Rio Tinto

Supervisor Mobile Maintenance

Rio Tinto • $80K — $95K *
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Commitment to safety for self and team.
  • Leadership experience in maintenance or production teams within a safety-critical environment.
  • Experience in coordinating planned maintenance and breakdown response for mobile equipment.
  • Ability to set clear expectations and coach team members on performance.
  • Strong communication skills for relaying maintenance priorities and outcomes.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and operational reporting systems.

Responsibilities

  • Lead maintenance crews in completing planned and breakdown work safely.
  • Model and promote safe behaviors and support safety initiatives.
  • Coordinate work assignments based on equipment availability and team capability.
  • Collaborate with Maintenance Planner to confirm job scope and readiness.
  • Coach team members and establish performance expectations.
  • Resolve maintenance issues with operational customers and improve productivity.
  • Maintain accurate records in work management and reporting systems.

Benefits

  • Safety-focused work environment.
  • Career development and education assistance.
  • Access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension, and savings plans.
  • Attractive share ownership plan.
  • Leave for various life events including vacation and parental leave.
  • Exclusive employee discounts.
Full Job Description
  • Lead frontline maintenance teams to improve the safety, availability and reliability of mobile equipment.
  • Build your leadership capability through meaningful team development and continuous improvement work.
  • Live and work in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, on a 7 days on, 7 days off rotating roster of days and nights; relocation assistance may be available

About the role

We are looking for a Supervisor - Mobile Maintenance to lead maintenance crews in the safe and cost-effective delivery of production and maintenance targets. In this role, you’ll coordinate planned work and breakdown repairs that improve mobile equipment availability and reliability, while supporting a team environment where people look out for one another.


This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys frontline leadership and wants to strengthen team capability and maintenance performance in a dynamic mining operation.


What you’ll be doing

Reporting to the Superintendent and working in a safety-focused operational environment within Mobile Maintenance, you will:


  • Lead maintenance crews to complete planned, scheduled and breakdown work safely and in line with work priorities.
  • Model safe behaviours and actively support safety observations, team safety talks, workplace inspections and incident investigations.
  • Coordinate work sequencing and assignments based on equipment availability, operational priorities and team capability.
  • Partner with the Maintenance Planner to confirm job scope, materials and readiness, and provide clear feedback on completed and rescheduled work.
  • Coach team members, establish clear performance expectations and arrange training that supports safe, capable and inclusive teams.
  • Work with operational customers and team members to resolve maintenance issues and improve productivity, quality and equipment reliability.
  • Maintain accurate information in work management, payroll and reporting systems to support sound operational decisions.
  • Promote constructive employee relations by addressing concerns early and applying workplace processes consistently.

About you

We’re looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements below. You do not need to meet every “helpful for success” item to apply - if you bring relevant experience and are excited by the opportunity, we encourage you to submit an application.


Required for Success

  • A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
  • Leadership experience supervising maintenance or production teams in a mining, processing or other safety-critical industrial environment.
  • Experience coordinating planned maintenance, work execution and breakdown response for mobile equipment or comparable heavy industrial assets.
  • Ability to set clear expectations, coach team members and address day-to-day performance or employee relations matters.
  • Ability to communicate maintenance priorities and outcomes with planners, operations customers and frontline team members.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and experience entering accurate information in work management or operational reporting systems.

Helpful for Success

  • A trade certification in heavy-duty equipment, electrical or millwright disciplines.
  • Experience using maintenance history and work feedback to improve equipment availability, reliability and work quality.

What We Offer 

Be recognized 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  
  • Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions  
  • A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program  
  • Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans  
  • Attractive share ownership plan  
  • Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)  
  • Exclusive employee discounts  

 

Where you’ll be working 

We are a leading North American producer and exporter of premium iron ore pellets and high-grade concentrate with average iron grades greater than 66%. With a team of over 2,700 employees, IOC is committed to providing value and continuity for our customers, employees, communities and shareholders through our unique mine to port approach, taking advantage of our full integration and wholly owned infrastructure to deliver our high-quality concentrate and pellets to our customers across the globe.  


IOC’s operations include a mine with five operational pits, a concentrator and a pelletizing plant located near Labrador City in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. We also operate a wholly-owned 418 km railway, the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway (QNS&L), that links our Labrador operations to Company-owned port facilities in Sept-Iles.  



About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto Group is a British-Australian multinational mining and metals corporation. The company was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in London, England. Rio Tinto operates in over 35 countries and is one of the largest mining companies in the world. The company produces a wide range of commodities, including aluminum, copper, diamonds, gold, iron ore, and uranium. Rio Tinto is committed to sustainable mining practices and has been recognized for its efforts in this area. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Australian Securities Exchange.
Learn more about Rio Tinto
Size
49,000 employees
Market Cap
$116.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$9.7 billion
5 Year Trend
+13.5%
Revenue
$44.6 billion
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