Superintendent Production

Mine Production Superintendent

• The perfect balance, our roster gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community  

• Opportunities and support to learn and grow your career

• Great work/life balance on 9/5 roster FIFO from either Perth, Busselton, Albany or Geraldton

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 different. 

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 looking for Mine Production Superintendent to join our team at Brockman 4 Operations. You’ll be an inspiring role model who has a passion for promoting positive safety and people culture through visible and tangible leadership.

You’ll be part of a passionate and friendly team, supported by your leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the wider team. Your work roster will be 9 days on, 5 days off, which will give you more time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your life. 

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.

This role will lead, mentor, coach and develop the Production team, including providing regular performance feedback. Provide leadership in safely executing Load, Haul & Development activities at a site level, ensuring team performance is in line with short to medium term objectives.
 

Reporting to the Mine Manager, you will:

• Be an inspiring role model and coach for positive behaviours, practices and processes, whilst providing leadership, development and support to the mine operation teams

• Ensure day-to-day management of all open pit production operations including planning activities for the site

• Have demonstrated capability in coaching, leading change and effective decision making

• Drive a strong safety culture which ensures adherence to procedures for operational activities, site standards and legislation.

• Have a passion for leading, organising, developing and motivating your teams, while building meaningful succession pathways

• Developing and implementing key productivity improvements to drive operational efficiency

• Working collaboratively and fostering relationships with key partners to achieve wider business objectives

• Measuring, recording, analysing and reporting on safety, people and productivity activities to consistently exceed plan and improve performance

What you’ll bring

To succeed in the role, you will have:

• A strong background in safety and people leadership roles

• Demonstrated capability in coaching, leading change and effective decision making

• A Quarry Managers certificate or in process of attaining it

• Experienced in contributing to the development of a safety culture and ensuring relevant safety compliance as well as adherence to standards, processes and procedures for drill and blast operations

• Coaching, leading change, effective decision making

• Collaboratively enable SPCT ( Safe Production Centric Team) effectiveness to safely optimise productivity, build organizational excellence, capability and improvement

• Demonstrate understanding of budget preparation, variance analysis, cost forecasting and cost drivers

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

• Work Health and Safety (WHS) Site Senior Executive qualification highly advantageous

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 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, read more about the huge range of benefits here: https://bit.ly/43AQLue

Where you’ll be working

Brockman 4 is located on the lands of the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura and Muntulgura Guruma people, 60 kilometres northwest of Tom Price, commencing operations in 2010. There are approximately 860 full time employees that commute on a family friendly roster from Perth, Geraldton, Albany and Busselton.

Driving the latest technological advancements, B4's open-pit mine offer an avenue for opportunity and career progression.

Applications close 3rd July 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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