Equip Tech - Electrical

Metal Products – Electrician – Boyne Smelter

• The perfect balance, our rosters give you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community.
• Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better.
• Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

Join a team that keeps the wheels turning. As a qualified Electrician, you’ll be hands-on, using your trade skills to keep our gear running safely and smoothly. This role is ideal for someone who takes real pride in their work, understands the value of a well-oiled machine, and is ready to speak up and pitch in to help the crew improve each shift. You'll report to a Crew Leader and take on work that matters, including:

• Performing essential maintenance tasks on electrical assets
• Knowledge of PLC coding and ethernet terminations highly desirable
• Providing feedback on asset performance through our asset management system
• Supporting defect elimination processes.
• Contribute to work management analysis and asset tactics reviews to enhance overall asset performance.
• Ensuring adherence to work order/job instructions and conducting post-maintenance equipment commissioning and clean-up activities.

What you’ll bring

• A strong safety focus and commitment to looking out for your team
• A practical, can-do attitude and respect for your crew
• An Australian 'A' grade Electrical licence.
• A valid C-class licence
• Experience working in heavy industry—aluminum smelter experience a bonus
• Straightforward communication style and good with following clear job instructions
• Willingness to learn new systems and upskill as needed
• Ability to juggle a few tasks at once and stay on top of priorities

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)

Where you’ll be working

Rio Tinto is a global leader in aluminium, one of the world’s most widely used metals.

Active in the sector for more than 110 years, today we operate large-scale, high-quality bauxite mines and alumina refineries, and have the world’s most modern and competitive aluminium smelter portfolio.

Boyne Smelters Limited is Australia’s second largest aluminium smelter with a 1,000-person strong workforce. Located approximately 20km south east of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast, BSL produces around 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum.

Activities at BSL include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten material into aluminium products ready to ship. The smelter is connected via a conveyor belt to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for the supply of alumina.

BSL is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring safe work practices where people feel safe at work and care for each other.

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About Rio TintoRio 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 situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice MattersAt 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.