Superintendent - Mobile Equipment Maintenance (MEM)

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion

• Based in the beautiful outdoor and family-oriented community of Pannawonica

• Family friendly residential 8 days on, 6 days off roster

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.

About the role

We are looking for residential Superintendent Mobile Equipment Maintenance (MEM) to join and support our team in Pannawonica. The scope of work you will be accountable for is challenging and diverse. Your demonstrated ability to engage, connect and positively influence key stakeholders at all organisational levels will play a critical part to the effectiveness in this role.

Every day our leaders grow, while our rosters are designed to help you live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family.

This is a great opportunity for you and your family to contribute to a unique community and enjoy a wide range of seasonal outdoor activities; allowing you to find the perfect balance between leisure and work.

The town of Pannawonica is supported by a resident doctor, an excellent primary school with options to undertake secondary school studies in a supervised distance education program, supermarket, and a local community gym and youth centre.

Reporting

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion

• Based in the beautiful outdoor and family-oriented community of Pannawonica

• Family friendly residential 8 days on, 6 days off roster

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.

About the role

We are looking for residential Superintendent Mobile Equipment Maintenance (MEM) to join and support our team in Pannawonica. The scope of work you will be accountable for is challenging and diverse. Your demonstrated ability to engage, connect and positively influence key stakeholders at all organisational levels will play a critical part to the effectiveness in this role.

Every day our leaders grow, while our rosters are designed to help you live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family.

This is a great opportunity for you and your family to contribute to a unique community and enjoy a wide range of seasonal outdoor activities; allowing you to find the perfect balance between leisure and work.

The town of Pannawonica is supported by a resident doctor, an excellent primary school with options to undertake secondary school studies in a supervised distance education program, supermarket, and a local community gym and youth centre.

Reporting to the Manager, Mobile Equipment Maintenance, you will:

• Leading a highly skilled team of frontline leaders and maintenance personnel in mobile equipment maintenance shut activities, often managing high risk work.

• Demonstrating a commitment and passion to team safety

• An engaging and inspirational leader committed to building a positive and interdependent culture

• Implementing effective maintenance and asset management practices to help deliver asset and mine performance priorities

• Coaching and developing the team to build individuals capabilities and competence

• Evaluate maintenance efficiency, identify problems, and recommend solutions

• Demonstrate our Rio Tinto values of Care, Courage, and Curiosity

About you

• Be proactive with a commitment in driving a safe and inclusive team culture

• The ability to engage and inspire and drive transformational change

• Experienced in maintenance and asset management practices with prior experience in leadership roles at Supervisor or Superintendent level

• Experience in risk management activities

• Confident in effectively leading, mentoring, and coaching team members as well as interfacing with senior leaders, with a desire to build and lead engaged teams

• A can-do pragmatic attitude with a structured approach to delivering strategic objectives

• A current Australian C class manual driver's license

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 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, personal & cultural leave)

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

• Possible domestic relocation assistance

Where you’ll be working

Located in the scenic Pilbara region and close to the major centre of Karratha, this vibrant town offers a sought-after lifestyle and affordable living in comfortable subsidised housing.

The operation comprises two key sites: Mesa A, which is primarily fly-in-fly-out, and Mesa J, which is strongly supported by a residential workforce living in Pannawonica. 

Applications close on 26th March 2026 Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date) #gts

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.

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Read More 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.