Supervisor Belts

• Supervise contractors delivering specialist belt maintenance in our Major Works division, supporting our Pilbara mines operations and their critical conveyor systems.
• Put your belt splicing and conveyor maintenance experience into practice while coaching and developing the capability of your team.
• Family-friendly 8 days on, 6 days off roster, FIFO from Perth.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Supervisor Belts to join our Major Works division at our Pilbara mines. This is an opportunity for someone with strong experience in conveyor belt maintenance, belt splicing and conveyor systems, who is passionate about building team capability and delivering safe, reliable plant performance.

Leading a team of belt maintenance personnel, you will be responsible for the safe and efficient execution of planned and breakdown conveyor belt maintenance, ensuring belt systems are maintained to a high standard and available to support operational requirements.

You will play a key role in driving belt reliability, maintenance quality and continuous improvement, while coaching and developing your team and working closely with operations, maintenance and contracting partners.

This position is based at Paraburdoo, with the potential to work across our Pilbara mines operations if required. It follows an 8 days on, 6 days off roster, FIFO from Perth.

Reporting to the Superintendent Cranes & Belts, you will:

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Maintenance personnel, building capability across belt maintenance and splicing activities.
• Coordinate and supervise the safe execution of planned, preventative and breakdown maintenance across conveyor belt systems.
• Oversee belt inspections, repairs, replacements, splicing and associated conveyor maintenance activities.
• Develop and execute daily work plans aligned with maintenance schedules, shutdown requirements and operational priorities.
• Plan and execute conveyor maintenance shutdowns, coordinating labour, contractors, materials and permits to deliver work safely, on time and to the required quality standard.
• Drive improvements in belt reliability and availability, identifying recurring issues and opportunities to reduce unplanned downtime.
• Supervise, manage and coordinate contractors undertaking belt maintenance and specialist conveyor work, ensuring work is completed safely and to the required standard.
• Actively foster a strong safety culture across all belt maintenance activities and ensure compliance with Rio Tinto standards, policies and procedures.
• Fulfil the requirements of the Statutory Supervisor appointment under the WHS (Mines) Regulations 2022, with functions as outlined in Schedule 26.

What you'll bring

• Demonstrated experience in conveyor belt maintenance and belt splicing within a mining, processing or heavy industrial environment.
• Strong practical knowledge of conveyor systems, belt condition, splicing techniques, belt change-outs and maintenance practices.
• Certificate III in Polymer Processing or a similar relevant trade or technical qualification. (preferred)
• Statutory Position Legal Exam - Statutory Supervisor, or the ability to meet the required statutory appointment requirements.
• Previous supervisory or leadership experience within belt, conveyor or Fixed Plant maintenance.
• Experience coordinating contractors and specialist service providers undertaking belt maintenance and conveyor works.
• Strong commitment to safe work execution, quality workmanship and improving belt reliability and plant availability.
• Current Western Australian C Class Driver’s License
• Working knowledge of systems such as SAP, Outlook, Excel and Word.

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 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) 
• 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
• Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career.
• Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.

Where you’ll be working  

This role offers a Monday to Friday roster based at Rio Tinto’s Perth head office at the Central Park building where you will work closely with operational and technical teams to support hydrogeology, water management and dewatering outcomes across the business.

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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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTQ+ 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.