Supervisor Electrical

Supervisor – Electrical

• Join a dedicated management team, committed to your growth and development
• Key role, supervising a diverse trades team and challenging maintenance activities
• Weipa based role, working Shift work (Day night lifestyle roster)

About the role 

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Supervisor – Electrical for our Power Generation and Distribution Team, Weipa Operations, a world class asset in the Rio Tinto Bauxite business.

In this role, you'll manage and supervise trade employees in maintenance activities, ensuring tasks are completed safely and efficiently. You'll allocate maintenance coverage for breakdowns and resolve on-the-job issues related to planned maintenance activities and shutdowns. Additionally, you'll monitor working practices and adherence to safety procedures to ensure the safety of employees working in the area.

Living in the idyllic coastal town of Weipa, working across both our Northern and Southern Operations on a Day night lifestyle roster, based at Northern Operations.

This is a fantastic opportunity for people with a strong work ethic, commitment to learning and a ‘can do’ attitude who are looking to live an incredible lifestyle with adventure and world-class water activities on your doorstep. With a supportive leadership team and a development plan in place, we’ll help you achieve success and progress your career. 

Reporting to the Superintendent Electrical, you will:

• Ensure that all aspects of the Power Generation, Township and Site Distribution Networks and electrical facilities maintenance meet health, safety and environmental regulatory, compliance and business values requirements.
• Providing representation of Weipa in customer and community relations and activities.
• Supervises trade employees in maintenance activities.
• Allocates maintenance coverage for breakdowns.
• Resolves on the job issues (with regards to planned maintenance activities, maintenance shutdowns, etc.)
• Monitors working practices and adherence to safety procedures to ensure safety of employees working in the area.
• Team Management: Define staffing needs, establish selection criteria, and identify development needs.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify, evaluate, and implement opportunities for improvement and best practices.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with other functions to ensure seamless operations.

What you will bring 

• A strong commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Tertiary qualifications in Electrical preferably within a related field.
• Experience in Distribution or Power Station maintenance highly regarded
• Leadership experience within mining or similar heavy industry maintenance role.
• Ability to promote, mentor and drive a diverse way of thinking and ability to challenge the status quo.
• Project Management: Highly organized with excellent project management and problem-solving skills.
• Communication Skills: Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Legal Understanding: Familiarity with impactful mining and labor laws is advantageous.
• Leadership: Proven experience leading teams in challenging environments.

What we offer 

Be recognised for your contribution, you're 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 work scope like no other to learn and develop, including 55MW of generation, HV distribution and Entity classification and maintenance and projects in electrical, refrigeration, airport, hybrid power systems and cathodics. 
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• 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)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Domestic relocation assistance on offer
• Weipa accommodation benefit
• Remote area allowance
• Remote area holiday travel assistance

Where you will be working 

Our Weipa operations in Far North Queensland includes three bauxite mines, three power stations, extensive town and site Entity power distribution networks, processing facilities, shiploaders, an export wharf, two ports, a rail network and ferry terminals.
 
Amrun, our newest mine, was completed in 2018 and will extend our Weipa bauxite operations by decades, significantly building on our 55-year history on the Western Cape, and providing jobs and supporting business growth in the region. The mine is located on traditional land. We work closely with the Traditional Owners to implement our agreements, ensuring that the benefits generated from mining support future generations and that important cultural heritage sites are identified and preserved.

Where you will be working

Our Weipa operations in Far North Queensland includes three bauxite mines, three power stations, extensive town and site Entity power distribution networks, processing facilities, shiploaders, an export wharf, two ports, , a rail network and ferry terminals. Amrun, our newest mine, was completed in 2018 and will extend our Weipa bauxite operations by decades, significantly building on our 55-year history on the Western Cape, and providing jobs and supporting business growth in the region. The mine is located on traditional land. We work closely with the Traditional Owners to implement our agreements, ensuring that the benefits generated from mining support future generations and that important cultural heritage sites are identified and preserved.

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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