Superintendent Closure Projects

Superintendent – Capital Projects
 

• Join a supportive leadership group dedicated to your growth and development.
• Lead a portfolio of capital projects to safely enable operations, closure and township outcomes.
• Secure a permanent position with a fantastic range of benefits.
• Embrace a culturally rich coastal lifestyle in beautiful Gove.
• Enjoy domestic relocation assistance within Australia.
   

About the role
 

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

Are you ready to make a difference? We are looking for a passionate Superintendent Capital Projects to lead our Gove Capital Projects team. This role offers a unique opportunity to manage both operational and closure project activities. If you are a dynamic leader with a knack for influencing and engaging stakeholders, this is your chance to shine. You'll be part of a supportive team of results-driven professionals, all working together to achieve remarkable outcomes.
 

What You'll Do:

• Lead safe project delivery of a portfolio of capital projects to approved scope, schedule and budget.
• Build a high‑performing team: set priorities, coach subordinate work leaders, complete performance reviews and support capability growth aligned to Rio Tinto values.
• Champion Safety and Sustainability: Foster a strong health, safety, and environment culture, ensuring compliance with all procedures, standards, and legislation.
• Uphold disciplined governance—gates, change control, risk management and approvals readiness—while standardising and improving delivery processes, controls and tools.
• Optimise resources and contracts: plan internal/contractor capability, set clear deliverables and drive vendor performance against contract obligations.
• Engage stakeholders effectively across Operations, Maintenance, HSE, Engineering, CSP, finance and external partners to enable decisions, access and compliance.
   

What You'll Bring:

• Proactive Mindset: A strong commitment to HS&E and promoting a holistic safe working culture across project environments.
• Leadership Experience: Proven leadership of projects within operating and/or closing assets (study through execution), with the ability to coach, set priorities and manage performance for teams while applying disciplined governance and controls.
• Team Builder: A passion for building and leading engaged, high‑performing teams; sets clear expectations, provides feedback and supports capability growth.
• Contractor Management: Strong contractor and vendor management, with a track record of driving performance against contract deliverables and commercial obligations.
• Influencing Skills: Effective stakeholder engagement and communication across operations, maintenance, HSE, engineering and external partners; able to drive improvements, influence outcomes and make sound decisions guided by policy, procedures and business plans.
• Proven Track Record: Demonstrated success in delivering to safety and site targets, with consistent KPI/reporting discipline and timely escalation/corrective action when required.
• Engineering Expertise: Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Project Management or a related discipline (or equivalent experience); industry certifications (e.g., AIPM, PMP) advantageous; background in Process Engineering or related disciplines is preferred but not essential.
   

What we offer

• Enjoy domestic relocation assistance.
• Receive a remote area allowance (25% of base salary).
• Benefit from remote area holiday travel assistance.
• Take advantage of heavily subsidised housing and utilities.
• Secure a permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto.
• Earn a competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience, with an annual incentive program.
• Access comprehensive medical benefits, including subsidised private health insurance for you and your immediate family.
• Participate in an attractive share ownership plan.
• Benefit from company-provided insurance cover.
• Explore extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options.
• Pursue career development and education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions.
• Enjoy ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support.
• Take leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave).
• Access exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail, and more).

Where you will be working
 

Our Gove Operations have been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for over 40 years. Located in Australia’s Northern Territory, the operation produces approximately 12 million tonnes of bauxite annually.

With a dedicated workforce of 460 people, our daily activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, shutdown planning and execution, export operations, cultural heritage management, and closure activities following the decision to close the site’s alumina refinery and associated Residue Disposal Area in 2017.

We anticipate that our bauxite mining operations on the Gove Peninsula will cease in 2030. We are undertaking significant efforts to support the closure of the operation. We also recognize that our operations take place on Indigenous-owned land, and we are committed to working together to achieve a positive future for Nhulunbuy and the Gove Peninsula post-mining.

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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