Maintenance Support Officer

Maintenance Support Officer

• Find your ideal lifestyle in 2023
• Great opportunity to work in a high performing maintenance team
• Fantastic opportunity to progress your career
• 8/6 days only FIFO roster from Perth or Busselton – Hope Downs 4

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Maintenance Support Officer to join the Mobile Maintenance Team at Hope Downs 4 to provide an effective and efficient inbound materials consolidation process, in a timely and safe manner.

Reporting to the Mobile Maintenance Supervisor and working 8 days on, 6 days off, this role will require you to:

• Work collaboratively with the maintenance team
• Analyse parts requirements for planned work
• Ensure timely consolidation of parts through the coordination with Maintenance Planners, Schedulers, Warehouse Officers, freight providers and other external vendors.
• Consolidate materials in accordance with scheduled Work Orders.
• Coordinate the return of stock to the warehouse
• Actively engage in warehouse operations including deliveries, stock control and housekeeping
• Assist in the coordination of inbound and outbound freight.
• Provide frontline procurement and logistics support to the maintenance planning and scheduling teams
• Promoting positive behaviour and a supportive safety / team culture.
• Manage Core and Warranty returns with vendor partners and other RTIO sites.

What you will bring

• A Commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Excellent communication skills, highly organised with the ability to work independently while being a part of a larger dynamic maintenance team.
• Strong SAP skills required to navigate around purchasing, maintenance, and supply
• Experience in a warehouse or logistics distribution centre
• Knowledge in the maintenance repair, planning or scheduling of mobile equipment
• C Class manual licence or higher

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 plus explore the universe.  Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life. 

Where you’ll 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.

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.

Applications for this role will close on 12/02/2023, however we do reserve the right to close the role earlier than stated. 

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions. You may also be required to complete on-line assessments as part of the selection process.