Planner

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

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

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

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

Join our inclusive Maintenance Planning & Engineering (MP&E) function at Rio Tinto, where your customer engagement skills and planning expertise will be recognised and developed in the role of Planner.

In this FIFO role, you’ll be part of a collaborative and supportive team, responsible for creating and managing executable work orders aligned to the maintenance strategy. You’ll work a 5:2 / 4:3 roster at our Tom Price Operations, contributing directly to safe, reliable and efficient asset performance.

Reporting to the Superintendent Planning & Engineering, your key responsibilities will include:

• Identifying and validating notifications and work requests to consolidate known maintenance requirements

• Planning maintenance activities to ensure work can be executed safely, efficiently and effectively in line with maintenance tactics

• Providing asset scheduling inputs to optimise cost, efficiency and resource utilisation

• Preparing maintenance activities by ensuring labour, materials and equipment are planned and available for execution

• Completing post‑execution activities and maintenance administration to support ongoing CMMS data quality and system improvements

• Collecting and analysing work management data to support continuous improvement initiatives

About you

You’ll bring a strong safety mindset and a collaborative approach, along with:

• A demonstrated commitment to your own safety and the safety of others

• Experience in maintenance planning and/or scheduling, ideally within heavy mobile equipment environments

• The ability to build effective relationships with internal stakeholders

• Strong computer skills, with experience in SAP and Prometheus considered an advantage

• A current C‑Class Driver’s Licence (manual)

• Respect for others and an inclusive mindset that values diversity

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 & 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

Tom Price is located in the central Pilbara region, west of Karijini National Park and is our original Pilbara mine, currently employing residential and fly-in fly-out employees. It is known as one of the most attractive towns in the Pilbara with a high school, two primary schools, a hospital and a high standard of recreational facilities.

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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