Crane Operator - Residential - Karratha

• We’re committed to Finding Better Ways and that starts with creating a safe, inclusive, and empowering environment for everyone.

• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits

• Family-friendly rosters

We’re Finding Better Way 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 looking for an Operator Cranes & Transport to promote safety awareness and safe work practices at the Dampier Port Operations

This residential role is a great opportunity for a highly motivated individual with excellent organisational skills expertise to make a difference to the team.

This opportunity is a residential role (5/5/4 Hybrid shift rotational roster consisting of days and nights) and reporting to the Cranes and Belts Supervisor, you will be:

• Operating various slewing cranes and non-slewing cranes such as Leibherr LTM1150, LTM1300, and Terex25 in single shifts

• Transporting various sized equipment across site and local areas

• Assisting with rigging duties when required

• Operating and carryout routine inspections of the crane

• Raising notifications for equipment issues and utilization of SAP daily

• Actively using safety system and tools to ensure the safety of yourself and others

• Working in a team environment and contributing to daily targets

• Working with the maintenance teams across the site as required

About you

To be considered for this role, you will have

• An Australian "HR" Class Driver’s License, “HC” Licence desirable

• High risk work license with the following classes - CO, CN, RI, LF

• Previous experience on Liebherr Cranes

• Basic SAP experience preferred

• A passion for the safe execution of work

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise multiple tasks

• A desire to relocate to Karratha

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 with 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 & 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)

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

• Possible domestic relocation assistance

Where you’ll be working

Our integrated operations, which include port facilities, ensure we can supply the right quality product to our customers when they need it. We blend our products at our own ports, which allows us to produce a reliable and consistent product. And because we have dedicated shipping operations, we are able to better control the delivery of product to our customers.

We operate 4 independent shipping terminals at 2 locations, Cape Lambert and Dampier, managed as a single port system.

Dampier has terminals at Parker Point and East Intercourse Island, loading approximately 3 ships per day

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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.

Respect and InclusionAt 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.