Maintenance Superintendent

Superintendent - Maintenance

• Join a leader in mining & metals offering outstanding personal development & career opportunities
• Be a part of a group that is committed to safety and values inclusion
• Key role in a diverse organization based in Boron, California
• For California based roles the expected annual salary range is $115,600 - $158,950

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Superintendent - Maintenance to lead a team in a complex, technical, and large-scale mineral processing environment. The Maintenance Superintendent is a member of the plant leadership team. You will be responsible for safe and efficient maintenance of the refinery assets. You as the Superintendent are instrumental in ensuring the safety of our people, asset management practices, continuously improving existing processes, managing budgets, and developing team capability.

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 programs, 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 theManager - Maintenance and Servicesand working in a collaborative environment, you will be:

• Help deliver annual production targets through equipment availability and preventive maintenance
• Recognize potential near-term and long-term problems and opportunities, working with peers to develop the most value
• Evaluate maintenance efficiency, identify problems, and recommend solutions
• Drive the generation of improvement and cost-saving ideas, and trend and quantify value generated by maintenance improvements to track against targets and ensure timely completion
• Work directly with Asset Management and Capital projects teams to replace/maintain existing equipment or purchase additional equipment
• Routinely performs quality Health, Safety and Environment ("HSE") compliance audits and interactions to ensure that workplace hazards are identified and eliminated and ensure that all personnel are following plant and area safety and enviromennmental systems, procedures, and standards
• Take an active role in the performance management and development of employees within the department while
• Set direction for Performance, Incentive and Development Planning Processes along with providing high level guidance to the wider Refinery Team in achieving goals by obtaining feedback from internal/external customers and suppliers to improve performance

What you'll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Bachelor's degree desirable, though not required
• Proven working experience in asset management, maintenance, and reliability engineering
• Experience in project leadership, project management, change management and cross functional team leadership
• Root Cause Analysis methods
• Experience in employee performance evaluation (setting expectations and evaluating delivery), development and recruitment of employees along with practical experience in Industrial Relations
• Understanding lean production methodology

What we offer

We are committed to providing our employees with a generous benefits package. Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking, your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress, we provide:

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• Advantageous salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.
• Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program, which allows you to purchase Rio Tinto Company shares.
• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
• A favorable child-caregiver leave program (Up to 100% salary top-up)
• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing
• Ongoing Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family; to help in addressing educational opportunities, addiction treatment, depression, stress, domestic issues, financial management, and legal concerns.
• Our team and industry experts are here to support and work with you to explore your learning potential and career goals

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminum, 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 and meet opportunities.

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Borates is a global leader in industrial mineral supply and science. We supply approximately 25% of the world's demand for refined borates, minerals essential to life and modern living. We seek to create mutual value by working closely with our investment partners and host communities. Our 20 Mule Team Borax brand pays tribute to our first borates mining operation in Death Valley in 1872.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications fromIndigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

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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.