Rio Tinto

Supervisor Ore Delivery System (ODS)

Rio Tinto • $80K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Commitment to team safety and well-being.
  • Ability to set clear expectations and organize activities in a safety-focused environment.
  • Demonstrated supervisory experience in production, maintenance, mining, or similar heavy industrial operations.
  • Proven track record of executing work plans to ensure safe and reliable production outcomes.
  • Possession of a valid Class 5 driver's license.

Responsibilities

  • Lead safe and reliable operations that support production goals while protecting people and equipment.
  • Model and promote safe behaviors through observations, talks, inspections, and investigations.
  • Foster a positive team environment through clear and respectful leadership.
  • Establish work objectives and performance expectations to meet safety and production targets.
  • Identify and mitigate risks that may disrupt production or damage equipment.
  • Allocate resources effectively based on capabilities and operational priorities.
  • Ensure smooth transition between shifts by communicating relevant conditions and set-up needs.

Benefits

  • Prioritize safety as the main work focus.
  • Opportunities for career development and educational assistance.
  • Access to comprehensive health and medical programs, pension, and savings plans.
  • Participation in an attractive share ownership plan.
  • Generous leave policies for vacation, parental leave, and sick leave.
  • Exclusive employee discounts and benefits.
Full Job Description
  • Lead safe, reliable shift operations that help the Ore Delivery System meet production goals and keep people and equipment protected.
  • Build your frontline leadership capability through meaningful team leadership, coaching and operational decision-making.
  • Live and work in the outdoor, family-oriented community of Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, with relocation assistance available where applicable; fly-in fly-out arrangements are not available.


About the role

We are looking for a Supervisor, Ore Delivery System (ODS), to lead the day-to-day organization and direction of production and development activities for a designated shift. In this role, you'll help the team meet or exceed production goals in a safe, cost-effective and environmentally responsible manner, while creating clear expectations and supporting a positive crew environment.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys frontline leadership and wants to grow their impact in a safety-critical operation.

What you'll be doing

Reporting to the ODS Superintendent and working with maintenance and operations crews across shifts within the Ore Delivery System, you will:

  • Lead IOC safety program activities and model safe behaviours through safety observations, group safety talks, planned inspections and incident investigations.
  • Ensure people, equipment and work areas comply with applicable safety policies and regulations by providing the required training, tools and monitoring.
  • Create a positive employee relations environment within the crew and across shifts through clear, respectful and consistent leadership.
  • Set clear work objectives and performance expectations to achieve safety and production targets.
  • Identify and address operating conditions that could cause equipment damage, production disruption or safety risk.
  • Allocate people and equipment based on employee capability, daily priorities and operating requirements to support safe crew performance.
  • Coordinate timely shift setup and communicate relevant operating conditions to the incoming shift to strengthen continuity.


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.
  • Skills and Capabilities: Ability to set clear expectations, organize shift activities and align people and equipment with operational priorities in a safety-critical environment.
  • Experience: Demonstrated supervisory experience in production, maintenance, mining, processing or a comparable heavy industrial operation.
  • Experience: A record of executing work plans and supporting safe, reliable production outcomes through frontline leadership.
  • Qualifications: A valid Class 5 driver's licence.


Helpful for Success
  • Systems: Experience using SAP for work management.
  • Qualifications: A Journeyperson trade certification, engineering or engineering technology diploma, or equivalent practical experience.


To be considered for this opportunity, candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada. Please note that Rio Tinto is unable to provide employment authorization sponsorship or support work permit applications for this position at this time.

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.

Working at Rio Tinto also means choosing to be part of a company recognized one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2026 and one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People in 2025.

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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