Diesel Fitter/Truck Mechanic

• Invest in your future and be a part of our mission to decarbonize
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Flexible roster on offer with generous shift allowance.

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Mechanical Equipment Technician to join our supportive team where you will get the opportunity to work in the Mobile Equipment Workshop. The Mobile Equipment Workshop is a modern, safe, and clean working environment where we carry out all repairs on the mobile fleet. This work includes regular servicing, general repairs, major component change outs and overhauls as required.

Reporting to the Mobile Equipment Workshop Crew Leader, the Mechanical Equipment Technician will play an important role in providing support to the mobile workshop team by safely improving equipment reliability.

The accountabilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Efficiently servicing mobile equipment to achieve planned schedule
• Resolving mechanical, air-conditioning, hydraulic, 12/24v electrical system problems in mobile equipment
• Work with third parties to achieve business requirements
• Participating in problem solving tools i.e.: 5 why’s, Fishbone and Root Cause analysis
• Ensure all work is performed safely as per the HSE standards, policies, and practices, always working towards improving and developing safer means to deliver work

What you will bring

The Mobile Equipment team requires a Mechanical Equipment Technician holding a relevant Mechanical trade qualification of Diesel Fitting or Motor Mechanic.

To be considered for this role it is essential that you are able to display evidence of:

• Demonstrated commitment to safety
• Demonstrated ability to function effectively as part of a team
• Being able to constructively work with customers.
• Relevant experience in a Mobile Equipment environment
• Demonstrated ability to identify and solve problems through systematic approaches
• A high level of initiative and self-starting
• Effective planning, scheduling and prioritisation of tasks
• Other experience such as: air-conditioning, welding, cutting and machining

Join our team at Boyne Smelters Limited in the beautiful Tannum Sands. These are residential roles (not FIFO) and relocation assistance is available for those interested in relocating to the Gladstone region.

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
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

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. 

Where you’ll be working

Rio Tinto is a global leader in aluminium, one of the world’s most widely used metals.

Active in the sector for more than 110 years, today we operate large-scale, high-quality bauxite mines and alumina refineries, and have the world’s most modern and competitive aluminium smelter portfolio.

Boyne Smelters Limited is Australia’s second largest aluminium smelter with a 1,000-person strong workforce. Located approximately 20km south east of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast, BSL produces around 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum.

Activities at BSL include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten material into aluminium products ready to ship. The smelter is connected via a conveyor belt to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for the supply of alumina.

BSL is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring safe work practices where people feel safe at work and care for each other.

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.

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.