Supervisor Quality Measurement

Overview

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 an engaging and safety focused Supervisor Quality Measurement to lead a dynamic team of laboratory operators. This role presents a fantastic opportunity to draw on your people leadership skills, harnessed with your technical knowledge to positively develop and support your team, whilst fostering an inclusive and positive team culture.

Leading from the frontline is one of the most important jobs in our business and comes with a huge amount of responsibility and stakeholder engagement. We need you to motivate, inspire and keep our people safe as we work.

Reporting to the Superintendent Process Operations and working in a collaborative and diverse team within the Cape Lambert Operations team, you will:

• Oversee the shipping sampling and analysis team and process.
• Be an inspiring role model and coach for positive behaviours, practices, and processes, whilst providing leadership.
• Oversee the reporting of accurate analysis results.
• Demonstrate a high‑level knowledge and understanding of sampling and quality measurement processes.
• Perform field verifications and interactions, displaying safety leadership.
• Demonstrate an understanding of and comply with health, safety and environment policies, procedures, and initiatives (e.g. Leadership in the Field, LSC and CRM).
• Conduct Team Performance Reviews.
• Identify, implement and sustain improvements to laboratory practices, ensuring consistency across all teams in the lab.
• Monitor compliance to quality standards and manage the execution of routine quality checks.

What You’ll Bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset
• Proactive approach with a strong commitment in driving a safe working culture
• A passionate people leader who will influence, motivate and be confident in effectively leading, mentoring and coaching team members as well as interfacing with senior leaders
• A desire to build and lead engaged teams
• Demonstrated ability in meeting targets and bringing the team on a journey of continuous development
• A current and valid C Class driver's license
• AQF4 Statutory Supervisor Qualification (desirable)

In addition, the successful candidate will have a passion for continuous improvement, innovation, and technical excellence.

What We 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

Where you will be working

This role is based at Cape Lambert, WA. Our integrated operations, which include port facilities, ensure we can supply the right quality product to our customers, when they need it. We blend our products at our own ports, which allows us to produce a reliable and consistent product. And because we have dedicated shipping operations, we are able to better control the delivery of product to our customers.

Applications close on Monday 13th April 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. We are 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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