Drill Supervisor
- Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority
- Elevate your career with the support of a committed leadership team
- Fly in, fly out opportunity from Perth or Geraldton on 8 days on, 6 days off, 7 nights on, 7 days off roster
About the role
We are looking for a Drill Supervisor to provide leadership to a multiskilled team, actively promote safety awareness and safe work practices, and have a passion for driving and harnessing a great team culture. This role presents a fantastic opportunity to draw on your people leadership skills, coupled with your technical knowledge to effectively coordinate execution of work.
You’ll be part of a friendly team, supported by your leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team. You’ll work on a Fly in, Fly out, 8 days on; 6 days off, 7 days on, 7 days off roster which will give you more time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your life.
Reporting to the Drill & Blast Superintendent you will:
- Be an inspiring role model and coach for positive behaviours, practices, and processes, whilst providing leadership, development, and support to your team
- Work collaboratively with peers across multiple disciplines to deliver the mine plan, supervise and coordinate drilling activities on site
- Ensure all activities undertaken are compliant with relevant statutory regulations and business standards and policies
- Complete daily inspections of all work areas, and regular field interactions with the team to develop a safe and effective work culture
What you’ll bring
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset
- Have leadership experience and be confident in leading, developing and coaching team
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
- WA WHS Statutory Supervisor Certification
- Ability to achieve outcomes through influence and collaboration with others
- Hold a current "C Class" WA Manual Driver’s License
- Experience with autonomous drill fleets
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.
Where you’ll be working
For over 150 years, we have been producing materials essential to human progress – minerals and metals that are still part of everyday life, including the iron ore that shapes the skylines of cities around the world.
Next comes Gudai-Darri, a place that brings together everything we have learned to create a technically advanced iron ore mine – a new mine for a new way of working.
This is your opportunity to be at the pioneering edge of mining.
At Gudai-Darri your voice matters. We are building a new generation mine with a family of talented people at its heart.
Applications close on the 28th of June 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.
