Maintainer Diesel Fitter
Rio Tinto
HME Diesel Fitter – Gove Operations
Location: Gove, Northern Territory Roster: Residential/ FIFO | 8 on, 8 off Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
FIFO OR Residential Role with full relocation provided and company subsidised housing: live in the beautiful coastal town of Gove, NT
Embrace the adventure of a lifetime in Gove, where your days off are filled with world-class fishing, boating, and breathtaking sunsets over pristine waters—an outdoor lifestyle like no other
Lifestyle rosters provide the perfect balance, giving you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community
About the role
We are looking for an experienced Diesel Fitter to join our safety focused and high performing Heavy Equipment Maintenance team based at our Gove operation. Our fully equipped workshop is well maintained to ensure you have the tools and environment needed to excel in your role. You’ll live in the idyllic coastal town of Gove, with full relocation provided, working across our operations.
You’ll maintain the site’s heavy mobile equipment and ancillary fleet to ensure this critical equipment is available to meet operational requirements. This role offers the opportunity to develop your troubleshooting skills through breakdown response and in-house repairs, providing varied and rewarding work. Offering a competitive salary, plus a wide range of benefits designed to make life better and with options to suit your lifestyle preference:
What you’ll bring
A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset
A C class drivers’ license
Relevant HME Diesel Fitter qualification
Experience in a workshop environment
The ability to communicate effectively within a team environment
The ability to be flexible within the role and adapt to a changing environment
What we offer
Full relocation provided to Northern Territory from elsewhere in Australia (if required)
Remote area allowance
Remote area holiday travel assistance (residential only)
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
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, 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
Where you will be working
Our Gove Operations have been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for more than 40 years. Located in Australia’s Northern Territory, each year the operation produces approximately 12 million tonnes of bauxite.
With a workforce of 460 people, daily activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, shutdown planning and execution, export operations, cultural heritage management, and closure activities following our decision to close the site’s alumina refinery and associated Residue Disposal Area in 2017.
We expect our bauxite mining operations on the Gove Peninsula will cease in 2030 and we are undertaking significant work to support closure of the operation. We also recognise our operations take place on Indigenous-owned land, and we are committed to working together to achieve a positive future for Nhulunbuy and the Gove Peninsula post-mining.
Ready to make an impact? If you’re a skilled technician with a passion for maintenance and a drive to deliver results, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and help us shape the future of asset management at Rio Tinto.
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About Rio TintoRio 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 situations and meet opportunities.
Every Voice MattersAt 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.
