Supervisor Train Control

Great leaders inspire through trust, curiosity, and empathy. We are looking for someone who embodies these qualities. Leading with care, fostering open communication, and creating a positive, high-performing team culture.

• Be part of a team that prioritises safety and values inclusion

• Perth-based role in our state-of-the-art Operations Centre near Perth Airport

• Family-friendly roster: 3 days on, 3 nights on, 6 days off working 12.5-hour shifts

About the Role

We are seeking a Train Control Supervisor to lead a team of highly skilled Train Controllers responsible for the safe and efficient movement of rail vehicles across our world-class autonomous heavy haul railway. This is a pivotal leadership role, ensuring adherence to Rio Tinto Rail Rules and Procedures, while driving operational excellence and continuous improvement.

This role offers a fantastic opportunity for an experienced leader with strong people skills, a commitment to safety, and the ability to coach and mentor a high-performing team in a high-pressure environment.

Key Responsibilities

As a Train Control Supervisor, you will:

• Lead and support Train Controllers to ensure safe, efficient, and productive rail operations

• Oversee and manage safety-related incidents, delays, and escalations, applying a people-centred approach

• Conduct daily leadership activities, including shift-start meetings, coaching, and shift handovers

• Drive compliance with safety rules, risk management, and operational standards

• Develop and mentor team members through regular check-ins and performance reviews

• Foster a positive, inclusive team culture aligned with Rio Tinto’s values

• Manage workforce planning and rostering to ensure sufficient coverage and fatigue management

What You Will Need

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Exceptional leadership and people management skills, with the ability to motivate, coach, and mentor a team in a high-pressure operational setting

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, ensuring clarity in instruction and open, respectful dialogue

• Ability to identify and manage psychosocial hazards, fostering a mentally healthy and supportive workplace

• A proactive approach to risk management, with the ability to identify, assess, and address safety concerns

• Capability to make quick, well-informed decisions, balancing safety and operational efficiency

• High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently

• Adaptability and resilience, maintaining a composed and solutions-focused approach under pressure

• Experience in a rail or safety-critical operational environment is desirable, but not essential

Where you will be working

This role is being offered in Perth based out of our Operations Centre, near the Perth Airport. Our privately owned and operated rail network is an essential part of our integrated production process and services our 17 mines across the Pilbara via 1,700km of track. With depots located at Tom Price, Cape Lambert and Dampier (7 Mile), each train comprises up to three locomotives and 240 ore cars stretching to approximately 2.5 kilometres in length with over 40 trains operating per day. We are also applying and adapting technology to improve safety and productivity across our rail network.

What’s on offer

• 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, sick leave)

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

• Possible domestic relocation assistance

About us

We operate 217 locomotives on more than 1,700 kilometres of track in the Pilbara, transporting ore from 17 mines to four port terminals. The average return distance of these trains is about 800 kilometres with the average journey cycle, including loading and dumping, taking approximately 40 hours.

Our network is the largest privately owned and operated heavy haul rail system in Australia, and as we focus on the future, our vision is to become the greatest heavy haul railway in the world.

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Apply today if you want to work with the latest technology and innovation, in an environment where we challenge you to drive positive change.

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions. This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia. Rio Tinto offers Fly in and fly out options from Perth, our regional FIFO hubs and the opportunity to live in our residential towns where applicable. If you would like to know more about careers at Rio Tinto, you can like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or join us on LinkedIn

Applications close on the 19th of June 2025 (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.

Every Voice Matters

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.