Superintendent Engineering

Superintendent – Engineering 
 

• Join a supportive leadership group dedicated to your growth and development. 

• Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team to safely enable operations, closure and township outcomes. 

• Secure a permanent position with a fantastic range of benefits. 

• Various roster arrangements, including FIFO and Residential options, will be considered to accommodate individual lifestyle preferences. 

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 Engineering to lead a multidisciplinary engineering team to systematically improve the performance of operational and closure assets and their asset management. 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: 

• Champion Safety and Sustainability: foster a strong health, safety and environment culture, ensuring compliance with all procedures, standards and legislation. 

• Build a high‑performing team: set priorities, coach subordinate work leaders, complete performance reviews and support capability growth aligned to Rio Tinto values. 

• Own the discipline engineering framework: develop and implement standards and assurance so designs and installations are safe, cost‑effective and reliable. 

• Lift asset reliability: sustain condition monitoring, asset tactics and continuous improvement programs (RCM/FMEA), and lead root‑cause and defect elimination practices. 

• Embed work & shutdown management: govern planning and scheduling quality, apply Rio Tinto Work Management and Shutdown Management standards, and ensure data integrity in SAP CMMS. 

• Engage stakeholders effectively: collaborate across Operations, Maintenance, HSE, Projects, CSP, Finance and external partners to enable decisions, access and compliance. 

• Manage performance and cost: own delegated budgets and drive targeted efficiency initiatives while meeting safety, people and process compliance commitments. 

What You'll Bring: 

• Safety & Mindset: Committed to HS&E and fostering a strong safety culture. 

• Leadership: Experienced in leading projects and teams, setting priorities, managing performance, and applying governance. 

• Team Building: Skilled at creating engaged, high-performing teams and supporting capability growth. 

• Stakeholder Engagement: Strong communication and influencing skills across operations, maintenance, HSE, and external partners. 

• Engineering & Technical Expertise: Degree in Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical or related) with broad operations/maintenance/project experience; SAP CMMS proficiency and data-driven decision-making. 

• Results Focus: Proven record in meeting safety, site targets, and KPIs with timely corrective actions. 

• Asset Management: Expertise in reliability practices (RCM/FMEA, condition monitoring, RCA/DE) and tactics development. 

• Commercial Acumen: Skilled in managing budgets and partnering across complex interfaces. 

What we offer 

• Fifo or residential options available. 

• 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. 

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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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