Heavy Duty Drill Fitters – Shutdown Team

Heavy Duty Drill Fitter – Shutdown Teams

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better 
• The perfect balance, our roster gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community.

About the role:

Finding better ways™ to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for MEM Drill Maintainers to provide technical assistance, support, and expert advice on continuous improvement practices on a day-to-day basis to the Mobile Equipment Maintenance Shutdown Teams in Tom Price. These roles will be fly in fly out 0n an 8/6-7/7 roster ex Perth only.

The role requires someone who can work autonomously with confidence, taking ownership of tasks and making sound decisions under minimal supervision, while also collaborating effectively within shutdown teams to achieve safety and production goals.

Reporting to Supervisor MEM Shutdowns Drill Team and working an 8 days on 6 days off, 7 nights on 7 days off roster in a collaborative community within Mobile Maintenance, you will:

• Actively foster and communicate a positive safety culture to promote safety awareness and compliance, encouraging prioritisation of safety in all activities and operations.
• Execute scheduled shutdown maintenance on the drill fleet, ensuring work is completed to the highest standard to reduce downtime and prevent rework.
• Be a part of a transient team working at our Tom Price operations, with some site visits across the Pilbara.
• Actively work towards increasing equipment reliability as well as availability
• Report indications of defects as required
• Complete quality handovers with oncoming crews and other maintenance teams as required

What you’ll bring:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• High level diagnostic fault-finding abilities, plan, priorities work to meet deadlines
• Experience maintaining HME Drill Fleet equipment
• Heavy Duty Diesel Fitter Certificate III in Mobile Plant Technology or equivalent trade qualification
• A Current Western Australian ‘C’ Class Driver's Licence (Manual) or higher
• High Risk Work Licences preferred – LF, WP
• Must have full Australian working rights without requiring sponsorship

What we offer:

• 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 
• Extensive salary sacrifices and salary packaging options
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Assistance with boarding costs for students in primary, secondary or post-secondary education
• Company provided insurance cover
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• 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 

Applications for this role will close on 01/02/2026, however we do reserve the right to close the advert earlier than stated.

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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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