Superintendent Learning and Development | Gladstone

• Exciting opportunity to shape workforce capability, drive continuous improvement in learning systems and services

• Permanent, full-time opportunity which includes attractive salary, annual incentives and a range of additional benefits designed to make your life better

• Help shape a safer, more capable and future-ready workforce at our Gladstone operations

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 seeking a Learning and Development Superintendent to lead a site-based team responsible for all learning and development areas for our Yarwun operations, based in Gladstone.

Working a 9-day fortnight, this role is a great opportunity to demonstrate your leadership in learning and development by evolving the frontline capability of one of Rio Tinto’s key alumina assets, improving people experience, and developing frontline individuals directly impacting safety and stability of our operations.

What you’ll be doing

Reporting to the Manager Operational Excellence, your duties will include:

• Managing the frontline competency training needs analysis, its design, maintenance, governance and delivery

• Managing the preboarding to shift ready program and experience across the frontline and the onboarding experience for all newcomers to the refinery 

• Continuously improving the approach to competency across the asset

• Designing and execution of the assets learning schedule across the asset for both frontline and professional training events 

• Managing, leading and developing the team of L&D advisors 

• Building strong partnerships across both the refinery, its sister sites in Gladstone as well as the broader Pacific Operations assets

• Delivering Learning & Development improvement projects collaboratively across the Pacific Operations Aluminium assets

About you

The successful candidate will have the following:

• Commitment to safety, inclusion and continuous improvement of your team

• Demonstrated experience leading learning and development, training, capability or workforce development functions at a supervisor level

• Experience in or around operational environments

• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to partner effectively with operational leaders

• Experience developing and implementing training programs and learning solutions

• Knowledge of training compliance, governance and reporting requirements

• Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams and manage performance

You will join a team that is helping build the capability of our Gladstone workforce, while creating opportunities for people to learn, grow and perform at their best, and work in an environment that values development, collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.

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 & cultural 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.  

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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.