Scheduler Shutdown

Scheduler, Shutdown – Gudai Darri

• Global mining organization with an exceptional safety culture

• Competitive salary and benefits

• FIFO from Perth to Gudai-Darri 

Where we’re all welcome  

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 who we are.  

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength.  The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.    

About the role 

Join our inclusive Mine Planning & Engineering team as a Scheduler Shutdown – Fixed Plant where you will have the opportunity to be part of a high performing, collaborative team.   

In this role, your overall focus will be to develop an executable schedule for large-scale shutdowns based on maintenance and life of asset strategy. Apply Lean Principles to ensure the shutdown schedule is optimised from a Safety, Cost and Quality perspective. 

Reporting to the Planning and Scheduling Superintendent, your duties will include:

• Developing shutdown schedules over an 18-week period following a disciplined shutdown process

• Development of efficient critical paths for process plant shutdowns which meet the mines requirements

• Identifying any task interactions that could impact safety and work with maintenance teams to eliminate

• Development of shutdown schedules that are in line with cost targets/budgets

• Confirming all resources including parts, labour and tolling are available for shutdown

• Use and understanding of key KPI’s to measure shutdown schedule efficiency

• Developing sound relationships with stakeholders to achieve optimum results

• Facilitation of key shutdown preparation and execution meetings

• Facilitation of post shutdown improvement meetings and applying lessons learnt to future shutdowns

What you’ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have: 

• An ability to build strong relationships and uplift teams

• Respect for others and advocates for an all-inclusive mindset 

• An understanding of what a safe working environment looks like and acts when something is not right

• A background in processing plant operations or maintenance

• Previous experience in maintenance scheduling for large scale machinery/processing plants

• Previous exposure to SAP, MS Project, MS Excel and Prometheus

• Current ‘C’ Class Driver's License (Manual)

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100% we still want to hear from you. 

We are committed to promoting diversity within Rio Tinto and as a special measure to we strongly encourage women to apply.

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  

• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia  

• 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  

• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support  

• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave, cultural leave)  

• Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water)

• 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.

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.  To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:

• Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment

• Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.

Who we are  

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 and meet opportunities. 

Where you’ll be working 

Located 234km north-west of Newman, Gudai Darri is the newest Rio Tinto mine in the Pilbara. It offers a range of fly in fly out rosters. As one of Australia's largest-producing iron ore mines; operating a fleet of autonomous trucks and drills, it generates more than 50 million tonnes of iron ore each year.

Gudai-Darri is known for its culture of teamwork, can-do attitude and pioneering spirit, leading the way with innovation and technological advances in autonomous operations and robotics.

About Rio TintoRio 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 MattersAt 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.