Electricians - HV and E&I - Gove NT

Fixed Plant Electrical Trade Roles 

• Residential Role with full relocation provided – live in Gove, a beautiful coastal community in the Northern Territory 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 experienced Electrical & Instrumentation Technicians and High Voltage Electricians  to carry out routine maintenance, attend breakdowns and carry out improvement works across the whole sites Fixed Plant Assets, including associated infrastructure while actively working to identify opportunities for improvement. The lifestyle rosters include a2 days on, 2 nights on, 4 days off for the E&I position, and a4 days on, 4 days off for the HV Electrician position.

You’ll live in the idyllic coastal town of Gove, with full relocation provided, working across our Mine Operations.  We have options to suit your lifestyle and goals and 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. 

What you’ll bring 

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team  
• A C class drivers’ license  
• A trade qualification – Northern Territory Electrical Trades Licence (or equivalent with the ability to acquire the Northern Territory licence)
• Planned & breakdown maintenance including during shut down requirements
• Basic computer skills and experience with Microsoft word and excel
• The ability to communicate effectively within a team environment  
• A sense of ownership of the equipment and a mindset of continual improvement
• Experience with SAP or similar work management system
• Previous experience within mining or heavy industry environment

E&I Tech – 2 days, 2 nights, 4 days off

• Instrumentation experience
• Experience with motors and VSD’s
• PLC and SCADA experience or the ability to learn with training
• Experience working on Conveyors, Crushers & Ship Loaders preferred

High Voltage Electrician – 4 days on, 4 days off

• High Voltage Switching Ticket
• High Voltage experience
• Experience working on Overhead Networks & Switching
• Maintaining Transformers

What we offer

• Domestic relocation assistance
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• 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)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

About Rio Tinto

Rio 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 and meet opportunities.

Where you’ll be working

Our Gove site in Australia’s Northern Territory has been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for more than 40 years. 

Gove bauxite is shipped internationally as well as domestically to supply Queensland Alumina Limited and Yarwun refineries in Gladstone, Queensland. These refineries produce alumina as feedstock for our Australian aluminium smelting operations and for sale on the international market. 

We expect our bauxite mining operations in the Gove Peninsula will cease later this decade and we are doing significant work to support closure of the operation. 

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.