Crane Operators- FIFO Various Sites

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Operator Cranes and Transport – FIFO Various sites

• Incredible Opportunity for to Join Our Cranes and Transport Teams across various sites in the picturesque Pilbara. We especially encourage women and Pilbara Traditional Owners or Indigenous Australians to apply and bring their unique perspectives and skills to our inclusive and supportive environment

• Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better

• Enjoy work-life balance with an 8/6 FIFO lifestyle roster to various sites across our Pilbara Operations

About the role:

To be considered for this role you will have:

• As a Cranes and Transport Operator you will perform all activities associated with operating mobile cranes and transport equipment across our Pilbara Operations.

• Leadership and Safety: Provides technical support to new/less experienced team members and always adhering to safety first.

• Communication: Communicates and collaborates with peers.

• Compliance: Ensure personnel, equipment, and work areas comply with safety policies and regulations.

• Employee Relations: Team player and ability to value others' ideas and opinions. Ability to work in a team environment, provide input and work towards a common goal. 

• Performance Expectations: Performs tasks requiring a good understanding of well-defined technical procedures. Flexibility to work across all sites in the Pilbara region including travelling to and from and staying at sites other than your home base. Ability to work nightshift as per business requirements. 

About You:To thrive in this role, you should bring:

• Safety Commitment: A dedicated commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.

• A strong commitment to our values Care, Courage & Curiosity. Ability to adapt to new/modern technology and embrace change.

• Constantly looking for improvement opportunities.

• Experience: 2 years of relevant experience and a valid minimum HC driver's license, High Risk work licenses - C0, CN, RB, DG, LF

• Communication and Organization: Experience working with diverse groups and strong communication skills

Technical Expertise

• Experience operating mobile cranes including 25T Franna, 55T, 130T, 150T, 300T & 450T Liebherr cranes.

• Familiar with Bluetooth technology & Vario Base applications. Some experience driving prime mover trucks with road ranger gearboxes.

• Utilizing, drop deck, flat top, semi-trailers, and floats ranging from 50T - 100T. Ability and desire to upgrade to MC truck license for road train purposes, towing crane counterweights on purpose built skel trailers.

• Understanding of Main Roads permitting requirements and the Chain of Responsibility.

• Computer Literacy: Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications/ SAP/ Emails

What’s on 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

• Fly direct to site from Perth, Geraldton, Busselton or Albany on lifestyle friendly 8 days on 6 days off, 7 nights on 7 off roster

• 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)

• 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.

• Read more about the huge range of benefits here

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.

Who we are

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 and meet opportunities.  

Where you will be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Rio Tinto operates the world's largest integrated portfolio of iron ore assets with industry-leading margins. Our premium product suite, including our flagship Pilbara blend, drives strong customer relationships and is supported by technical and commercial marketing expertise.

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Every Voice MattersAt Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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.