Maintenance Planner

Maintenance Planner

• Residential role based out of Carnarvon at our Dampier Salt, Lake Macleod operations
• Work a 4-day week, 3 days off (a long weekend every week!)
• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the­­ materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Maintenance Planner to join our Dampier Salt team, based out of Carnarvon at our Lake Macleod operations. The purpose of the role will be to prioritise all incoming maintenance tasks for fixed plant assets, in particular conveyors, pumps, plant and electrical infrastructure while delivering planned work for all maintenance activities in accordance with safety, environmental and statutory requirements.

We are an open, connected international team of technical specialists using some of the most exciting data and tools on the planet. We are the world leader in automation and smart mining. We have technical development programmes that are industry-leading and recognise the unique nature of your role. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills.

Reporting to the Senior Planner, this role is a great opportunity to manage all incoming work from SAP for the fixed plant, electrical and site services, taking appropriate actions to ensure a high-quality standard of planned work. Working a local/residential 4 days on; 3 days off dayshift only roster, you will be:

• Planning maintenance operations for all relevant work orders including all required parts, materials, equipment, and labour.
• Develop short term plans to ensure maintenance work task execution can be performed safely, efficiently, and effectively
• Maintain and drive work management KPI’s and business processes with the maintenance team
• Bill of Materials (BoM) reviews, updating requirements and task list updates
• Create and change maintenance plans, items and strategies
• Continuously reviewing the maintenance opportunities and ensure that all equipment priorities are aligned with operational requirements.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• A Manual C-class Australian Drivers Licence
• Proficient knowledge in use of SAP
• Demonstrated skills in maintenance planning or scheduling within the resources industry.
• Ability to work safely and cooperatively in a small team, demonstrating flexibility to business requirements

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• Get ahead financially and enjoy housing subsidy benefits
• Remote Area Holiday Travel Assistance
• 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 and salary packaging options
• Career development and 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. 

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 also mine and export gypsum to customers in Australia and Southeast Asia.

This role is residential only, and therefore the successful candidate will need to live locally in Carnarvon. For more information on this location please visit: https://www.carnarvon.wa.gov.au/

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 the 28^th of February 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).