Supervisor Operations

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

• Permanent role with competitive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits in a globally respected organisation.

• Supportive team culture with a focus on inclusion, safety and work life balance

• 7days, 7 nights, 14 off roster

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 currently seeking an Operations Supervisor to lead and manage the day-to-day activities of our Rail Operations team, including Train Examiners and Locomotive Drivers, across both production and service train operations.

This role is critical in ensuring the safe, efficient, and compliant operation of rail services supporting production, maintenance, and logistics activities from mine to port. This includes fault response, recovery activities, and the operation of service trains such as ballast, fuel, rail and other work trains.

As an Operations Supervisor, you will provide strong leadership, drive operational excellence, and foster a positive, safety focused culture while maintaining productivity and continuous improvement across rail operations.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong safety leadership, clear communication, and the ability to lead teams in a dynamic operational environment where priorities can change quickly.

Reporting to the Superintendent Rail Operations, you will:

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Rail Operations personnel across production and service train activities

• Ensure strict adherence to all Rio Tinto standards, policies, procedures, and legislative requirements.

• Maintain compliance with statutory obligations and rail safety regulations.

• Plan, organise, and oversee rail operational activities to maximise productivity while minimising cost and environmental impact.

• Actively promote, communicate, and role‑model positive safety culture and continuous improvement.

• Collaborate closely with internal functions and key stakeholders to achieve operational goals.

• Manage staffing levels and resource allocation to support safe and efficient operations.

• Monitor fatigue compliance, rostering, and productivity of rail operations personnel.

• Manage incidents and operational issues in a timely, effective, and professional manner.

What you’ll bring

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

• Proven leadership capability with the ability to lead, mentor, and coach teams.

• Strong safety leadership with a commitment to creating and maintaining a safe workplace.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with teams and stakeholders.

• Demonstrated decision‑making skills aligned with organisational goals and values.

• Experience driving operational performance and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Strong understanding of compliance requirements, policies, and procedures.

• Technical knowledge and understanding of operational rail processes and equipment.

• Rail Safe working qualifications and knowledge.

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

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Rio Tinto operates the world’s largest integrated portfolio of iron ore assets with industry-leading margins. Our premium product suite, including our flagship Pilbara blend, drives strong customer relationships and is supported by technical and commercial marketing expertise. The iron ore business continues to be the world’s largest autonomous truck operator and a proud leader in automated mining technologies. 

Applications close on Tuesday 22nd April 2026 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

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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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