Maintainer Electrical

Rio Tinto; Weipa Town; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation to Weipa

Remote area allowance

Private health insurance for employee+

Share ownership plan

Comprehensive insurance cover

Salary packaging options

Annual incentive program

Career development support

Job summary

Rio Tinto is seeking an Electrical Maintainer for the Amrun Plant at Weipa. This permanent role covers preventative maintenance, breakdown response and improvement works on our fixed-plant assets.

You’ll work with the Amrun team, live in Weipa, and enjoy a 7 days on/7 days off roster with camp accommodation, relocation assistance, and comprehensive Rio Tinto benefits. You’ll perform electrical maintenance of motors, drives, distribution boards, UPS systems and safety systems, conduct isolations,

Qualifications

• Queensland Electrical Trades Licence required or ability to obtain one.
• Experience maintaining fixed plant in mining or heavy industry.
• Experience using SAP or a similar work-management system.
• Commitment to safety and compliant with site procedures.

Responsibilities

• Carry out preventative maintenance and inspections on fixed plant electrical equipment.
• Attend breakdowns and fix faults across beneficiation plant areas.
• Perform isolations and work safely per site procedures.
• Support shutdowns, project work and continuous improvement.
• Record work in SAP with accuracy.
• Collaborate with mechanical maintainers and plant operators to keep the plant running safely.

Skills

Electrical trades knowledge

Fixed plant maintenance

SAP proficiency

Safety focused

Education

Queensland Electrical Trades Licence

Tools

SAP

Job description

Electrical Maintainer - Fixed Plant | Amrun, Weipa

• Permanent residential role. Live in Weipa, a beautiful coastal community in Far North Queensland, and upgrade your lifestyle with incredible outdoor adventures and water-based activities
• Work a 7 days on, 7 days off roster based at our Amrun mine
• Excellent allowances and Rio Tinto benefits package

About the role

We're looking for an experienced Electrical Maintainer to join our Amrun Plant Maintenance team. You'll carry out routine maintenance, attend breakdowns and deliver improvement works on our Southern Operations fixed plant assets and associated infrastructure, always looking for better ways to do things.

Our Amrun plant includes sizers, crushers, screens, conveyors, stackers, reclaimers and shiploaders, supporting beneficiation, sampling, stockpile and ship loading operations.

You'll live in Weipa and stay at our Amrun camp while on shift, commuting back to Weipa on your days off, with an additional allowance to compensate for time away from home.

Reporting to the Electrical Supervisor - Amrun Plant Maintenance, your role will involve:

• Preventative maintenance and inspections on fixed plant electrical equipment, including motors, drives, distribution boards, UPS systems, cable reelers and automatic lubrication systems
• Fault finding and fixing breakdowns across the beneficiation plant, stockpiles and shiploading areas
• Carrying out isolations and working safely in line with site procedures
• Supporting shutdowns, project work and continuous improvement
• Recording work accurately in SAP
• Working closely with mechanical maintainers and plant operators to keep the plant running safely and reliably

What you'll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• A Queensland Electrical Trades Licence, or an equivalent licence and the ability to get the Queensland licence
• Experience in a fixed plant, mining or heavy industrial maintenance team
• Experience with SAP or a similar work management system

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress.

• Full relocation to Weipa, Queensland, from elsewhere in Australia

**Please note housing is not provided

• Remote area allowance
• Remote area holiday travel assistance
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• A competitive base salary that reflects your skills and experience, with an 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 and salary packaging options
• Career development and 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 (annual, paid parental, sick and cultural leave)

Where you'll be working

Our Weipa Operations include three bauxite mines, processing facilities, shiploaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals. Located on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, the operation produces more than 35 million tonnes of bauxite each year.

Our operations are supported by a 1,900-strong workforce, including 26 per cent women and 25 per cent Indigenous employees. Activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, ports, cultural heritage management and processing facility management.

Our Amrun mine, completed in 2018, extends the life of our Weipa bauxite operations by decades and builds on our 55-year history on the Western Cape.

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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.