Major Works Coordinator - Mining Maintenance
- Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
- Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
- Residential role based in the beautiful tropical town of Gove, huge range of benefits!
About The Role
Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.
We are seeking a passionate, values-driven, and experienced Coordinator to lead a team of heavy mining equipment tradespeople. The successful candidate will oversee the safe and efficient execution of major maintenance activities and equipment overhauls, ensuring all work is completed to the highest safety and quality standards while meeting people, safety, and operational targets within the scheduled timeframe.
This is a great opportunity for a people leader, who has a strong focus on safety and driving cultural change. Reporting to the Mining Maintenance Technical Officer and working Monday to Friday; you will be
- Providing visible leadership and driving a positive safety culture and respectful behaviours within the team
- Facilitating in the measuring, analysing and recommendation of process improvements.
- Coordinating all major works maintenance activities through efficient use of resources and assets
- Monitoring performance of the major works maintenance targets and taking appropriate action to maintain the execution requirements
- Participating in the preparation of accurate major works maintenance schedules and assigning tasks to team members.
- Oversee the execution of major maintenance and repairs being completed in a safe manner, delivered on time and to a high-quality standard.
What You’ll Bring
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team(standard for all job adverts)
- Experience leading teams in a regulated environment
- A passion for leadership and alignment to Rio Tinto’s values and vision
- A continuous improvement mindset
- Competent in the use of SAP and Microsoft Office programs Word and Excel.
- A background with heavy mobile equipment maintenance and a trade or tertiary qualification for the purpose of effectively checking and verifying work to ensure safety and legal requirements are met, is preferred
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 & 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)
- Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
- Possible domestic relocation assistance
Where you’ll be working
Our Gove Operations have been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for more than 40 years. Located in Australia’s Northern Territory, each year the operation produces approximately 12 million tonnes of bauxite.
With a workforce of 460 people, daily activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, shutdown planning and execution, export operations, cultural heritage management, and closure activities following our decision to close the site’s alumina refinery and associated Residue Disposal Area in 2017.
We expect our bauxite mining operations on the Gove Peninsula will cease in 2030 and we are undertaking significant work to support closure of the operation. We also recognise our operations take place on Indigenous-owned land, and we are committed to working together to achieve a positive future for Nhulunbuy and the Gove Peninsula post-mining.
Applications close on Wednesday 26th March 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.
