Maintainer Electrical – Bell Bay Aluminium

• Permanent employment with an industry-leading organisation
• Be part of a safety-focused and supportive maintenance team
• Excellent opportunities for career development and technical growth

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide the 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.

We are seeking an experienced Electrical Maintainer to join our maintenance team at Bell Bay Aluminium.

In this role, you will carry out planned and breakdown electrical maintenance across our plant and equipment, helping ensure our assets remain safe, reliable and available. You will work closely with your team to identify and rectify faults, complete preventative maintenance and contribute to improvements in asset reliability and performance.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Performing planned, preventative and breakdown maintenance on electrical plant and equipment
• Identifying, diagnosing and rectifying electrical faults and equipment defects
• Raising notifications and completing work orders through our maintenance management systems
• Undertaking electrical isolations, testing and commissioning activities in accordance with site procedures
• Identifying defects and providing accurate feedback on asset condition, performance and reliability
• Supporting defect elimination, continuous improvement and asset reliability initiatives
• Ensuring maintenance activities are completed in accordance with work orders, job instructions and relevant safety requirements
• Undertaking post-maintenance testing, commissioning and clean-up to safely return equipment to service
• Working collaboratively with other trades and operational teams to safely minimise equipment downtime

What you’ll bring

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

• A strong commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• An Australian-recognised electrical trade qualification
• A current Australian A Grade Electrical Licence
• A valid C Class driver’s licence
• Experience in electrical maintenance within an industrial, manufacturing, heavy industry or fixed plant environment
• Demonstrated electrical fault-finding and troubleshooting capability
• The ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Strong communication skills and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving equipment issues

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
• Competitive base salary and annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits, including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options
• Career development and education assistance
• Family-friendly health and wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life’s reasons
• Exclusive employee discounts across banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more

Where you’ll be working

Rio Tinto is a global leader in aluminium, one of the world’s most widely used metals.

Our Bell Bay Aluminium smelter began operating in 1955 and holds a unique place in Tasmanian and Australian history as the first aluminium smelter in the Southern Hemisphere. Based approximately 50 kilometres from Launceston in Northern Tasmania, the smelter produces primary aluminium products. We have a long and proud history in Tasmania of supporting our community and are committed to building enduring relationships built on mutual respect, collaboration, and genuine partnership. You can learn more here: https://bellbayaluminium.com.au/

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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 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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