Superintendent Maintenance Utilities
Rio Tinto
Superintendent Maintenance
Bring your maintenance and leadership experience to this dynamic role
Based at Rio Tinto’s Yarwun Alumina Refinery working a family friendly 9-day fortnight
Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual incentive program and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better
About the role
Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.
We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.
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.
We are looking for an experienced Superintendent Maintenance to join our team.
The scope of work you will be accountable for is challenging and diverse. Your demonstrated ability to engage, connect and positively influence key stakeholders at all organisational levels will play a critical part to the effectiveness in this role.
Reporting to the Manager, and working within a dynamic environment your key accountabilities of the role include, but are not limited to:
Leading a highly skilled team of frontline leaders and maintenance personnel in fixed plant maintenance
Undertaking major maintenance shut activities with contracting support, often managing high risk work.
Demonstrating a commitment and passion to team safety
An engaging and inspirational leader committed to building a positive and interdependent culture
Implementing effective maintenance and asset management practices to help deliver asset performance priorities
Coaching and developing the team to build individuals capabilities and competence
Evaluate maintenance efficiency, identify problems, and recommend solutions
Demonstrate our Rio Tinto values of Care, Courage, and Curiosity
What you’ll bring
A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
Be proactive with a commitment in driving a safe and inclusive team culture
The ability to engage and inspire and drive transformational change
Engineering or equivalent trade qualified
Experienced in maintenance and asset management practices with prior experience in leadership roles at Superintendent level
Experience in risk management activities
Confident in effectively leading, mentoring, and coaching team members as well as interfacing with senior leaders, with a desire to build and lead engaged teams
A can-do pragmatic attitude with a structured approach to delivering strategic objectives
A current Australian driver’s license
Ability to navigate SAP would be helpful.
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
Located in Central Queensland, approximately 10km north-west of Gladstone, Yarwun alumina refinery commenced operations in 2004. Processing bauxite from our mines in Weipa and Gove, Yarwun produces more than three million tonnes of smelter grade alumina annually.
As one of the largest industries in the Gladstone region, Yarwun employs over 700 people and has a large contractor workforce.
With a focus on safely improving our process every day, the team at Yarwun challenge themselves to use existing and emerging technology to support our 24 hour operation.
Yarwun is a proud member of the Gladstone community, and along with Boyne Smelters Limited and Queensland Alumina Limited, support community investments that improve the liveability of the Gladstone region through the Here for Gladstone community fund.
Applications close on Monday 12th May 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)
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.
