Trainer

Mining Trainer

• Help shape the future talent for the team at our Greater Tom Price operation

• Deliver training across Mining Heavy Mobile Equipment and Komatsu Front Runner™ AHS

• Permanent Fulltime | FIFO from Perth or Regional | 8/6 dayshift roster |Thurs to Thurs

• Excellent employee benefits such as bonus structure, salary packaging benefits and subsidised medical

About the role

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.

Applications are now open for a Trainer with Track Dozer and Excavator experience to support the growth of Greater Tom Price Operations.  We are seeking individuals with the right mindsets, values, and behaviours to onboard and develop our people. These roles are a great opportunity for people who are passionate about unlocking human capability, building a diverse culture, and supporting safe productivity.

The technical training teams scope includes New Starter Onboarding, Heavy Mobile Equipment (HME) training and Komatsu FrontRunner™ AHS training (desirable) to build the capability the Tom Price workforce.

Training requirements are defined by standardised learning pathway frameworks which incorporate the different levels of experience for new starters and existing employee ongoing development within each workstream.  This is a great opportunity for those who have a passion in learning and delivering HME and AHS training.

Reporting to the Supervisor Training the successful candidate will:

• Train and assess frontline workforce through one-on-one, infield, classroom, or group delivery,

• Collaborate with on-job-trainers (OJTs) to facilitate in-field training in alignment with weekly training schedule,

• Support with front line leadership,

• Support the onboarding process for new starters,

• Create a positive and engaging experience for new Rio Tinto employees.

What you’ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Alignment with Rio Tinto’s Core Values: Demonstrate a strong alignment with Rio Tinto’s everyday respect values of care, courage, and curiosity.

• Exceptional Communication Skills: Exhibit excellent communication skills to effectively influence, engage, and build rapport with key stakeholders.

• Effective Time Management: Possess strong time management skills, the ability to balance multiple and competing priorities independently.

• Training Qualifications: Completed OJT (On Job Trainer) TAE (Training and Assessment Education) Units or possess the On Job Trainer qualification, with a demonstrated capacity to support diverse learning styles in achieving desired outcomes.

• Mining Experience: Have hands-on experience in Mining with multiple types of Heavy Mobile Equipment, including proficiency with:

  • Track Dozers (essential)

  • Excavators & Shovels (desirable)

  • Loaders

  • Graders

  • Water carts & Haul trucks

It would also be beneficial if you have:

• Certificate IV in Workplace Training & Assessment and an On Job Trainer qualification

• Experience working with Komatsu FrontRunner Autonomous Haulage System (AHS)

Where you’ll be working

This role will be based at our Greater Tom Price operation. This role will be offered on an 8/6 FIFO roster from Perth or Regional.

Tom Price is located in the central Pilbara, west of Karijini National Park and is our original Pilbara mine, currently employing residential and fly in fly out employees. It is known as one of the most attractive towns in the Pilbara with a high school, two primary schools, a hospital and a high standard of recreational facilities.

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)

• 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.

Applications close on the Friday 22nd May, 2026 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

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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