Production Supervisor (West Angelas)
- Elevate your career with the support of a committed leadership team
- A truly collaborative role to drive safety excellence, deliver quality outcomes and positive engagement
- FIFO from Perth or approved WA regional areas, 8 days on; 6 days off / 7 nights on; 7 nights 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 a motivated and enthusiastic
Production Supervisor join our Mine Operations team at West Angelas. This role presents a fantastic opportunity for a motivated individual who is seeking a rewarding frontline leadership role.
You’ll be part of a friendly team, supported by your leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team. This role has strong safety leadership exposure and is a great opportunity to showcase your coaching, influencing and stakeholder engagement skills.
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 programmes, 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.
You’ll work on an 8 days on; 6 days off / 7 nights on; 7 nights off roster which will give you more time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your life.
Reporting to the
Production Superintendent you will
- Be an inspiring role model and coach for positive behaviours, practices and processes, whilst providing leadership, development and support to your team.
- Implement production operation plan to maximise productivity while minimizing cost and environmental impact
- Work closely with Load & Haul, Mine Planning and Maintenance teams to ensure mine plan is met, and balancing the competing priorities to ensure the site achieves targets
- Complete daily inspections of the pit and drive a positive safety culture with your team.
- Build and maintain relationships with multiple stakeholders to align on operational plans and strategies.
- Responsible for work unit training, safety compliance and departmental scheduling and productivity
- Undertake planning including execute and deliver on the day-to-day and fortnightly plan, organise and allocate resources according to work requirements
What You’ll Bring
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset
- A passion for developing and coaching team members
- Prior experience in a mining production environment
- Demonstrated problem-solving abilities to deliver solutions across an operation
- Alignment to our values of Care, Curiosity and Courage
- A Current Western Australian ‘C’ Class Driver's Licence (Manual)
- Appointment as Statutory Supervisor under WHS (Mines) Regulations 2022 with the functions as per Schedule 26
We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to
- Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment
- Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career
- Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders
Where you’ll be working
This role will be offered on an 8 days on; 6 days off / 7 nights on; 7 nights off roster FIFO roster from Perth approved WA regional areas.
In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Rio Tinto operates the world’s largest integrated portfolio of iron ore assets with industry-leading margins. Our premium product suite, including our flagship Pilbara blend, drives strong customer relationships and is supported by technical and commercial marketing expertise. The iron ore business continues to be the world’s largest autonomous truck operator and a proud leader in automated mining technologies.
Applications close on Wednesday 4th March, 2026 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).
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.
