Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical

Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical) – Track Machines and Ancillary assets

• Great work life balance roster.
• Exciting opportunity for professional career in Rail.
• Enjoy the spoils of coastal living in Karratha.
• 5:2 4:3 Roster - Residential Karratha or FIFO from Perth.

About the role

We are looking for an Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical) – Track Machines and Ancillary assets to be part of the Regional Rolling Stock Maintenance Engineering Team at Dampier. The primary function of the role is to improve asset reliability and cost through reliability analysis and delivery of reliability improvements on track machines and ancillary assets that are currently used to maintain our 1700km rail network. Track machines and ancillary assets include, but not limited to ballast cleaner, MFS wagons, ballast trains, ploughs, side tippers, tampers, regulators etc.

This role is a great opportunity for a technical expert in mechanical maintenance practices for Track machine and ancillary assets to join our diverse and technical team. Reporting to the Senior Engineer, you will:

• Provide technical support to the maintenance team to resolve asset breakdowns. Develop scope of work, methodology and ensure compliance to relevant standards for all short term projects.
• Engagement of external vendors where needed for fault finding and support with short & long term projects.
• Investigate faults recorded in daily maintenance shifts logs and SAP notification/workorders. Be the champion and drive better data entry.
• Be the champion and drive Management of Change (MOC) process for changes implemented on assets.
• Work closely with operation / maintenance superintendents, supervisors and maintainers to obtain the necessary support to implement good maintenance practice culture at all levels.
• Support the maintenance team with asset management and work management skills.
• Responsible for Track machine & Ancillary Assets mechanical maintenance practices - Identify & prioritise defects, facilitate / participate in root cause analysis. Improve assets MTBF and MTTR by thorough anlayis of asset performance when it is operating in the Rail network.

About you

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

• Bachelor of Engineering – Mechanical or Mechatronics.
• Understanding rail safe operating procedures.
• Relevant engineering experience in heavy haul rail environment, railway maintenance machineries, heavy mobile equipments, maintenance practices etc.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Good working knowledge about different maintenance related SAP tranasactions.
• Be a motivated “Change agent” and drive better Work management and Defect Elimination Culture.
• Fault finding and problem-solving techniques.
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA) facilitation skills.
• Understanding of project management principles
• Understanding of the data analytical tools: Power BI, Spotfire, Excel and APM.
• Worked on any 3D modelling softwares - Autocad Fusion 360, Inventor, Solid works, Catia etc.
• C Class Driving Licence

Where you will be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Rio Tinto operates the world's largest integrated portfolio of iron ore assets with industry-leading margins. Our premium product suite, including our flagship Pilbara blend, drives strong customer relationships and is supported by technical and commercial marketing expertise. The iron ore business continues to be the world's largest autonomous truck operator and a proud leader in automated mining technologies.

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 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)

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.

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 6^th January 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)