Superintendent Production
- Fantastic opportunity to join a friendly and motivated team who are passionate about achieving results as a collective
- Flexibility for the lifestyle you want – attractive FIFO roster
- Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better
About the role
We are seeking a highly motivated and safety-driven Superintendent Production to join our Pilbara Mine Operations. Taking ownership of your team, this is an exciting opportunity for an engaging individual who has a passion for leading, while promoting positive safety and people culture through visible and tangible leadership.
Leading on the frontline is one of the most important jobs in our business and comes with a huge amount of responsibility. We need you to motivate, inspire and keep your people safe and well.
With signature leadership training programmes, growing and developing is more than an opportunity – it is something we actively plan and make happen. Every day our leaders grow, while our rosters are designed to help you live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family.
Reporting to the Mine Manager, your key responsibilities will include:
- Day-to-day management of all open pit production operations including planning activities for the site
- Be an inspiring role model and coach for positive behaviours, practices and processes, whilst providing leadership, development and support to the mine operation teams
- Managing optimisation projects and driving continuous improvement initiatives
- Driving a strong safety culture which ensures adherence to procedures for operational activities, site standards and legislation.
- Leading, organising, developing and motivating your teams to exceed expectations and targets, while building meaningful succession pathways for your staff
- Developing and implementing key productivity improvements to drive operational efficiency
- Working collaboratively and fostering relationships with key partners to achieve wider business objectives
- Measuring, recording, analysing and reporting on safety, people and productivity activities to consistently exceed plan and improve performance
What you’ll bring
- Proactive with a strong commitment in driving a safe working culture
- Must currently hold, or in the process of obtaining Quarry Managers certificate
- Experience working in operational leadership roles and be confident in effectively leading, mentoring and coaching team members as well as interfacing with senior leaders
- Autonomous haulage system experience. Frontrunner would be highly regarded
- A desire to build and lead engaged teams
- Prior contractor management experience would be desirable
- Understanding of the mining industry from both an operational and technical perspective
- Mining operational optimisation knowledge and/or experience
- Demonstrated ability to consistently achieve safety and operational outcomes and delivery of targets
If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100% we still want to hear from you.
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 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
In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own a world-class, integrated network of 18 mines, 4 independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.
Applications close on 7 th of September 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)
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.
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.
