Mechanical Maintainer

Rio Tinto; Wickham; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Safety-first culture

Permanent Rio Tinto position

Competitive base salary

Medical benefits including private/IMC

Share ownership plan

Insurance cover

Salary sacrifice options

Career development

Leave and wellbeing support

Employee discounts

Relocation assistance may be available

Job summary

Rio Tinto in Wickham is seeking a Mechanical Maintainer to join the Cape Lambert Rail Maintenance team. You will perform planned and breakdown maintenance on locomotive and rolling stock assets, applying your trade skills within a safety-focused, collaborative environment.

Residential role with 3 days on, 3 nights, 6 days off roster offers great work-life balance. You’ll use SAP for maintenance records, identify improvements, and work with a skilled team to keep assets reliable and compliant.

Qualifications

• Mechanical Trade Qualification is required.
• Current Australian Manual C Class Driver's Licence.
• Experience in heavy haulage rail or heavy mobile equipment maintenance.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and schematics.
• Strong fault-finding and troubleshooting capability.
• Ability to work effectively within a team and focus on improvement.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned, preventative and breakdown maintenance on locomotive and brake car assets.
• Perform fault finding and troubleshooting on mechanical and electrical systems.
• Undertake component change-outs during maintenance and repair activities.
• Utilise SAP to capture and record maintenance activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability and work practices.
• Work collaboratively with maintenance and operations teams to achieve objectives.
• Ensure maintenance activities are completed safely and in accordance with standards and legislative requirements.

Skills

Safety-focused

Mechanical trade

C Class licence

Rail maintenance experience

Fault finding

Schematic reading

Team player

Continuous improvement

Education

Mechanical Trade Qualification

Tools

SAP

Forklift Licence

Overhead Crane

Rigging Tickets

Job description

• Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better
• Residential role based in Wickham with subsidised housing and relocation assistance available
• Enjoy an even time roster with attractive benefits while working alongside a team focused on safety, collaboration and continuous improvement.

• Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better
• Residential role based in Wickham with subsidised housing and relocation assistance available
• Enjoy an even time roster with attractive benefits while working alongside a team focused on safety, collaboration and continuous improvement.

We’re Finding Better Ways to provide 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.

About The Role

We are seeking a Mechanical Maintainer to join our Rolling Stock Maintenance team at Cape Lambert.

In this role, you will be responsible for carrying out planned and breakdown maintenance activities to support the reliability and performance of our locomotive and rolling stock assets. Working within a skilled and supportive team, you’ll apply your technical expertise while contributing to a culture focused on safety, teamwork and continuous improvement.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated tradesperson looking to further develop their career within Rio Tinto’s Rail operations while working alongside a team committed to safety, reliability and continuous improvement.

Based residentially in the coastal town of Wickham, you will enjoy an attractive 3 days, 3 nights, 6 days off roster, offering a great balance between work and lifestyle.

What You’ll Be Doing

Reporting to the Supervisor Rolling Stock Maintenance, you will

• Carry out planned, preventative and breakdown maintenance on locomotive and brake car assets.
• Perform fault finding and troubleshooting activities on mechanical and electrical systems.
• Undertake component change-outs during maintenance and repair activities.
• Utilise SAP to capture and record maintenance activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability and work practices.
• Work collaboratively with maintenance and operations teams to achieve team objectives.
• Ensure maintenance activities are completed safely and in accordance with company standards and legislative requirements.

About You

We’re looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements below. You do not need to meet every helpful for success item to apply. If you bring relevant experience and are excited by the opportunity, we encourage you to submit an application.

Required for success

• A strong commitment to safety and safe work practices.
• Mechanical Trade Qualification.
• Current Australian Manual C Class Driver's Licence.
• Experience working within heavy haulage rail or heavy mobile equipment maintenance environments.
• Strong fault-finding and troubleshooting capability.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and schematics.
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment.
• Positive attitude with a focus on continuous improvement.

Helpful for success

• Previous locomotive, rolling stock or wagon maintenance experience.
• Exposure to SAP or similar maintenance management systems.
• Forklift Licence.
• Overhead Crane, Dogging or Rigging tickets.
• Experience working within large-scale industrial maintenance operations.

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 plus 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 and leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and wellbeing supportLeave for all of life's reasons (annual leave, parental leave, personal leave and cultural leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts on banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more
• Domestic relocation assistance may be available

Where you'll be working

Based at our Cape Lambert Rail Maintenance Facility in Wickham, you’ll be part of the team responsible for maintaining the rolling stock assets that support Rio Tinto’s integrated rail network.

Our privately owned rail network spans approximately 1,800 kilometres across the Pilbara and connects 16 mines to our ports. Operating one of the world’s largest autonomous rail networks, we continue to apply innovative technologies to improve safety, reliability and operational performance while providing rewarding career opportunities for our people.

Applications close 26/10/2026 #gts

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.