Scheduling Superintendent,

Your duties will include but are not limited to:

• All aspects of frontline leadership with a strong focus on people and culture.

• Leading a multidisciplinary team of skilled yard schedulers and asset health evaluators (rollingstock and wayside)

• Oversee Yard Scheduler work activities to ensure delivery of scheduled wagon and loco maintenance. Manage escalations as required to external stakeholders.

• Oversee Asset Health work activities to ensure Network failures and response management is adhered to.

• Manage production delay escalations to ensure rapid resolution and communicate these to the wider Rail Division as required.

• Use data and information to support decision making and deviation management.

• Prepare metrics and feedback required for reporting purposes and identification of improvement opportunities

• You will be required to communicate and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels across Rio Tinto Iron Ore, in particular other execution teams within the operations center and the wider Rail Division.

• Lead teams through change with a culture of continuous improvement

What you'll bring

To be considered for the role the following outcomes are desirable to be successful for the role:

• A WA Current C Class Driver’s License

• Strong demonstrated leadership, people management and negotiation skills

• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams

• Experience leading teams or projects through change

• Strong written and verbal communication capability

• Experience in the following fields would be highly regarded:

  • Scheduling and logistics

  • Asset health and railway condition monitoring

  • Rail operations

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 

• 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.

Where you will be working

This role is being offered in Perth based out of our Operations Centre, near the Perth Airport. Our privately owned and operated rail network is an essential part of our integrated production process and services our 15 mines across the Pilbara via 1,700km of track. With depots located at Tom Price, Cape Lambert and Dampier (7 Mile), each train comprises up to three locomotives and 240 ore cars stretching to approximately 2.7 kilometres in length with over 40 trains operating per day. We are also applying and adapting technology to improve safety and productivity across our rail network.

Ready to experience something unique? Come work with us.

Applications close on 15 May 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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