Coordinator Mobile Equipment Maintenance – Paraburdoo

Coordinator Mobile Equipment Maintenance – Paraburdoo

• Our lifestyle rosters give you more time for what matters, family, community, and the freedom to explore our incredible outback.

• Living close to our operations means embracing an adventurous lifestyle – red earth landscapes, ancient gorges, and coastal escapes.

• Paraburdoo Residential opportunities only – Housing & Relocation support provided for you and your family

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for Coordinator’s to support our mobile equipment maintenance team, and work locally at our Paraburdoo Mine operations.

This role presents a great opportunity to a motivated individual who will maximise the performance of operations through effective coordination and leadership. You will undertake a range of support activities to assist the Supervisor’s and enable them to lead the team in a safe and efficient manner. You will actively promote safety awareness and safe work practices with the aim of driving consistent performance and innovation in relation to safety, cost, and production.

You’ll be a part of a friendly team, supported by your supervisor to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team. You will be located and working locally in Paraburdoo, giving you more time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your life. 

Reporting to the Supervisor Mobile Equipment Maintenance, you will also:

• Supporting the MEM Supervisor in their day-to-day activities

• Coordinating breakdown workloads including critical parts ordering

• Ensuring compliance in documentation, breakdown code management

• Coordinating the work management processes and ensuring work management hygiene

• Lead the daily department meeting

• Able to provide a proactive approach with a strong commitment in driving a safe working culture

• Develop strong safety leadership skill sunder the guidance of the supervisor 

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• A current driver’s license

• Work management experience is highly advantageous

• Proficiency in SAP

• Relevant Trade Qualification or working knowledge of HME equipment, breakdown management experience is highly recognised, preferably CAT equipment

• Great time management skills and the ability to prioritise your own workload

• Strong communication skills and be comfortable liaising with various stakeholders

• Be highly self-motivated and being able to demonstrate a history of continuous improvement

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. 

We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

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) 

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

• 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.

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

Located 80 kilometres southwest of Tom Price, Paraburdoo rests on the traditional lands of the Yinhawangka people. The town is surrounded by some of Western Australia’s most stunning landscapes and is renowned for its natural beauty, diverse wildlife, and close proximity to Karijini National Park.

Paraburdoo is a gateway to adventure and exploration, and the town is proud of its reputation as a safe, welcoming community and an ideal place for young families to live and thrive.

Paraburdoo offers a wide range of local amenities and leisure facilities, including a domestic airport, hospital, community centre, childcare centre, primary school, parks, and various sporting venues.

The Paraburdoo Sports, Fitness and Community Complex features state-of-the-art facilities such as an Olympic-size swimming pool, indoor basketball court, and a fully equipped gym. Recent upgrades have expanded the camp facilities to 762 rooms.

With the opening of the Western Range at Paraburdoo Operations, the site now has the capacity to produce up to 25 million tonnes of iron ore annually supporting the longevity of the Paraburdoo mining hub for up to 20 years.

Applications close on the 8th of November 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

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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.

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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