Engineer Electrical

Electrical Engineer

• Be an integral part of the Electrical and Control Engineering Team and be responsible for a portfolio of assets including bauxite processing plants, stockyards, export facilities, a railway and a wide array of supporting infrastructure.

• Acquire exposure to a broad range of engineering activities

• Permanent residential position

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an Electrical Engineer to join the Electrical and Control Engineering team and provide technical assistance primarily in the bauxite processing plants, stockyards and export facilities. As a key member of the centralised Assets and Operational Services team, you will have the opportunity to work across a broad range of asset classes, including rail assets, beneficiation plants, ship-loaders, wharfs, bridges, power stations, ancillary mining services assets, town assets, and other civil infrastructure. 

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

This role is a great opportunity for a self-motivated, experienced individual with a strong electrical background who is ready to take the next step in their career and contribute to the future direction of our Electrical and Control Engineering Team. Reporting to the Senior Electrical Engineer you will:

• Work alongside other engineering, technical and trade disciplines to provide sustainable and efficient solutions to engineering problems affecting plant stability

• Facilitate and participate in risk assessments, production and safety incident investigations

• Conduct reliability assessments to determine major causes of downtime

• Implement improvement projects or raise detailed maintenance notifications to ensure defect elimination

• Manage bridging and forcing registers and resolving underlying issues

• Ensuring engineering resources, structure and systems are in place to support maintenance processes.

• Ensuring compliance with relevant statutory and legislative provisions

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Bachelors degree in Engineering (Electrical) or higher, recognised by Engineers Australia

• Comprehensive knowledge of asset management, service and maintenance of heavy industrial power systems. Mineral processing plant or similar experience is an advantage

• Comprehensive understanding of LV electrical equipment including: distribution assets, protection devices, motors, drives and instrumentation

• Familiar with relevant regulatory authorities and Australian Standards relating to electrical installations and practices. MQHSA, QLD Electrical Safety Act, AS3000 etc. 

It will also be beneficial if you have experience in:

• Power Generation

• HV Distribution

• Control System / comms / network experience / TUV

• Chartered and RPEQ

• HV experience

• EEHA

• SAP Knowledge

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

• 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

Where you’ll be working

Rio Tinto Weipa is located 900km north-west of Cairns on the Gulf of Carpentaria and has been operating for over 50 years. Over the years, it has developed into a vibrant and diverse cultural hub of the Western Cape. Weipa offers a coastal community rich in geographical beauty and cultural heritage that provides families with opportunities to participate in leisure activities, sports and community events. With a strong sense of community, the region has plenty of natural beauty to offer including the opportunities for boating, fishing, camping and exploring. Construction of the Amrun mining operation, located 40 kilometres southwest of Weipa, was completed in late 2018 expanding our bauxite operations to continue production from one of the world’s premier bauxite deposits.

Applications close on Friday the 30th May, 2025 (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.

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.

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