Electrical Trades - Rail Workshop Weipa

Electrical Trades – Rail Workshop

• Residential Role with full relocation provided – live in Weipa, a beautiful coastal community in Far North Queensland and upgrade your lifestyle with incredible outdoor adventures and water-based activities  
• Advance your career – supportive leaders who will provide opportunities to learn and grow 
• Competitive salary and many exclusive benefits designed to make life better

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an Electrical Fitter to undertake maintenance of our Railway Rolling stock and workshop machinery.

You’ll live in the idyllic coastal town of Weipa, with full relocation provided, working across our Northern and Southern Operations.  We have options to suit your lifestyle and goals, at East Weipa you’ll be home after each shift.

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 Supervisor - Rail Crew 2 & 3, and working a 12hr dayshift 4,5,5 roster you will be:

• Performing statutory checks and inspections;
• Fault finding on Locomotives;
• Installation, maintenance and fault finding of electrical equipment including generators and compressors.
• Demonstrating a commitment to high standards of safety.

What you’ll bring

• Queensland Electrical Licence or equivalent
• A valid 'C' class driver’s licence
• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team 
• Previous experience in an industrial workshop preferred

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Experience with DC Traction Locomotives
• Experience with working on Railway rolling stock
• Experience with PLC programming
• Knowledge of computer maintenance management systems, such as SAP

What we offer

• 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 (annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Weipa accommodation benefit
• Remote area allowance
• Remote area holiday travel assistance

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 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

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

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.