Engineer Track

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• Exciting opportunity to work on the world’s first autonomous heavy haul railway

• Join an inclusive and supportive team within the Rail Network Maintenance Division

• 2 permanent positions available - FIFO 8d/6x from Perth or one of our regional centres (Geraldton/Busselton/Albany) OR 5d/2x; 4d/3x residential in Karratha/Dampier or FIFO from Perth or one of our regional centres (Geraldton/Busselton/Albany)

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an Engineer Track to play a key role within the Rail Network Maintenance Division.

This role is a great opportunity to work in a fast-paced dynamic team which is responsible for providing the technical assurance and risk advisory function to the Rail Network Maintenance Division.

Reporting to the Senior Engineer Track Management, you will:

• Provide engineering support to the planning and execution of rail replacement and destressing activities

• Ensure compliance with Engineering Standards and Procedures are met and appropriate controls are in place to manage risk

• Review re-rail and destress scopes to ensure technical requirements are met

• Assess and implement changes to plan considering risk and business impact

• Perform quality assurance, quality control inspections and measurements

• Track planned v actual re-rail & destress volumes, providing updates to the business through weekly reports

• Verify and update asset information in RTIO rail asset management systems to reflect work completed, asset condition, and business risk

• Review maintenance processes and procedures to reduce defects and improve work practices, productivity, safety, and asset performance

About you

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Tertiary qualification or higher in either Mechanical or Civil engineering

• Previous experience and understanding of Railway Track Engineering concepts and principles (Desirable)

• A commitment to the highest standards of work execution and driving improvement initiatives

• Demonstrated commitment to safety first

• Champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace

• Commitment to ethics and integrity and Rio Tinto’s core values of Care, Courage, and Curiosity

What We Offer

Be recognised for your contribution, thinking and 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

• 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 (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

Where you will be working

Our privately owned and operated rail network is an essential part of our integrated production process and services our 15 mines across the Pilbara via 1,700km of track. With depots located at Tom Price, Cape Lambert and Dampier (7 Mile), each train is operated by a single driver and comprises up to three locomotives and 240 ore cars stretching to approximately 2.7 kilometres in length with over 40 trains operating per day. We are also applying and adapting technology to improve safety and productivity across our rail network.

Advertising closes for this role on 3 July 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

Salary Band

Every Voice MattersAt Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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.