Maintainer Mechanical

Mechanical Maintainer – Gove Operations

Location: Gove, Northern Territory
Roster:  FIFO (Cairns or Darwin) | 4 days, 4 nights, 8 off
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

• FIFO (Cairns or Darwin)
• Lifestyle roster provides the perfect balance, giving you more time for the things that matter most to you, your family, and your community

About the role

We are looking for a motivated a Maintenance Mechanical Maintainer to join our safety-focused and high-performing Maintenance team at our Gove operation, you will be integral to maintaining assets within our maintenance management framework. Your role will involve applying work management processes to efficiently execute maintenance tasks allocated, ensuring the ongoing reliability and functionality of our assets. 

This role offers variety and the opportunity to build your skills in a supportive environment, with a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits designed to suit your lifestyle preferences.

What you’ll be doing

Your primary responsibilities will include performing maintenance tasks, identifying defects, providing feedback on asset performance through our asset management system, and supporting defect elimination processes. Additionally, you will contribute to work management analysis and asset tactics reviews to enhance overall asset performance. Ensuring adherence to work order/job instructions and conducting post-maintenance equipment commissioning and clean-up activities will also be part of your duties. 

What you’ll bring

• Operational Maintenance: Proficient in maintaining operating assets and systems. 
• Asset Management: Skilled in identifying defects and providing feedback on asset performance. 
• Problem-Solving: Able to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues efficiently. 
• Analytical Skills: Capable of contributing to maintenance analysis and optimizing processes. 
• Communication: Effective in conveying maintenance-related information to stakeholders. 
• Teamwork: Collaborates effectively to support maintenance activities. 
• Safety Awareness: Prioritizes safety in all maintenance tasks. 
• Attention to Detail: Ensures thorough post-maintenance procedures. 
• Adaptability: Flexible in responding to changing maintenance needs.  

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• Competitive base salary with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Career development & education assistance to support your technical or leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave, cultural leave)
• Paid parental leave: 18 weeks for all parents, taken when it suits your family
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more

Where you’ll be working

Our Gove Operations have been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for more than 40 years. Located in Australia’s Northern Territory, the operation produces approximately 12 million tonnes of bauxite annually.

With a workforce of 460 people, daily activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, shutdown planning and execution, export operations, cultural heritage management, and closure activities following the 2017 decision to close the site’s alumina refinery.

We expect our bauxite mining operations on the Gove Peninsula will cease in 2030. We are committed to working together with Traditional Owners to achieve a positive future for Nhulunbuy and the Gove Peninsula post-mining.

Ready to make an impact?

If you’re a skilled technician with a passion for maintenance and a drive to deliver results, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and help us shape the future of asset management at Rio Tinto.

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.

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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 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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