Shutdown Planner

This is an opportunity to work with Rio Tinto as a Shutdown Planner to support the development of a long-term shutdown strategy for Jabiru NT.

• FIFO from Brisbane
• 14/7 Roster
• Day Shift | 10 hours

You will play a key role in building a sustainable shutdown strategy that aligns statutory and maintenance requirements

• Review existing shutdown planning methodologies, schedules, maintenance data, and work management processes.
• Create structured annual shutdown plans that can be consistently executed by both internal maintenance teams and external contractors.
• Integrate statutory inspections, compliance requirements, and secondary maintenance activities into a sustainable annual shutdown cycle.
• Develop detailed shutdown schedules, resource forecasts, and execution readiness plans.
• Identify planning risks, constraints, critical path activities, and resource requirements.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Extensive experience in shutdown and maintenance planning within mining, processing, chemical, resources, or heavy industrial environments.
• Demonstrated experience developing long-term maintenance and shutdown schedules.
• Strong understanding of statutory maintenance requirements and asset management principles.
• Proven ability to develop integrated shutdown plans from concept through to execution readiness.
• Experience identifying resource requirements, constraints, and schedule risks.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• High-level planning and scheduling software capability (Primavera P6, MS Project, SAP PM, or similar).
• A proactive and continuous improvement mindset.

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