Maintenance Material Handling – Relief Team Leader

About the role

As a Mechanical Technician, you will play a crucial role in maintaining assets within our maintenance management framework. You will be responsible for applying work management processes and performing maintenance work allocated ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our assets.

You will support the Team Leader with allocation of work, scoping work and managing the operation work management process. You will provide leadership cover when the team leader is on leave. Facilitating daily shift start meetings, engaging in safety field time and people management

About Us

We prioritize the maximization of asset value through effective asset management practices. Our team is dedicated to delivering safe outcomes and sustainable physical assets through efficient application of our asset management strategy and business plans.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will be responsible for performing maintenance tasks on mechanical assets, ensuring their reliability and operational efficiency. You will play a key role in identifying defects and providing feedback on asset performance and health through our asset management system, actively raising notifications and completing work orders.

Additionally, you will support the defect elimination process and contribute to work management analysis and asset tactics reviews to enhance overall asset performance. Your responsibilities will also include ensuring that work management activities are executed in accordance with job instructions and undertaking post-maintenance equipment commissioning and clean-up.

What You'll Bring

• Trade qualified Mechanical fitter with Heavy industry experience
• Ability to step in and out of Team Leader role as required
• EWP, working at heights and dogging tickets are desirable
• Able to troubleshoot and resolve mechanical issues efficiently.
• Effective in conveying maintenance-related information to stakeholders.
• Collaborates effectively to support maintenance activities.
• Flexibility in responding to changing maintenance needs.

Join our team and be a part of driving value through efficient maintenance operations. If you have the technical expertise and collaborative spirit we're looking for, we encourage you to apply and be a part of our dynamic team.

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.

Every Voice Matters

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.