Area Maintenance Coordinator

• Join a leading global company

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

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

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role

We are looking for an Area Maintenance Coordinator to maintain all area equipment in good operational condition.

This is a great opportunity to coordinate emergency, corrective, and preventive maintenance activities across Operations and Maintenance teams. You will be responsible for planning and coordinating all outage activities in collaboration with the Turnaround (T.A.) team and the Maintenance Planner/Scheduler. This role also serves as a key point of contact for external contract maintenance and waste service providers, ensuring services are delivered efficiently and that site assets are maintained in safe, reliable, and optimal operating condition.

About the role

Reporting to the Area Manager – Hydroxide Line 2 and working in a collaborative community, a challenging and exciting environment, you will:

• Participate in Daily Safety meeting and engaged in area safety program; is a leader in safety for the department.

• Ensure Safe Work Permits are completed fully and all hazards and required PPE identified and understood by those performing work.

• Responsible for coaching area operators on writing good safe work permits and other critical life permits.

• Responsible for ensuring maintenance and waste contractors in the area are approved in Avetta and up to date on safety training before performing work in the area.

• Evaluate maintenance requests, set priorities and process work order assignments through SAP

• Manage scheduling of critical work orders (emergency, corrective, preventative and regulator) with maintenance planner/scheduler to ensure reliable operation of the circuit.

• Maintain vessel inspections in accordance with compliance calendar

• Ensure Production soak and outage activities are scheduled in accordance with the S&OP soak plan.

• Responsible to interface with area manager and supply chain scheduler/planner regarding changes to S&OP soak plan

• Responsible for developing the work plan for Area Outages in conjunction with Maintenance Planner and Scheduler and communicating the work plan to area operations

• Evaluate equipment function and operational trends for early reliability identification

• Support operations with troubleshooting process and equipment issues on the circuit

• Have knowledge to step into operations role and cover at the DCS for up to a shift

• Control expenses to budget in area of responsibility, other outside services and maintenance costs, through issuance of PORs and timely payment of invoices

• Manages all area PMs with the rotating crew operators

• Other job duties may be assigned from time to time.

About you

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED);

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in process manufacturing

• Knowledge of Lithium Hydroxide and Auxiliary Equipment operation and ability to utilize the DCS to operate circuit

• Uses logic and appropriate methods to successfully troubleshoot and solve difficult problems

• Uses the computer to accurately enter information and data into Livent business systems (SAP and Cority)

• Uses effective oral and written communications

• Uses MS Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook to communicate all work instructions, circuit and order statuses

• Writes and process work notifications as needed for breakdowns and circuit needs

• Follows policies and procedures; work with integrity and ethics

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.

• Competitive base salary is reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive bonus.

• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.

• Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program.

• Attractive share ownership plan.

• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all the moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.

• A generous parental leave policy, which ensures you’re able to spend quality time with your new family.

• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing.

• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which provides confidential counselling or expert guidance for you and your family to help get through life’s challenges.

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.

Respect and Inclusion

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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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