Electricians – Obtain Instrumentation III

Industrial Electricians – Obtain Instrumentation III at Rio Tinto Yarwun

• Cert 3 Instrumentation and Control on offer
• Rosters to suit your lifestyle and goals
• Permanent role, living and working in the friendly, coastal community of Gladstone
• Huge range of employee benefits designed to make life better

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We currently have opportunities for Industrial Maintenance Electricians at our Yarwun refinery who are wanting to expand their skill set, grow with us, and gain their Certificate III in Instrumentation and Control qualification in an industrial environment. You will have the opportunity to gain experience in all areas of the plant whilst completing your qualification.

Your experience, career goals and lifestyle preferences will determine whether you join our Material Handling and Shift Maintenance team, our Utilities Maintenance Team or our Whiteside Maintenance team. Reporting to the Maintenance Team Leader for your team, your role may involve:

• Maintaining and replacing electrical equipment
• Execution of planned and unplanned breakdown maintenance
• Troubleshooting, calibrating, repair and service of fixed plant instrumentation and electrical assets
• Working at heights activities
• Working autonomously, being reliable and positively contributing to the maintenance team, understanding the requirement to maintain assets in a safe and reliable condition
• Being flexible and adaptable to changing business needs
• Identifying and implementing improvement initiatives which may involve working with many different disciplines within the organisation
• Promoting and identifying HSE opportunities to improve equipment, processes and behaviours
• Execution of defined primary and secondary scopes from SAP (CMMS)

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Valid C Class drivers licence
• An Australian 'A' grade Electrical licence
• Exposure or experience in Instrumentation
• Proven history of fault finding and repairs on various electrical equipment
• Proven maintenance experience working in heavy industry

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
• 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
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

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

Located in Central Queensland, approximately 10km north-west of Gladstone, Yarwun alumina refinery commenced operations in 2004. Processing bauxite from our mines in Weipa and Gove, Yarwun produces more than three million tonnes of smelter grade alumina annually.

As one of the largest industries in the Gladstone region, Yarwun employs over 700 people and has a large contractor workforce.

With a focus on safely improving our process every day, the team at Yarwun challenge themselves to use existing and emerging technology to support our 24 hour operation.

Yarwun is a proud member of the Gladstone community, and along with Boyne Smelters Limited and Queensland Alumina Limited, support community investments that improve the liveability of the Gladstone region through the Here for Gladstone community fund.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of diverse genders and identities, 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.