Electrical Technician

Electrical Technician – Bell Bay Aluminium

• Join an inclusive and caring community where knowledge is shared
• Attractive remuneration and benefits including generous shift allowance and market-leading parental leave policy
• Bring your passion for continuous improvement in asset management

About the role

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

We are looking for an Electrical Technician to work within the Asset Management team to improve the reliability of the Bell Bay Aluminium equipment through defect elimination, technical expertise, coaching and sustainable improvements to support the maintenance team.

This is a great opportunity for a strong Electrical technician who will provide critical support to the maintenance team and play a vital role in the uplift of our asset health.

Reporting to the Superintendent Planning & Engineering and working a Nine Day Fortnight (day shift) roster, you will be:

• Managing Asset Defect Elimination projects to improve equipment reliability and operating improvements;
• Coach maintenance teams during PM execution whilst providing complex breakdown resolution;
• Participation and facilitation of investigations based on asset performance.
• Analysing delay accounting and SAP data to improve asset health;
• Analysing and implementing sustainable improvements to asset health by creating and modifying SAP master data, tactics and equipment strategies;
• Requesting and completing of updates to asset documentation and drawings.
• Provide recommendations into 5 Year plan based on known asset health conditions.
• Participation in operational readiness activities

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• An Electrical Engineering or Electrical & Instrument Trade background
• A diverse and strong technical knowledge of electrical, electronic and instrument assets and systems.
• Ability to liaise with a variety of stakeholders to problem solve and make recommendations

• A passion for continuous improvement and asset reliability
• Experience working within reduction line process environment.
• Experience in the use of asset and business risk software, SAP and MS Office
• Knowledge and experience of Electrical regulatory and statutory standards and requirements

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
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Market leading parental leave policy
• Attractive share ownership plan
• 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)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, 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’ll be working

Bell Bay Aluminium is part of the Rio Tinto Group, a global leader in aluminium, which is one of the world’s most widely used metals. Based approximately 50 kilometres from Launceston in Northern Tasmania, the smelter produces primary aluminium products.

If you’re not already connected with us via our Facebook Page, follow this link for more information: www.facebook.com/bellbayaluminium

Or, you can learn more on our official website: https://bellbayaluminium.com.au/

Every Voice Matters

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.

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.

Apply today if you want to work with the latest technology and innovation, in an environment where we challenge you to drive positive change.