Heavy Mobile Equipment - Tyre Fitters

Heavy Mobile Equipment - Tyre Fitters

• Residential role – live in Weipa
• Permanent full-time role based at Amrun Southern Operations
• Work a 4,5,5 day/night lifestyle roster – 2 weekends off in the month
• Residing at Amrun Village Accommodation for the duration of rostered rotations

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Tyre Fitters to provide heavy vehicle tyre maintenance for our fleet of Caterpillar trucks, loaders, and ancillary equipment. You will also be responsible for supporting the HME team attending to other maintenance activities where required.

This role is a great opportunity for someone who has a strong work ethic and 'can do' attitude, and who enjoys working in a team environment.

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family; because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible. Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

Reporting to the Supervisor, and working a 12.5hr 4,5,5 day/night lifestyle roster you will be:

• Maintaining all aspects of Tyre maintenance at Weipa’s Southern Operations Mine Site - Amrun
• Undertaking maintenance activities including Tyre changing and checking Tread depths
• Working with an on-line Tyre monitoring system
• Maintaining records from Tyre maintenance duties

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Certificate 2 in Heavy Tyre fitting or similar qualification
• Valid 'HR' License
• Forklift license for Forklift operation
• Demonstrated experience as a Tyre Fitter in a heavy industrial environment
• Experience with SAP

What we offer

• 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 subsidized 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 (annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Domestic relocation assistance
• Weipa accommodation benefit
• Remote area allowance
• Remote area holiday travel assistance

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is aleading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries wherewe produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materialsneeded for the global energy transition and for people, communities, andnations to thrive.

We have beenmining for almost 150 years and operate with knowledge built up acrossgenerations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide thematerials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvementto produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, socialand governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused oncreating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities.

Where you’ll be working

Our Weipa Operations includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, ship loaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals. Located on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, each year the operation produces more than 35 million tons of bauxite.

Our operations are supported by a 1,900-strong workforce—including 26 per cent who are women and 25 per cent Indigenous employees. Activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, ports, cultural heritage management, and processing facility management.

The development of our new mine, Amrun, which was completed in 2018, will extend the life of our Weipa bauxite operations by decades to come and significantly build on our 55-year history on the Western Cape.

Every Voice Matters

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.

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.