Maintainer Auto Electrical

Auto Electrician

• Residential Role with full relocation provided

• Advance your career – supportive leaders who will provide opportunities to learn and grow

• Live in Weipa, a beautiful coastal community in Far North Queensland and upgrade your lifestyle with incredible outdoor adventures and water-based activities  

About the role

We are looking for an Auto Electrician to join the Heavy Equipment team and help us excel at safety by maintaining a reliable heavy mobile equipment fleet. The Fleet currently consists primarily of 776D, 777F 777G haul trucks and rear tippers, 992 and 993 loaders, and D11 dozers.

You’ll live in the idyllic coastal town of Weipa, with full relocation provided, working across our Northern Operations and will be home after each shift for these roles based at Andoom (Northern Ops).

This is a fantastic opportunity for people with a strong work ethic, commitment to learning and a ‘can do’ attitude who are looking to live an incredible lifestyle with adventure and world-class water activities on your doorstep. With a supportive leadership team and a development plan in place, we’ll help you achieve success and progress your career. 

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor and working a 7 on 7 off roster you will be:

• Carrying out repairs and maintenance on PM scheduled works

• Utilising the SAP system to ensure that maintenance tasks and progress are continuously recorded

• Carrying-out fault finding diagnostics on our HME fleet

• Identifying opportunities for improvements in machinery and work procedures along with general mechanical problem solving and liaising with the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)

• Working effectively within Maintenance to schedule workloads

• Completing all requirements related to data collection or recording

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Certificate III in Automotive Electrical Technology or similar

• A valid C class licence

• Demonstrated experience in a similar role working on heavy mobile equipment preferred

• Electrical Maintenance: Proficient in maintaining electrical assets and systems.

• Asset Management: Skilled in identifying defects and providing feedback on asset performance.

• Problem-Solving: Able to troubleshoot and resolve electrical issues efficiently.

• Analytical Skills: Capable of contributing to maintenance analysis and optimizing processes.

• Communication: Effective in conveying maintenance-related information to stakeholders.

• Teamwork: Collaborates effectively to support maintenance activities.

• Safety Awareness: Prioritizes safety in all maintenance tasks.

• Attention to Detail: Ensures thorough post-maintenance procedures.

• Adaptability: Flexible in responding to changing maintenance needs.

What we offer 

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress

• Full relocation provided to Weipa, Queensland from elsewhere in Australia

• Weipa accommodation benefit 

• Remote area allowance 

• Remote area holiday travel assistance 

• 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, cultural leave)

Where you’ll be working

Our Weipa Operations includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, ship loaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals. Located on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, each year the operation produces more than 35 million tonnes of bauxite.

Our operations are supported by a 1,900-strong workforce—including 26 per cent who are women and 25 per cent Indigenous employees. Activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, ports, cultural heritage management, and processing facility management.

The development of our new mine, Amrun, which was completed in 2018, will extend the life of our Weipa bauxite operations by decades to come and significantly build on our 55-year history on the Western Cape.

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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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