Permanent Mechanical Maintainer – Fixed Plant & Reliability

Rio Tinto; Launceston; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary + annual bonus

Comprehensive medical benefits

Share ownership plan

Salary packaging options

Career development support

Wellbeing and family support

Leave for life’s reasons

Employee discounts

Job summary

Rio Tinto is seeking a Mechanical Maintainer or Boilermaker to join our Bell Bay maintenance team in Tasmania. You will perform planned and breakdown maintenance on mechanical assets, identify faults, and support reliability initiatives to ensure safe, reliable operation of critical equipment.

We value a trades qualification, strong fault-finding skills, and a proactive approach to continuous improvement. The role offers a permanent position with competitive salary, benefits and progression

Qualifications

• Australian-recognised Mechanical / Fitter / Boilermaker trade qualification.
• Experience maintaining mechanical equipment in mining, heavy industry or fixed plant.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving capability.
• Commitment to safety of self and team.
• Good communication and teamwork abilities.
• Proactive approach to reliability and continuous improvement.
• C Class driver’s licence.

Responsibilities

• Perform planned and breakdown maintenance on mechanical and fixed plant equipment.
• Identify, diagnose and rectify equipment faults and defects.
• Raise notifications and complete work orders in the maintenance system.
• Support defect elimination and equipment reliability initiatives.
• Complete maintenance activities safely in line with procedures.
• Undertake equipment commissioning and post-maintenance checks.
• Collaborate with operations and maintenance teams to improve performance.

Skills

Trade qualification

Mechanical equipment

Fault finding

Safety focus

Teamwork

Class licence (C)

Job description

Rio Tinto is seeking a Mechanical Maintainer or Boilermaker to join our Bell Bay maintenance team in Tasmania. You will perform planned and breakdown maintenance on mechanical assets, identify faults, and support reliability initiatives to ensure safe, reliable operation of critical equipment.

We value a trades qualification, strong fault-finding skills, and a proactive approach to continuous improvement. The role offers a permanent position with competitive salary, benefits and progression