Officer Transport and Logistics

• Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better

• Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority

About the role

Finding better ways™ to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Transport & logistics Officer, to join our Metal Products Team @ Boyne Smelters – Gladstone.

This is a great opportunity for a Experienced Logistics Officer to integrate their skills with a well established team. The successful applicant will be responsible for the planning, assigning and loading of ingot, billet and other products onto various trucks, as well as packaging and preparing ingot for export via ship. Attention to detail is essential, as we are BSL’s last opportunity to impress our customers.

Your role will see you operate large Forklift machinery, 8 tonne -14 Tonne equipment, within the workspace, Truck loading areas and wharf.

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible.
Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

Reporting to the Logistics Supervisor and working in a collaborative, semi-autonomous Team within the Logistics Operations Team, you will;

• A demonstrated commitment to safety.

• Desire and ability to function effectively as part of a team and to autonomously manage your workload.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Ability to work with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders.

• Operating heavy forklift machinery, 8 to 14 Tonnes weight.

• Loading / unloading trucks, strapping down.

• Good computer skills including the use of Metpro would be desirable.

• Preparing loads for Trucks.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.

• An ability to be versatile and proactive.

• Demonstrated recent experience in operating heavy forklift machinery.

• Commitment to high operational standards.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Trade or operational background with demonstrated practical ‘can do’.

• Demonstrated experience in logistics.

• Previous experience working at a Aluminium Smelter.

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 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 and 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)

• Possible domestic relocation assistance 

Where you’ll be working 

Boyne Smelters Limited is Australia’s second largest aluminium smelter with a 1,000-person strong workforce. Located approximately 20km south east of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast, BSL produces around 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum. 

Activities at BSL include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten material into aluminium products ready to ship. The smelter is connected via a conveyor belt to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for the supply of alumina. 

BSL is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring safe work practices where people feel safe at work and care for each other.

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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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