Supervisor Blast - Perth, Australia - Rio Tinto
Description
Supervisor Blast- Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
- Great role to consolidate your experience and develop towards management
- Lifestyle and family friendly 8,6,7,7 FIFO roster from Perth, Busselton or Broome
About the role
Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.
We are looking for a Blast Supervisor to lead, mentor, coach and develop a team of blast operators to actively promote safety awareness and safe work practices with the aim of driving consistent performance and innovation in relation to safety, cost and production.
This is a great opportunity to bring your knowledge and expertise to a dynamic site and further your career aspirations.
- Be an inspiring role model and coach for positive behaviours, practices, and processes, whilst providing leadership, development and support to your team
- Using the fortnightly mine plans to supervise and coordinate blast activities on site
- Ensure all mining activities undertaken are in compliance with all relevant statutory regulations and RTIO standards and policies
- Contribute to the HSE system and increase awareness to enable an injury free and environmentally responsible workplace
- Identify and participate in continuous improvement projects which including cost saving and production efficiency projects
- Daily inspections of all work areas and regular on the job interactions with the team
What you'll bring
- Proactive approach with a strong commitment in driving a safe working culture
- Leadership experience with surface blasting operations
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
- Ability to work under pressure and coordinate multiple work targets
- Computer literacy and proficiency in the suite of Microsoft packages such as Outlook, Excel and Word
- A current valid driver's license
Where you will be working
Located 110km west of Newman, West Angelas operates on a fly in fly out roster from Perth, Broome and Busselton.
West Angelas is a pioneer in autonomous technologies - we were the first site to trial autonomous haul trucks and incorporate autonomous drilling into our operations in 2008, and we continue to have one of the largest mining fleets in the Pilbara.
Our high grade, low phosphorous Marra Mamba orebody is an integral part of the Pilbara Blend, contributing both lump and fines products on around four trains each day.
At the West Angelas hub there are state-of-the-art power generation and refuelling facilities. These facilities supply power and diesel fuel to the East Pilbara mine sites.
The future is bright at West Angelas with ongoing growth projects at Deposits C and D, as well as additional deposits under study providing enormous opportunities for personal development and career growth.
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 and salary packaging options
- Career development and education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
- Ongoing access to familyfriendly 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)
About Rio Tinto
For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers - generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.
explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.
Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium - the world's first to be certified "responsible" - helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.
Every Voice Matters
Ready to experience something unique? Come work with us.
**Applications close on 1st March 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)
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