Fixed Plant Mechanical Planner

• Coastal Residential opportunity - work & live close to home!
• Work a local 5 days on; 2 days off / 4 days on; 3 days off roster
• Indulge in a huge range of additional benefits

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are currently looking for an experienced Planner to join the Maintenance Planning and Logistics team at Dampier ports.

This is a great opportunity for a mechanically minded and qualified planner to make their mark in the Dampier based planning team, responsible for our iron ore assets.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry's best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Resilience, self-motivation, and exceptional communication skills are essential for this role, as you will be required to interface with broad stakeholder groups, displaying credibility, building trust and influencing outcomes.

Reporting to the Senior Planner and working in collaboration with Maintenance, Planning and Logistics team, you will be:

• Be the custodian of the Rio Tinto Work Management Process for your area
• Develop and maintain the Area Maintenance plan, through all phases of the work management process
• Facilitate the area planning meetings in accordance with the work management process
• Ensure compliance with relevant statutory and legislative provisions
• Maintain secondary master data, task lists, BOM's and critical spares
• Participate in the development of the area maintenance budget in consultation with your area Maintenance Superintendent
• Identify and implement improvements during the planning and scheduling process to optimise resource efficiency and utilisation
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement supporting the implementation of team improvement initiatives
• Develop and maintain effective networks through collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders, customers, and suppliers

What you'll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Demonstrated experience in Planning / Scheduling with a high proficiency in SAP.
• A highly organised, structured & detailed approach to planning with a strong commitment to safety.
• Ability to prioritise and coordinate large volumes of multi-discipline work
• Strong ability to analyse relevant performance metrics and determine improvement actions
• Excellent communication skills via all mediums with the ability to negotiate positive outcomes across multiple stakeholders
• High level of numeracy, literacy, and computing skills
• Hold a current "C Class" WA Manual Driver's License

What we offer

• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• Get ahead financially and enjoy housing subsidy benefits
• Remote Area Holiday Travel
• 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

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.

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.

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.

Where you'll be working

Our port facilities consist of four shipping terminals located on the Pilbara coast at Dampier and Cape Lambert which form an essential part of our logistics process. Each terminal has facilities for train unloading, iron ore stockpiling, product blending and ship loading.

The successful candidate will be required to live residentially in Dampier or Karratha township.

You will just love that sea change and everything our beautiful WA coastline has to offer.

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.

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.

Applications close on 15th of February 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).