Shutdown Planner

· Join a leading global company

· Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion

· Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role

We are looking for a Shut Down Planner to manage shutdown work requests, oversee the backlog in SAP, plan work orders, procure materials, and prioritize and schedule tasks to maximize process up time.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced technical leader to play a critical role in developing and maintaining comprehensive shutdown schedules, including capital projects, in coordination with maintenance teams, external resources, and other stakeholders while focuses on minimizing material costs and optimizing the use of contract services.

About the role

Reporting to the Maintenance & Reliability Manager and working in a collaborative community, a challenging and exciting environment, you will:

• Champion safety within the maintenance department by actively supporting site safety programs and initiatives. Ensure full compliance with safety regulations, industrial hygiene standards, security/CTPAT requirements, and environmental policies while promoting a strong safety culture.

• Proactively identify and address unsafe acts, behaviors, and conditions to minimize risk and protect the health and safety of all personnel.

• Conduct Life Critical Audits and routine safety compliance reviews. Investigate findings, address gaps, and drive continuous improvement in safety performance and practices.

• Coordinate contractor requirements and maintenance resources, ensuring timely scheduling of equipment, personnel, and parts to support operational needs.

• Develop and manage preventive and corrective maintenance plans in accordance with plant procedures, engineering standards, and applicable national codes. Utilize SAP and design databases to obtain and maintain equipment information.

• Review, prioritize, and schedule maintenance requests; manage work order completion and closeout activities; and maintain the maintenance backlog in collaboration with other planners.

• Develop and maintain shutdown calendars and schedules, facilitate shutdown planning and daily review meetings, and oversee contractor activities to ensure successful execution of shutdown events.

• Participate in cross-functional initiatives to optimize plant-managed expenditures. Identify and implement strategies to reduce maintenance costs while enhancing equipment reliability, performance, and safety.

• Support site and divisional quality objectives by participating in quality initiatives, representing the maintenance function in quality meetings, and assisting with internal and external audits.

• Communicate critical maintenance priorities and business activities to management to ensure appropriate resource allocation and achievement of production objectives.

• Coordinate and supervise contractors across multiple trades during routine operations and shutdowns, ensuring compliance with safety standards, quality expectations, and project timelines.

• Leverage SAP MRP to maintain maintenance plans, materials master data, and equipment records. Prepare cost estimates for labor, materials, and supplies required for planned maintenance activities.

About you

• High School Diploma or equivalent with five years of chemical process maintenance experience and general knowledge of plant systems, processes, and procedures, or

• Associate’s degree with three years of maintenance or project planning experience.

• Basic working knowledge of the Materials Management and Production Planning modules in SAP.

• Proficiency in Excel and Word Processing software (Microsoft Office, including Access).

• Willingness to learn Microsoft Project.

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.

• Competitive base salary is reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive bonus.

• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.

• Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program.

• Attractive share ownership plan.

• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all the moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.

• A generous parental leave policy, which ensures you’re able to spend quality time with your new family.

• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing.

• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which provides confidential counselling or expert guidance for you and your family to help get through life’s challenges.

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 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.