Leading Hand, Mobile Equipment Maintenance

Leading Hand, Mobile Equipment Maintenance

• Work in a diverse team to increase performance and reliability
• Great career and development opportunity
• Residential only role
• Live the coastal lifestyle – Karratha/Dampier

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Leading Hand to assist and support the Supervisor with the maintenance and coordination of Heavy Mobile Equipment fleet maintenance, breakdowns, periodical shuts, light mobile equipment scheduled and non-scheduled work, tyre maintenance and projects.

This is a great opportunity for an individual with a strong background in mobile maintenance to work in a fast-paced environment. You will have a high accountability for timely maintenance execution to ensure the smooth running of our mobile fleet and resolve issues that have the potential to significantly affect the performance of our reliability and availability of our HME and LME fleets.

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. 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 MEM and working 7 days on; 7 days off roster, locally in Karratha/Dampier you will be:

• Assisting the supervisor in providing, visible leadership on the shop floor and actively demonstrating and promoting an interdependent safety culture
• Leading by example with regards to safety and personal conduct, and in line with HSEQ standards, HR policies and “The Way We Work” at all times
• Cover the supervisor leave requirements and oversee the day-to-day activities of your team to ensure scheduled work is completed and any corrective action is completed with minimal impact on operational requirements
• Ensuring effective communication between all teams and support staff and communicating business/department priorities to the team in a timely manner
• Using your trade skills to work on required MEM plant as part of the maintenance team

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Relevant Heavy Plant Trade qualification
• Demonstrated practical experience in a mobile equipment maintenance role
• Proven previous experience in a supervisory or step-up position.
• Exposure to safety systems within a large mining company
• Working knowledge of general mining equipment and the fundamentals of equipment maintenance
• An ability to develop people through providing direction, coaching, recognising performance and leveraging their diversity of skills and experience
• Strong SAP and Work Management skills
• Current C Class driver’s license
• High Risk Work License (LF, CN, RG, DG) will be highly regarded
• Strong SAP and Work Management skills

What we offer

(Insert our industry leading rewards package - region specific: Canada, US, South Africa, Australia)

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

Dampier Salt Limited (DSL), located in Western Australia and comprising three solar operations – Dampier, Port Hedland, and Lake MacLeod – is the world’s largest exporter of seaborne salt, with capacity to produce approximately 10.3 million tonnes every year.

At our Lake MacLeod operations, we are also mine and export gypsum to customers in Australia and Southeast Asia.

Every Voice Matters

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 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.

Applications close on Friday, the 27^th of January 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).