GIS Superintendent | Brisbane
- Attractive salary, annual incentive program and a huge range of employee benefits and discounts designed to make life better
- Permanent full-time opportunity based in Brisbane
- Work in a flexible work environment where we prioritise a healthy work/life balance
About the Role
Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.
We are seeking an experienced Superintendent to lead, develop, and empower our geospatial team across multiple projects. This role is centered on building a high performing, collaborative team environment while ensuring that GIS capability is effectively embedded across the business.
You will provide clear direction, support professional growth, and champion GIS as a strategic enabler for decision making. Working closely with stakeholders from CSP, Environment, Geology and Projects and the RTA Operations, you will ensure your team delivers high quality outcomes that meet organisational needs. Your leadership will play a key role in shaping how spatial information is used more broadly across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of GIS professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Oversee team capacity, prioritisation, and workflow management to ensure timely and effective delivery of spatial outputs.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to understand business needs and align GIS support accordingly.
- Drive the growth of GIS capability within the organisation, increasing adoption and accessibility for general employees.
- Guide the team in maintaining high standards of data integrity, governance, and compliance.
- Promote innovation by supporting your team to explore new approaches, tools, and efficiencies.
- Represent the GIS function in cross disciplinary forums, ensuring the team’s work is visible and valued.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.
What You’ll Bring
Essential
- Demonstrated experience leading and managing a GIS or technical team.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate needs into actionable team outcomes.
- Proven ability to build team capability, provide coaching, and support performance development.
- A commitment to high standards of data governance and operational quality.
- A demonstrable collaborative leadership style with strong stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience managing workflows within an enterprise or multi-project environment.
Desirable
- Degree in GIS, Geospatial Science, or related discipline.
- Proven experience in GIS management and spatial data workflows.
- Exposure to enterprise GIS environments, geospatial tools and cloud-based solutions.
- Understanding of spatial data for mining, infrastructure, or environmental projects.
About You
You are a people focused leader who values teamwork, clear communication, and professional development. You thrive in dynamic environments and enjoy shaping how a team contributes to broader organisational goals under the guidance of senior management. Your ability to build relationships, motivate others, and advocate for GIS ensures your team is an integral and trusted partner across the business.
What we offer
- A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
- Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
- 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid, or half paid parental leave
- 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); and
- Local relocation packages offered for Australian residents only
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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.
Respect and Inclusion
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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Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminum, 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 and meet opportunities.
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 being 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 who we are.
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Working at Rio Tinto
Help us deliver the materials that make human progress possible.
The plane you’re flying in just landed. You fire up your phone and get your laptop out of the overhead bin. Immediately, you’re in work mode – thousands of miles from your office. Do you ever stop to think about all the materials that make life in the 21st century possible? At Rio Tinto, we discover, develop and deliver the materials that drive human progress. When you work with us, you’ll experience advantages you won’t find anywhere else.
Working in a technical role at Rio Tinto
Your advanced expertise will help drive human progress.
We’ve developed technical capabilities through nearly 150 years of discovering, planning, and operating mines in every corner of the world. We’re an open, connected international team of technical specialists using some of the most sophisticated tools and robust data on the planet. Join us and experience:
Our application process
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Apply
The first thing you’ll need to do is apply to the role. You can do this with your LinkedIn profile or you can upload your resume. We’ll also ask you to complete a few questions before you submit your application.
02
Undergo assessments
Our assessments are designed to help us work out whether you are suitable for the role. We will let you know which ones you’ll need to complete.
03
Interview(s)
Our interviews could be in person or online. It’s a great opportunity for us to get to know you a bit better, answer any of your questions and talk about the exciting career opportunity you have applied for.
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Offers and checks
At this stage, we will let you know if you have been successful. If you have been, we’ll need to conduct a couple of checks, such as a background or security check. You may also need to do a medical assessment depending on the role you have applied for.
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Join the Rio Tinto team
Once the checks have been completed, we’ll be in touch to talk with you about your start date and answer any questions you may have before you start with us.