Advisor Electrical

Advisor Electrical

We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

• The perfect balance, our roster gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community  

• Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority  

• FIFO from Perth or Residential Paraburdoo – Housing & Relocation assistance

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are seeking an engaging and safety-focused Advisor Electrical to join our Mining team at Paraburdoo to provide technical assistance, support, and expert advice on continuous improvement practices across on a day-to-day basis to the Fixed Plant leadership team with a focus on statutory requirements.

This role presents a fantastic opportunity to draw on your people leadership skills, coupled with your technical knowledge to effectively coordinate execution of work. 

You’ll be part of a friendly team, supported by your leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team.Reporting to the Superintendent Production, the role will require you to:

• Adhere to all Rio Tinto standards, policies and procedures

• Actively foster and communicate a positive safety culture to promote safety awareness and compliance, encouraging prioritisation of safety in all activities and operations

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, evaluating and implementing improvement opportunities utilising a range of Rio Tinto best practices

• Collaborate closely with other functions and stakeholders in the performance of duties

• Ensure compliance to relative legislation, including statutory obligations including maintaining statutory electrical inspections and records as required by WHS

• Provide appropriate coaching, mentoring and technical support to Fixed Plant Operations

• Develop and implement systems to allow compliance with the Government Acts, Regulations, Codes of Practice and Guidelines relevant to Pilbara Iron for Electricity and Water Processes

• Develop, implement and support preventative and proactive maintenance

• Report non-conformances with fixed plant electrical assets to line manager

• Audits of fixed plant electrical assets to determine compliance with legislative requirements conducted by regulators achieve non-compliance free outcome

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Statutory Position Legal Exam – Statutory Supervisor

• 'A' Grade Electrical License or Electrical Engineering degree

• HV Switching Operations qualification

• Experience running small-medium sized electrical installation/modification projects

• Willingness to be endorsed as a site Nominee for the RTIO In-House License

• Willingness to be endorsed as “Appointed Electrical Supervisor” and undertake the assigned duties as per WHS

• Willingness to work out of rostered hours (where required) to full fill Statutory Obligations

• Ability to actively develop networks and engage with employees, management and external contractors to provide electrical support.

• Ability to plan, co-ordinate and execute required strategies to ensure safety, compliance and productivity

• Computer literacy and proficiency in the suite of Microsoft packages such as Outlook, Excel and Word

• A current Australian driver's license

What we offer 

• Be recognised for your contribution, you’re 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 

• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia 

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus 

• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family 

• Attractive share ownership plan 

• Company provided insurance cover 

• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options 

• Career development & 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 (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave, cultural leave) 

• Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water).

• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them 

• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:

• Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment

• Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career.

• Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.

Where you’ll be working

Located 80km south west of Tom Price, Paraburdoo is a town nestled in some of the most scenic landscape in Western Australia. Paraburdoo is recognised for its beautiful scenery, wildlife diversity and close proximity to Karijini National Park. Paraburdoo prides itself on being a safe and friendly community; ideal for young families.

The picturesque town provides residents with a range of leisure facilities and local amenities including a domestic airport, hospital, community centre, child care centre, primary school, parks and a variety of sporting facilities. The recently built Paraburdoo Sports, Fitness and Community Complex offers state of the art facilities including an Olympic-size swimming pool, indoor basketball court and gym.

Applications close on the 24th of September 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

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About Rio TintoRio 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.

Every Voice MattersAt 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.