Electrical Instrument Control Technician

Electrical Instrument Controls Technician

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Grow your instrumentation and control capability
• Family-friendly 8 days, 6 off, FIFO roster from Perth, Busselton, or Derby – Yandicoogina

About the role

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

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Electrical Instrument Control Technician to join our Yandicoogina, Fixed Plant Maintenance team. You will be responsible for supporting daily operations including preventative and breakdown electrical maintenance activities and providing technical assistance for production critical tasks and projects centred around asset reliability and improving performance.

This is a great opportunity for someone who has a desire to grow their instrumentation and control skills while also acting as a coach and supporting in electrical maintainer training and upskilling.

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible. Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

Reporting to the Fixed Plant Electrical Supervisor, you will work in a close-knit team who encourage and support each other in all aspects. You’ll actively support a culture of continuous improvement and standardisation of our electrical equipment while enabling the delivery of sustainable and reliable production performance of our plant.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• WA Electrical Licence
• An Australian Manual Driver’s Licence
• Strong fault finding and diagnostic skills
• Programmable Logic Controller and logic experience
• Forward thinking and ability to prioritise
• Great interpersonal and communication skills
• Ideally, you’ll also have a qualification in instrumentation.

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

Applications close on Tuesday 11th October 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

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

Located 95km north-west of Newman, Yandicoogina offers a range of fly in fly out rosters. As one of Australia's largest-producing iron ore mines; operating a fleet of autonomous trucks and drills, it generates more than 55 million tonnes of Hammersley Iron Yandi (HIY) fines each year.

Yandicoogina is known for its culture of teamwork, can-do attitude and pioneering spirit, leading the way with innovation and technological advances in autonomous operations and robotics.

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.