Inspector Access Roads – FIFO Perth to Dampier

• Help keep rail maintenance access safe and available by identifying road condition, drainage and access risks early.

• Build specialist inspection capability across civil, earthworks and rail corridor environments while influencing maintenance priorities.

• Contribute to safe, reliable maintenance access across Australia’s largest privately owned and operated heavy-haul rail network.

• FIFO Perth to Dampier – 8 days on, 6 off

We’re Finding Better Ways to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future.  Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.
 

About the role
 

We are looking for an Inspector Access Roads to inspect access roads supporting rail maintenance and identify safety, availability and condition risks that could affect maintenance access. Reporting to the Supervisor Inspection, you will provide practical field information that helps civil, earthworks, planning and operations teams prioritise road maintenance and remediation. This is an opportunity to strengthen rail corridor access, improve maintenance readiness and build expertise across a varied civil infrastructure network.
 

What you’ll be doing
 

Reporting to the Supervisor Inspection and working with inspection, civil, earthworks, planning, operations and rail maintenance teams, you will be:

• Conduct scheduled inspections of rail access roads, tracks, crossings, drainage, signage, laydown areas and supporting infrastructure.

• Identify and document erosion, ponding, washouts, surface degradation, drainage restrictions and access hazards.

• Assess how road conditions affect safe maintenance access, emergency response, equipment movement and operational readiness.

• Escalate critical access risks, unsafe road conditions and environmental issues within required timeframes.

• Complete inspection records, photographs, defect notifications, measurements and priority recommendations in required systems.

• Provide field input to access road maintenance scopes, prioritisation decisions and remediation plans.

• Verify completed maintenance work for quality, drainage performance and restoration of safe access.

• Partner with civil, earthworks, planning and operations teams to improve safety, reliability, productivity and work quality.

About you
 

We’re looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements below. You do not need to meet every item to apply, if you bring relevant experience and are excited by the opportunity, we encourage you to submit an application.

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Experience: Demonstrated experience in access road, civil, earthworks or infrastructure inspection within a safety-critical operating environment.

• Skills and Capabilities: Knowledge of road condition defects, drainage issues, erosion control and maintenance requirements.

• Skills and Capabilities: Ability to assess access risks affecting vehicle movement, maintenance readiness and emergency response.

• Systems: Experience using inspection systems, SAP notifications or equivalent tools to record defects, evidence and inspection outcomes.

• Skills and Capabilities: Ability to prepare clear field observations, photographs, documentation and risk escalations for maintenance planning.

• Qualifications: Relevant competency, licence or verification of competency required to conduct field inspections safely in the rail corridor.

• Experience interpreting road maintenance scopes, civil standards or remediation requirements.

• Understanding of rail access requirements, environmental controls and critical risk management.

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 and salary packaging options

• Career development and 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, including vacation or annual, paid parental, personal and cultural leave

• Exclusive employee discounts across banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more

• Possible domestic relocation assistance

Where you’ll be working

Our rail network is the largest privately owned and operated heavy haul rail system in Australia, and as we focus on the future, our vision is to become the greatest heavy haul railway in the world. 

We operate over 220 locomotives on nearly 2,000 kilometres of track in the Pilbara, transporting ore from 18 mines to four port terminals.  

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 LGBTQ+ 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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