Electrical Planner - FIFO Maintenance Mastermind

Rio Tinto; Blackall; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary sacrifice & packaging options

Share ownership plan

Comprehensive medical benefits

Relocation assistance

Career development & education

Worldwide career opportunities

Job summary

Rio Tinto is seeking an Electrical Planner to join the Maintenance Planning & Engineering team at Cape Lambert. The role focuses on developing high-quality, executable work packs that support safe and reliable asset performance.

You will operate on a 5:2 / 4:3 FIFO roster from Perth to Cape Lambert, reporting to the Superintendent Planning within a collaborative MP&E team. You will identify electrical maintenance requirements, plan safe execution, and develop detailed work packs, including job

Qualifications

• Safety of yourself and your team is a priority.
• Experience in maintenance planning/scheduling in Electrical environments.
• Trade qualification in electrical or instrumentation fields.
• Understanding of maintenance strategies, lifecycles and failure modes is desirable.
• Ability to build effective relationships with maintenance, engineering and operations.
• Strong SAP PM and Prometheus experience preferred.
• Current C-Class Driver’s Licence (manual).

Responsibilities

• Identify and validate notifications and work requests to capture Electrical maintenance requirements.
• Plan maintenance activities to ensure safe, efficient work aligned with asset strategies.
• Develop detailed work packs: job plans, task lists and sequencing for Electrical equipment.
• Review and improve maintenance strategies and task lists.
• Provide scheduling inputs to optimise fleet availability, minimise downtime and maximise utilisation.
• Coordinate labour, parts, tooling and external services for maintenance execution.
• Complete post-execution reviews and maintain SAP/CMMS records for continuous improvement.

Skills

Safety focus

Maintenance planning

Stakeholder collaboration

SAP PM

Prometheus

Driver's licence

Education

Electrical or instrumentation trade qualification

Tools

SAP (PM)

Prometheus

Job description

Rio Tinto is seeking an Electrical Planner to join the Maintenance Planning & Engineering team at Cape Lambert. The role focuses on developing high-quality, executable work packs that support safe and reliable asset performance.

You will operate on a 5:2 / 4:3 FIFO roster from Perth to Cape Lambert, reporting to the Superintendent Planning within a collaborative MP&E team. You will identify electrical maintenance requirements, plan safe execution, and develop detailed work packs, including job