Coordinator Utilities

Coordinator Utilities – Weipa Northern Operations - Residential

Location: Weipa, Queensland

Roster: 4, 5, 5 day shift roster

Employment Type: Full-time | Permanent

We’re looking for a skilled and safety-focused Coordinator Utilities to support our Northern Operations maintenance team in Weipa. This is a key role where you’ll oversee maintenance activities working in a multi disciplined team of tradespersons and ensure our asset management processes are executed to the highest standards.

Coordinator Utilities

About the role

This role is a great opportunity for someone with a strong work ethic and a 'can do' attitude to lead an operational team towards achieving our production and safety targets. Working a 4, 5, 5 day shift roster and reporting to the Supervisor, Utilities you will be:

• Leading a team of operators / maintainers working on assets across wastewater treatment, potable water, process water, fuel, tailings and light vehicles.
• Leading the team towards achieving an interdependent safety culture by utilizing daily shift starts, safety interactions, human performance and critical risk management tools
• Maintaining a strong level of control over the utilities infrastructure which includes: 
  - Multiple tailings and water storage dams
  - Mine processing and potable water supply for the Northern mining operations and township.
  - Multiple Sewage Treatments plants including the Town sewage treatment plants and associated infrastructure
  - Fuel infrastructure supporting both the mine and township
  - Light vehicle maintenance
• Active supervision and co-ordination of maintenance activities and improvement projects as directed by the supervisor
• Fostering a culture of continuous improvement in safe production

What you will bring

• Previous leadership experience of a dynamic team in an operational environment
• Prior experience in Tailings, water delivery, treatment plant operations or fuel in an industrial environment
• Stakeholder engagement and interpersonal skills
• Intermediate computer skills, including experience using Microsoft Office suite applications
• Previous experience using SAP

 Desirable

• A Diploma in Front Line Management or similar
• Qualifications relevant to water supply and treatment
• Tailings dam management experience
• Experience working in a highly regulated operational environment

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a team that values safety, sustainability, and operational excellence
• Lead critical maintenance operations that directly impact asset reliability
• Work in a dynamic and supportive environment with opportunities for growth
• Make a meaningful contribution to the success of our Weipa operations

What we offer 

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress

• Weipa accommodation benefit 
• Remote area allowance 
• Remote area holiday travel assistance 
• 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, cultural leave)

Where you’ll be working 

Our Weipa Operations includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, ship loaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals. Located on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, each year the operation produces more than 35 million tons of bauxite. 

Our operations are supported by a 1,900-strong workforce—including 26 per cent who are women and 25 per cent Indigenous employees. Activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, ports, cultural heritage management, and processing facility management. 

The development of our new mine, Amrun, which was completed in 2018, will extend the life of our Weipa bauxite operations by decades to come and significantly build on our 55-year history on the Western Cape. 

Ready to lead the way?

If you’re a confident leader with a passion for maintenance excellence, we want to hear from you. Apply now and help us drive performance and reliability across our operations.

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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.