Supervisor MEM

About the role

• The perfect lifestyle balance
• Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority
• FIFO from various locations

We’re Finding Better Ways to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

Reporting and role context

About the role Join our team as a Supervisor MEM where you'll lead a team of Maintenance Tradespersons in executing maintenance activities while ensuring consistent application of asset management processes.

In this role you'll play a crucial role in maintaining the reliability and safety of our assets as well as manage and supervise trade employees in maintenance activities, ensuring tasks are completed safely and efficiently.

You'll allocate maintenance coverage for breakdowns and resolve on-the-job issues related to planned maintenance activities and shutdowns.

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 Superintendent MEM, your duties will include:

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise trade employees in maintenance activities
• Allocate maintenance coverage for breakdowns
• Resolve on the job issues (with regards to planned maintenance activities, maintenance shutdowns, etc.)
• Monitor working practices and adherence to safety procedures to ensure safety of employees working in the area

What you’ll bring

• Lead, coach and manage a team of Maintenance Tradespersons to deliver safe and reliable outcomes
• Oversee day‑to‑day maintenance activities, ensuring consistent application of maintenance and asset management processes
• Apply asset management principles including lifecycle management, optimisation, forecasting and risk mitigation
• Promote and enforce a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance with site safety procedures and statutory requirements
• Identify, investigate and resolve maintenance and operational issues efficiently to minimise downtime
• Communicate clearly and effectively with maintenance teams, operational leaders and key stakeholders
• Plan and organise maintenance schedules, resources and priorities to meet operational requirements
• Ensure high standards of quality and workmanship across all maintenance activities to support asset reliability and longevity

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 permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• 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
• 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 the 8th May 2026 (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.

Respect and Inclusion

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.