Engineer Maintenance Fixed Plant

Engineer Maintenance – Fixed Plant

• Be part of a team that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Permanent role with 8/6 roster rotation (from Perth or Busselton)
• Continue to build your career with abundant opportunities for future advancement

About the role

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

We are looking for a Fixed Plant Maintenance Engineer to join our Yandi Maintenance team. This role is an opportunity for a highly motivated individual to make significant contributions to the safe and reliable operation and maintenance of critical assets to meet production requirements. We have technical development programmes that are industry-leading and recognise the unique nature of your role. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills

Reporting to the Senior Engineer, and working in a collaborative, exciting environment within the Asset Management team you will provide technical support to site through the following; 

• Provide technical support and solutions to fixed plant maintenance and operations teams via fault finding, repair and shutdown support
• Review inspection reports, perform fitness for service assessments, recommend/ develop repair work specifications and recommend maintenance strategies.
• Facilitate Defect Elimination Process and investigations into failures 
• Develop and implement DE improvements to plant and equipment including engineering and capital project management.
• Actively support safety improvement initiatives and demonstrate safety leadership across site
• Document and generate reports and drawings for equipment upgrades and changes
• Provide engineering assistance for the procurement of new equipment / components
• Manage change management processes relating to maintenance activities
• Support for the conception, development and execution of improvement projects

What you’ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Tertiary or equivalent qualifications in mechanical or maintenance, with solid background in mining or processing industries
• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Effective interpersonal / networking skills to work collaboratively in a small team, champion change and instigate and manage improvement projects
• Experience in bulk handling equipment including crushing, screening, belt conveyor, stackers, reclaimers.
• Experience with Defect Elimination processes and Root Cause Analysis methodology
• Demonstrated track record of delivering performance improvements and positive change.
• Familiarity with WA Mines Reg, Australian and international engineering standards.
• SAP experience and advanced Microsoft Office skills
• C class manual driver’s licence

Where you will be working

This position is based at our Yandi Operations, working on a FIFO 8/6 roster.

Located 95km north-west of Newman, Yandicoogina offers a range of fly in fly out rosters. As one of Australia's largest-producing iron ore mines; operating a fleet of autonomous trucks and drills, it generates more than 55 million tonnes of Hammersley Iron Yandi (HIY) fines each year.

Yandicoogina is known for its culture of teamwork, can-do attitude and pioneering spirit, leading the way with innovation and technological advances in autonomous operations and robotics.

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 supportive and inclusive community environment
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• A competitive salary package reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive employee share scheme, extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options, and exclusive employee discount schemes
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

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.

Every voice matters

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.

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.

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

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia. Rio Tinto offers Fly in and fly out options from Perth, our regional FIFO hubs and the opportunity to live in our residential towns where applicable.

Applications close on 12 October (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)