Electrical Tech Officer

Technical Officer Electrical – Weipa Northern Operations

Location: Weipa, Queensland

Roster: 4:5:5 Even time Roster Day Shift Only.

Employment Type: Full-time | Permanent

Lead with purpose. Deliver with precision. We’re looking for a skilled and safety-focused Technical Officer Electrical to support our Northern Operations maintenance team in Weipa. This is a key role where you’ll oversee electrical maintenance activities working in a multi disciplined team of tradespersons, and ensure our asset management processes are executed to the highest standards.

Technical Officer Electrical

• Join a dedicated management team, committed to your growth and development
• Key role, supervising a diverse trades team and challenging maintenance activities
• Weipa based role, working a 4:5:5 Even time Roster Day Shift Only.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Technical Officer Electrical for our Weipa Operations, a world class asset in the Rio Tinto Bauxite business.

You’ll live in the idyllic coastal town of Weipa, working across our Northern Operations..

This is a fantastic opportunity for people with a strong work ethic, commitment to learning and a ‘can do’ attitude who are looking to live an incredible lifestyle with adventure and world-class water activities on your doorstep. With a supportive leadership team and a development plan in place, we’ll help you achieve success and progress your career. 

Reporting to the Northern Operations Maintenance Supervisor, you will:

• Ensure that all aspects of the Northern Operations Plant meet health, safety and environmental regulatory, compliance and business values requirements.
• Providing representation of Weipa in customer and community relations and activities.
• Supervises trade employees in maintenance activities.
• Resolves on the job issues (with regards to planned maintenance activities, maintenance shutdowns, etc.)
• Monitors working practices and adherence to safety procedures to ensure safety of employees working in the area.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify, evaluate, and implement opportunities for improvement and best practices.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with other functions to ensure seamless operations.

What you will bring

• A strong commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Electrical trade Qualification
• Experience in PLC maintenance highly regarded
• Leadership experience within mining or similar heavy industry maintenance role.
• Ability to promote, mentor and drive a diverse way of thinking and ability to challenge the status quo.
• Project Management: Highly organized with excellent project management and problem-solving skills.
• Communication Skills: Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Legal Understanding: Familiarity with impactful mining and labor laws is advantageous.
• Leadership: Proven experience leading teams in challenging environments.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a team that values safety, sustainability, and operational excellence
• Lead critical shutdown operations that directly impact asset reliability
• Work in a dynamic and supportive environment with opportunities for growth
• Make a meaningful contribution to the success of our Weipa operations

What we offer 

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress

• Full relocation provided to Weipa, Queensland from elsewhere in Australia
• Weipa accommodation benefit 
• Remote area allowance 
• Remote area holiday travel assistance 
• 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, cultural leave)

Where you’ll 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 tons 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. 

Ready to lead the way?

If you’re a confident leader with a passion for maintenance and shutdown excellence, we want to hear from you. Apply now and help us drive performance and reliability across our operations.

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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.