Supervisor Cell Start Up

Rio Tinto

Posted on:  16th Jul 2025

Supervisor Cell Start Up | BSL

  • Opportunity to support one of Australia’s largest aluminium smelters – Boyne Smelter
  • The perfect balance, our rosters give you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community.
  • Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better.
  • Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority

About the Role 

As the Supervisor Cell Start Up, you will be responsible for overseeing the activities of a single shift or a segment within the processing operations, spanning across all shifts or multiple areas. 

Working the Lifestyle Roster, this is a great opportunity for someone that is looking to take that next step and advance their career as a Leader. 

Working in a challenging and exciting environment, key activities will include:  

  • Responsible for overseeing operating employees and organizing equipment deployment to fulfill processing and safety standards within the designated area.
  • Coordinates and supervises daily processing activities to ensure smooth operations.
  • Sets priorities for the team to achieve task completion and coordinates work activities with other supervisors and departments.
  • Addresses issues using established practices and precedents; decisions are influenced by policies, procedures, and the business plan.
  • Facilitating Lean and management system activities within the team or designated area.

About You 

To thrive in this role, you should bring:

  • A demonstrated commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
  • Experience leading a team in an industrial or similar environment with a processing focus (desirable)
  • A passion for developing, training, coaching and motivating your people and enabling their success
  • Tertiary degree or Trade/Technical diploma in a relevant discipline would be considered an asset and a valid driver's license
  • Effective communication and organizational skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Suite
  • Sound risk management skills and ability to make decisions based on risk

What we offer 

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

  • Full domestic relocation provided to Gladstone
  • 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, 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’ll be working 

Rio Tinto is a global leader in aluminium, one of the world’s most widely used metals. 

Active in the sector for more than 110 years, today we operate large-scale, high-quality bauxite mines and alumina refineries, and have the world’s most modern and competitive aluminium smelter portfolio. 

Boyne Smelters Limited is Australia’s second largest aluminium smelter with a 1,000-person strong workforce. Located approximately 20km south east of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast, BSL produces around 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum. 

Activities at BSL include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten material into aluminium products ready to ship. The smelter is connected via a conveyor belt to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for the supply of alumina. 

BSL is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring safe work practices where people feel safe at work and care for each other. 

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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.

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