HME Diesel Fitters - Relocate to Weipa, Far North QLD!

HME Diesel Fitters – Relocate to Weipa, Far North QLD!

• Live the ultimate outdoor lifestyle
• Permanent full-time roles across Northern and Southern Operations
• Great Lifestyle Roster - Work a 4,5,5 day/night roster – two weekends off a month

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for experienced Heavy Mobile Equipment Diesel Fitters to join our friendly and high performing Maintenance teams. You’ll maintain the site’s mining fleet through planned maintenance, breakdown/field repairs, major overhauls, and component replacements.

You’ll live in the idyllic coastal town of Weipa, with full relocation provided, working across our Northern and Southern Operations. We have options to suit your lifestyle and goals, at the Northern Operations you’ll be home after each shift and for roles based at Amrun (Southern Operations) you will stay at our newly built camp during shift and commute back to Weipa on days off, with an additional allowance to compensate time away from home.

This is a great opportunity for someone who has a strong work ethic, commitment to learning and a ‘can do’ attitude. With a supportive leadership team and a development plan in place, we’ll help you achieve success and progress your career.

In addition to paying competitively and providing a great benefits package, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And 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 are 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, you will be:

• Fixing mobile ancillary equipment, workshop tooling, fluid delivery systems, and various workshop tasks;
• Working towards increasing equipment reliability as well as availability.
• Working on heavy equipment and supporting maintenance of 777 & 785 haul trucks, 992G & 993K loaders, 16M graders and D11T dozers.
• Fostering a culture of zero harm and continuous improvement.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• A relevant HME Diesel Fitter qualification
• A manual C class drivers’ licence
• The ability to communicate effectively within a team environment
• The ability to be flexible within the role and adapt to a changing environment
• Experience in a mining or heavy industrial environment preferred

What we offer

• Domestic relocation assistance
• Weipa accommodation benefit
• Remote area allowance
• Remote area holiday travel assistance
• 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)

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.

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.