Maintainer Electrical - RSM Cape Lambert

Electrical Maintainers - Rolling Stock Maintenance

• Be a part of our automated heavy haul network
• Even time roster offering great work life balance
• Residential lifestyle with subsidised housing and relocation to the coast – Wickham (Cape Lambert)

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for Electrical Maintainers to perform preventative and breakdown maintenance assigned tasks within the Rolling Stock Maintenance team. 

These opportunities are ideal for driven and motivated individuals who are looking to showcase their technical knowledge while being able to further their career working in an environment that encourages continuous improvement and team work. 

Available on a residential basis in the coastal town of Wickham, we are offering comprehensive relocation assistance, heavily subsidised housing and other residential lifestyle allowances/benefits to the successful candidates.

Currently working an attractive 3 days, 3 nights, 6 off or 6 days, 6 off roster and reporting to the Supervisor, you will be:

• Carrying-out scheduled and planned maintenance to enhance the reliability and quality of locomotive and wagon assets
• Upskilling to undertake repairs to our autonomous fleet systems
• Carry out component change outs in both planned and breakdown situations.
• Undertaking fault finding / troubleshooting of electrical based faults.
• Utilising SAP to record maintenance activities.
• Identifying opportunities for improvement in the equipment or work procedures.
• Ensuring all maintenance activities are carried out in accordance with relevant legislations

What You’ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• An outstanding approach to safety and safe work practices.
• An Electrical Trade qualification and unrestricted WA A Grade Electrical Licence
• A High Voltage (HV) Switching ticket
• A manual C Class driver’s licence
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment to achieve results
• Fault finding skills with ability to read schematics
• Positive and proactive attitude.
• Self-driven, reliable and have a “can do” approach to the role.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Experience with Heavy Mobile Earthmoving equipment, in particular-Electric drive haul trucks.
• High risk licences (Elevated Work Platform (EWP), Forklift, dogging or riggers ticket)
• Exposure to a maintenance management system, such as SAP
• Previous experience in locomotive and wagon maintenance

What we offer

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)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

Where you will be working

We operate 200 locomotives on more than 1,700 kilometres of track in the Pilbara, transporting ore from 16 mines to four port terminals. The average return distance of these trains is about 800 kilometres with the average journey cycle, including loading and dumping, taking approximately 40 hours.

Our network is the largest privately owned and operated heavy haul rail system in Australia, and as we focus on the future, our vision is to become the greatest heavy haul railway in the world.

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. Please note, to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions and reside in WA.