Graduate Electrical Engineer

Graduate Electrical Engineer – Gove, Northern Territory

We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

• Join Rio Tinto’s world-class Graduate Program
• Opportunity to grow your career and work with people who inspire and motivate you
• Residential or Fly in Fly out options available depending on candidate preference

This position can either be performed on an 8:6 FIFO Roster from Brisbane, Cairns or Darwin, or residentially based in Gove, NT with relocation and housing policy.

From day one, our graduates help us transform the way we do things, making a better tomorrow for all of us. We love fresh ideas and new thinking, and our Graduate Program gives you the tools to innovate and invent.

Where we’re all welcome

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 who we are.

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We’re looking for a motivated and driven Graduate Electrical Engineer to join our Graduate Program at our Gove site in a permanent role.

At Rio Tinto, you’ll have the flexibility, choice and freedom to be yourself and direct your career. Our Graduate Excellence Path gives you the perfect start: an opportunity to immediately get to grips with real work, develop your technical expertise and start a legacy that improves life for millions globally.

Our Graduate Programs will provide you with opportunities to shape Rio Tinto from the inside out. The program is 2-years with a focus on foundational and future skills.

As well as experience in your chosen field, you can expect:

• A comprehensive Graduate Program that gives you the tools to excel and progress
• A diverse and highly inclusive team culture that encourages collaboration across geographies, commodities, disciplines and markets
• Access to industry-leading professionals who’ll nurture your talent and help to fast track your career
• Exposure to innovative projects and technology that will propel mining into the digital age

What you’ll bring

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

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering or similar
• Ideally Graduated within the past 2 years or in your final year of study
• Must have a Manual Australian Driver’s License
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Respect for other and an all-inclusive mindset
• The ability to work independently and within a team with strong interpersonal and collaborative skills

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
• Full relocation provided to Gove from elsewhere in Australia for residential-based candidates
• Gove accommodation benefit and remote area allowance for residential-based candidates
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
• 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, cultural leave)
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:

• Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment
• Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career
• Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders

Who we are

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.

Applications close on Wednesday, 18th September 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

Please note to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.