Maintenance Support Officer

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Maintenance Support Officer to join the Asset Health Team at Gudai-Darri to provide an effective and efficient inbound materials consolidation process, in a timely and safe manner.

Reporting to the Asset Health Supervisor and working 8 days on, 6 days off, this role will require you to:

• Working collaboratively with the Asset Health Technicians and Mobile Maintenance Inspectors

• Analyse parts requirements for planned work

• Ensure timely consolidation of parts through the coordination with Maintenance Planners, schedulers, Warehouse Officers, freight providers and other external vendors.

• Consolidate materials in accordance with scheduled Work Orders.

• Coordinate the return of stock to the warehouse

• Actively engage in warehouse operations including deliveries, stock control and housekeeping

• Assist in the coordination of inbound and outbound freight.

• Provide frontline procurement and logistics support to the maintenance planning and scheduling teams

• Promoting positive behaviour and a supportive safety / team culture.

• Manage Core, Ratable, and Warranty returns with vendor partners and other RTIO sites.

• Champion the Track’Em Web and Mobile Device Electronic Parts Management System.

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.

What you will bring:

• A Commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Excellent communication and time management skills, highly organised with the ability to work independently while being a part of a larger dynamic engineering team.

• Strong SAP skills required to navigate around purchasing, maintenance and supply environments.

• Experience in a warehouse or logistics distribution centre

• Knowledge in the maintenance repair, planning or scheduling of mobile equipment

• C Class manual licence or higher

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

• 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

• Comprehensive ongoing training to ensure you maximise your potential.

• 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 Rio Tinto

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 plus explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Every Voice Matters

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.

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.

Applications for this role will close on 06/11/2025, however we do reserve the right to close the role earlier than stated.

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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