Supervisor Metallurgical Evaluation

• Desirable coastal residential roster 5, 5, 4 Days Only
• Great role to consolidate your experience and develop towards management
• Supportive team culture with a focus on inclusion, safety and work life balance

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

About the role

We are looking for a Supervisor Metallurgical Evaluation to provide leadership to the metallurgical execution team and to actively promote safety awareness and safe work practices with the aim of driving consistent performance and innovation.

Rio Tinto Metallurgical Evaluation delivers value to Rio Tinto Iron Ore by providing information on current and future resources and maintaining a library of samples. The Metallurgical Evaluation Team achieves this through highly capable people applying uniform, data driven processes and tools, continuously improving its approach in pursuit of efficient and effective service delivery. We collaborate with business unit customers to provide sample handling fidelity and reliability and actively promote Rio Tinto Group goals on safety and sustainable development.

You will be an inspiring role model and coach for positive behaviours, practices and processes, whilst providing leadership, development and support to your team. This role is a great opportunity to bring your knowledge and expertise to a dynamic site and further your career aspirations. Working an even time roster and reporting to the Superintendent Metallurgical Evaluation, you will be:

• Engaging with internal stakeholders on a day to day basis
• Ensuring all metallurgical activities undertaken are in compliance with all relevant statutory regulations and RTIO standards and policies
• Contributing to the HSE system and increase awareness to enable an injury free and environmentally responsible workplace
• Performance management of the team including training and, career development
• Identifying and participating in continuous improvement projects which including cost saving and production efficiency projects

What you'll bring

• Experience in leadership roles managing dynamic teams
• Proactive approach with a strong commitment in driving a safe working culture
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
• Computer literacy and proficiency in the suite of Microsoft packages such as Outlook, Excel and Word
• A current valid driver's license

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Experience working within the resources industry
• Metallurgy experience
• Experience working in a laboratory

Where you will be working

Residing in the Karratha/Dampier township, you will just love that sea change and everything our beautiful WA coastline has to offer.

To find out more, check out the following link: https://karratha.wa.gov.au/map-listing/wickham

Come join our team and enjoy the many great benefits:

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Supportive and inclusive community
• Get ahead financially and enjoy heavily subsidised company housing
• Annual holiday travel assistance for you and your family

What we offer

• 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 and salary packaging options
• Career development and 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)

About Rio Tinto

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress. Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls 'progress' begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

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.

Every Voice Matters

At 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.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium the world's first to be certified "responsible" helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Ready to experience something unique? Come work with us.

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia.

Applications close on Wednesday 3rd November 2021 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)