Supervisor Belts QA/QC

Supervisor Belts QA/QC

• Join a workplace where safety is paramount, collaboration is encouraged, and every voice is valued.
• Enjoy an attractive salary package, annual performance bonuses, and a comprehensive range of benefits designed to enhance your wellbeing and lifestyle.
• Experience the balance you need with fly-in fly-out (FIFO) opportunities from Perth.

About the role           

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are seeking a Supervisor Belts Quality Assurance (QA), Quality Control (QC) to join our Shutdowns team, supporting Maintenance Operations across the Pilbara. This role presents a fantastic opportunity to lead a team of QC technicians providing quality, reliability, and compliance of all belt maintenance and replacement activities across the Pilbara.

You will be part of a supportive and high-performing team, contributing to both personal and team development goals. Your leadership will be instrumental in driving belt performance, minimizing downtime, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.

This position follows an 8 days on / 6 days off roster on-site, giving you more time to spend on the things that are important to you.

Reporting to the Superintendent Belts, you will:

• Leading a team of QA/QC technicians  towards achieving an interdependent safety culture by utilising daily shift starts, safety interactions, human performance & critical risk management tools
• Adhere to all Rio Tinto standards, policies and procedures 
• Lead QA/QC for all belt-related activities, covering both planned maintenance activities and breakdowns.
• Oversee QA/QC for related components to ensure alignment with standards.
• QC and verification of splice quality to detect early signs of failure.
• Actively foster and communicate a positive safety culture to promote safety awareness and compliance, encouraging prioritisation of safety in all activities and operations
• Contribute QA/QC insights to reliability investigations and continuous improvement efforts.
• Ensure documentation of QA/QC methodologies, forms and leading practices to standardise belt maintenance activities
• Ensure consistent application of QA/QC standards across the belts network.

What you’ll bring

• Certificate III in Polymer Processing or similar
• Background in safety and people leadership roles
• Demonstrated capability in coaching, leading change and effective decision making
• Technical understanding of fixed plant conveyor belt maintenance operations
• Current Western Australian ‘C’ Class Driver's Licence (Manual)
• Statutory Position Legal Exam – Statutory Supervisor

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 permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto 
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus 
• 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 
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave, cultural leave) 
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them 
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.

Where you will be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own a world-class, integrated network of 18 mines, 4 independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

Ready to experience something unique? Come work with us.

Applications close on 21 November 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date) #gts

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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