Team Leader - RMA

Rio Tinto

Posted on:  30th Jun 2025

Excited to grow your career?We value our talented workforce, and whenever possible strive to help our employees grow professionally. If you think this position is right for you, we encourage you to speak to your Leader and go ahead and apply!Our people make all the difference in our success.

Join our team at Rio Tinto Yarwun - Team Leader Residue Management Area

  • Be part of a group that is safety-driven and values inclusion.
  • Bring your passion for leadership to train, develop and motivate people.
  • Day shift only, Lifestyle roster with shift allowance 

About the roleWe are looking for a Team Leader to join our - Residue Management Area at Rio Tinto Yarwun. You will lead a medium-sized team of process technicians and subcontractors towards achieving our safety, people and growth objectives through planning and executing production activities. 

This role is a great opportunity for a safety-focused Supervisor to drive positive change and motivate a team to strive for continuous improvement. Lead, create and maintain a climate in which individuals feel included, valued and all team members are clear about responsibilities, expectations, and objectives. 

Leading on the frontline is one of the most important jobs in our business and comes with a huge amount of responsibility. We need you to motivate, inspire and keep your people safe and well.With signature leadership training programmes, growing and developing is more than an opportunity – it is something we actively plan and make happen. Every day our leaders grow, while our rosters are designed to help you live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family 

Reporting to the Superintendent - Residue Management some of your duties will include:

  • Demonstrating personal and team behaviour that meets or exceeds the Yarwun Visions and Models for leadership
  • Fostering a culture of zero harm and continuous improvement
  • Deliver operational excellence by identifying and implementing improvement initiatives
  • Conduct required audits and inspections to a high standard, and for the purpose of reinforcing a strong HSE culture and systems
  • Ensuring targets are consistently delivered in a sustainable/ timely manner and with maximum customer satisfaction
  • Developing relief Team Leaders and other required capability within the team
  • Delivering weekly, monthly and annual production and safety performance KPI’s
  • Managing expenditure within the allocated budget and execution of Yarwun operating system

What you’ll bring 

  • A demonstrated commitment to the safety of yourself and your team 
  • Experience leading in an industrial or similar environment with a production focus
  • A leadership role within a production team desirable
  • A passion for developing, training and motivating your people and enabling their success
  • Sound risk management skills and ability to make decisions based on risk
  • Sounds computer literacy skills. Working knowledge of SAP could be advantageous 

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 workingLocated 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.

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Every Voice MattersAt Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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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