HME Electrical Systems Advisor

HME Electrical Systems Advisor

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Collaborate with some of the best people working on new technologies
• Access to industry-leading technical development programmes
• Rio Tinto’s Perth Airport Operations Centre location
• Monday to Friday with flexible working arrangements and ad hoc site travel

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a HME Electrical Systems Advisor to join the Rio Tinto Iron Ore Maintenance Planning & Engineering (MP&E) team to work on maintenance, engineering, and project initiatives across the fleet.

This is an opportunity to work with our key stakeholders and provide technical expertise across a wide range of areas, including strategy and tactic development, defect elimination, general engineering support for operational business initiatives and be responsible to deliver projects on time and budget.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Specialist HME Electrical Systems Engineer and working in a collaborative community, you will:

• Provide engineering support to key business productivity projects
• Rollout and deliver safety focussed business improvement initiatives
• Provide advice and support to site-based reliability and maintenance engineers
• Utilise defect elimination and continuous improvement processes to identify and address chronic defects influencing fleet performance
• Develop and maintain effective networks through collaborative relationships with key stakeholders at RTIO operations, supporting departments, key equipment suppliers.

This permanent position will be based in Rio Tinto’s Operations Centre located near the Perth Airport working Monday to Friday with flexible working arrangements and will require ad hoc site travel. 

What you’ll bring

To be considered suitable you will have:

• An Electrical or Mechatronics Engineering degree and/or diploma with significant experience in maintenance and reliability engineering in heavy industry
• Demonstrated planning and project execution skills including being able to work within agreed budgets and timeframes
• Proficient skills in the use of SAP
• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and relationship building capability.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Exposure of electrical knowledge in a mining environment
• Exposure to heavy mobile mining equipment maintenance
• Experience with technology in the mining industry.

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
• 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid or half paid parental leave
• 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); and
• Local relocation packages offered for Australian residents only

About Rio Tinto

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 almost 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.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous people, women, the LGBTQIA2 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.