Electrical Maintainer – Residential Opportunity – Dampier

Rio Tinto

Posted on:  15th Oct 2025
  • Residential lifestyle with subsidised housing and relocation to the coast – Karratha / Dampier
  • Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority 
  • Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better  

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an experienced, safety conscious Electrical Maintainer to join our team to perform preventative and breakdown maintenance assigned tasks within the fixed plant electrical team. 

This is a great opportunity for an Electrical Maintainer who wants to be part of a friendly and high performing team, supported by your leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team

Reporting to the Electrical Supervisor on an attractive 5,5,3 hybrid roster and working in a collaborative community you will be 

  • Carrying-out scheduled and planned maintenance to enhance the reliability and quality of Fixed Plant equipment
  • Reporting Issues: Identify and report on problems related to plant assets, practices, and procedures.
  • Carry out component change outs in both planned and breakdown situations.
  • Undertaking fault finding / troubleshooting of electrical based faults.
  • Utilising SAP to record maintenance activities.
  • Identifying opportunities for improvement in the equipment or work procedures.
  • Ensuring all maintenance activities are carried out in accordance with Mine Safety Inspection Regulations Act.

What you’ll bring

  • An outstanding approach to safety and safe work practices.
  • An Electrical Trade qualification and unrestricted WA A Grade Electrical Licence
  • Experience with Fixed Plant equipment, in particular Dumpers, Ship loaders, reclaimers, stackers and Conveyor belts
  • A manual C Class driver’s licence
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment to achieve results
  • Fault finding skills with ability to read schematics
  • Positive and proactive attitude.
  • Self-driven, reliable and have a “can do” approach to the role.

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 
  • Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia 
  • 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 
  • 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

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.

Every Voice MattersAt 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.

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