Control Systems Engineer

Control Systems Engineer – AMRUN (Southern Operations)

• Amrun based role, reside in Weipa and then BIBO 4/5/5 Dayshift roster and stay in Camp
• Advance your career in a dynamic, fast paced team environment
• Residential role – live in Weipa a beautiful tropical coastal community in Far North QLD
• Work a diverse range of areas and equipment

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Control Systems Engineer to support the Amrun process and export Operations.

Rio Tinto Weipa is located 900km north-west of Cairns on the Gulf of Carpentaria and has been operating for over 50 years. Over the years, it has developed into a vibrant and diverse cultural hub of the Western Cape. Weipa offers a coastal community rich in geographical beauty and cultural heritage that provides families with opportunities to participate in leisure activities, sports and community events. With a strong sense of community, the region has plenty of natural beauty to offer including the opportunities for boating, fishing, camping and exploring.

The Amrun Mine Site is located 40 kilometers south west of Weipa with a life expectancy of 40 plus years to expand our bauxite operations and continue production from one of the world’s premier bauxite deposits. This expansion will strengthen the economy and provide exciting opportunities for the people of Cape York and Queensland for future generations.

This role is a great opportunity for an experienced Control Systems Engineer to provide breakdown support, maintenance, disaster recovery management and system development for the instrumentation and control systems across the bauxite processing and export operations. The role will be based in Amrun working a 4,5,5 even time dayshift roster. Reporting to the Senior Control Engineer, you will be: 

• Scoping, implementing and evaluating new and existing projects across the Amrun operation.

• Fault finding process control related issues;
• Utilising the Rockwell suite of software to maintain and upgrade the plant control system environment and the Ethernet communications network
• Writing and modifying PLC programs using RSLogix5000, mostly ladder logic
• Developing SCADA interfaces in FT Asset Centre in conjunction with plant operators and maintainers
• Provide instrumentation support to maintenance teams
• Network fault finding

What you’ll bring

To succeed in this role, you will have: 

• A Bachelor’s Engineering degree in either Computing Systems, Electrical, Control Systems, Mechatronics,
• 5 years demonstrated control systems experience
• 2 years’ experience working with ethernet IP
• RS Logix Fundamentals
• The ability to work as part of a small high performing team, taking accountability for your tasks;
• Ability to work alone in a high stress production environment, including being on call
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt your communication style to your audience.

To following skills/experience will be viewed advantageously: 

• Functional safety of machines TÜV Rheinland certification
• FactoryTalk View SE / Historian
• PlantPAx
• Guardlogix/ Compactlogix families of PLCs
• Ampcontrol IMAC
• Stacker / Reclaimer / Shiploader experience
• Industrial Networks i.e. Ethernet IP, Cisco, Modbus, IEC61850
• ESXi Virtual machine / Server management
• FLIR video systems
• Instrumentation
• SQL Databases
• Project Management
• Mentoring

What we offer

• Domestic relocation assistance on offer
• Weipa accommodation benefit
• Amrun Allowance
• Remote area allowance
• Amrun Operations allowance
• Remote area holiday travel assistance
• Paid parental leave up to 9 months! (no distinction between primary or secondary carer)
• Health cover scheme for employees and their immediate family
• Salary sacrifice & packaging options – rental, mortgage, super, vehicle
• Rio Tinto employee share program
• Employee discounts – banking, accommodation, motoring, retail and more.

Where you will be working

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

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

The development of our new mine, Amrun, which was completed in 2018, will extend the life of our Weipa bauxite operations by decades to come and significantly build on our 55-year history on the Western Cape.

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers. 

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress. 

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe.

Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life. 

Every Voice Matters

At 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.

Closing Date: 31^st January 2023

“Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date, therefore, if you are interested in applying for this vacancy, please submit your application as soon as possible.”