Electrical Engineer

Engineer – Electrical

• Be an integral part of the Electrical Engineering and Compliance Team over a portfolio of three large mine sites.
• Acquire exposure to a broad range of engineering activities
• This is a permanent residential role based in Weipa

About the Role

We are looking for an Electrical Engineer to join the Electrical Engineering and Compliance team and provide technical assistance for three large high-profile mines across the Weipa Operations. As a key member of the centralised Asset Management team, you will have the opportunity to join a team that works across a broad range of asset classes, including rail assets, beneficiation plants, ship-loaders, wharfs, bridges, power stations, ancillary mining services assets, town assets, and other civil infrastructure. 

This role is a great opportunity for a self-motivated experienced individual with a strong electrical background who is ready to take the next step in their career and contribute to the future direction of our Electrical Engineering and Compliance Team.Reporting to the Senior Electrical Engineer, you will:

• Guide, create and maintain a climate in which individuals feel Electrically Safe including leading and participating in risk assessment activities
• Developing and reviewing engineering reliability improvement plans and engineering standards
• Developing whole of life asset plans for fixed plant assets, review of electrical assets maintenance strategy/tactics and develop condition monitoring strategy for electrical assets
• Ensuring engineering resources, structure and systems are in place to support maintenance processes.
• Work alongside other engineering and trade disciplines to provide sustainable and efficient solutions to engineering problems
• Implementing improvement projects through defect elimination and system optimisation
• Ensuring compliance with relevant statutory and legislative provisions 

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications
• Moderate to strong knowledge of asset management, service and maintenance of LV and HV distribution systems
• Comprehensive understanding of LV and HV electrical equipment including: distribution assets, protection devices, motors and drives
• Familiar with the regulatory authorities and Australian Standards relating to electrical installations and practices
• It will also be beneficial if you have:
• Power Generation and Control System experience
• Professional Engineers registration
• SAP Knowledge

What we offer

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

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 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.

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.