Maintainer Mechanical - Residential - Karratha

• The perfect balance, our roster gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community 

• Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority 

• Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better

We’re Finding Better Way to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future.  Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other. 

About the role

We are looking for an experienced, safety conscious Mechanical Maintainers to join our team at Dampier. The purpose of this role will be to provide a safe and efficient facility through the execution of mechanical fault finding, planned and opportune maintenance.

This is a great opportunity for a Mechanical Maintainer who wants to be part of a friendly and high performing team, supported by your leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor and working in a collaborative community, the role will require you to:

• Complete preventative/corrective/planned /operational maintenance for all equipment in the fixed plant area, including but not limited to, conveyors, balanced machines, car dumpers

• Conduct routine inspections of all fixed plant assets

• Maintain a high level of safety awareness and comply with company policies and procedures

• Actively contribute to continuous improvement projects by increasing safety whilst reducing risk and cost

• Utilise SAP to ensure that maintenance tasks are recorded, assigned correctly and completed to the relevant standard / specification

• Isolate equipment for maintenance and operational tasks

About you

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team  

• A Mechanical Engineering/Fitting/Fabrication Trade Qualification

• Experience working on the following equipment: car dumpers, stackers, reclaimers and shiploaders

• Proficiency in motor/gearbox, Pulley and Bucketwheel changeouts, Laser Alignment, Dogging experience and Rigging experience as well as ability to conduct high quality maintenance inspections.

• Working at Heights, confined space, EWP, Forklift tickets/license

• A Manual C-class Australian driver’s licence (HR desirable)

• Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset  

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’ll be working

Our integrated operations, which include port facilities, ensure we can supply the right quality product to our customers when they need it. We blend our products at our own ports, which allows us to produce a reliable and consistent product. And because we have dedicated shipping operations, we are able to better control the delivery of product to our customers.

We operate 4 independent shipping terminals at 2 locations, Cape Lambert and Dampier, managed as a single port system.

Dampier has terminals at Parker Point and East Intercourse Island, loading approximately 3 ships per day.

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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.

Respect and InclusionAt 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.