Engineer Mechanical

Mechanical Engineer – Cape Lambert

• The perfect balance, our roster gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community 

• Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority 

• 5/2 Days 4/3 Days Roster FIFO from Perth

Where we’re all welcome

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 who we are.    

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength.  The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.   

About the role

We are looking for a Mechanical Engineer to join our team at Cape Lambert to provide technical assistance, support, and expert advice on a continuous improvement practices.

You’ll be part of a high performing team, supported by your leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team. 

Reporting to the Engineering Superintendent, you will be responsible for the below:

• Adhere to all Rio Tinto health and safety standards, policies and procedures and report any safety hazards and risks to the appropriate channels

• Provide technical support to maintenance teams for a variety of physical assets, including assisting in planning, prioritisation, provision of logistical and technical support for general maintenance work, and emergent work (e.g., breakdowns and shutdowns)

• Govern data quality to enable loss analysis and loos accounting quality control

• Review daily KPI’s relating to production critical assets or systems

• Participate in reliability facilitated assets tactics development, identify asset tactics that require review / improvement and support implementation of strategy for executing asset tactics and maintenance strategies

• Lead improvement projects centred around maintainability and provide input on design projects

• Develop and implement containment actions from asset health function as required – e.g. work management, systems and processes

• Support Asset recovery to help return it to a functional state

• Ensure precision maintenance and hydrocarbon management processes adhere to quality standards

• Provide technical support for PM02 / PM03 scope development

• Support risk analysis, monitor and estimate repairs and provide inputs for go / no-go

• Responsible for maintenance executive standards / QA

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team 

• A Current Western Australian ‘C’ Class Driver's Licence (Manual)

• A Bachelor of Engineering in relevant discipline or other relevant technical field experience

• Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset 

• Experience in engineering or maintenance roles

• Experience working in a fixed plant and / or MEM environment preferred

• Ability to work collaboratively in small teams or independently and demonstrate adaptability

• Experience in delivering Continuous Improvement initiatives and projects

• Demonstrate understanding of budget preparation, asset criticality, cost drivers, asset risk, asset performance and asset life cycles

• Demonstrated knowledge of SAP or equivalent CMMS

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100%, we still want to hear from you. 

What we offer

• Be recognised 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 

• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto 

• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia 

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus 

• 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, cultural leave) 

• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them 

• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.

• Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water).

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.

Where you’ll be working 

Our port facilities consist of four shipping terminals located on the Pilbara coast at Dampier and Cape Lambert which form an essential part of our logistics process. Each terminal has facilities for train unloading, iron ore stockpiling, product blending and ship loading.

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.

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