Maintenance Support Officer

Maintenance Support Officer – Karratha/Dampier

• Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing are our number one priority
• A world of opportunity – come and grown your career with us

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Maintenance Support officer to join our Maintenance Team at our Dampier Salt operations, to provide effective and efficient support to the Maintenance and Planning team, in a timely and safe manner.

Working a residential 5:2, 4:3, dayshift only roster and reporting to the Senior Maintenance Planner, you will be required to:

• Develop positive relationships with the execution team and customers
• Participating in and recording of meeting minutes for work management meetings
• Run dept compliance reports and update reports board daily/weekly
• Manage maintenance roster
• Update site plan with training or site visits
• Keeper /Admin for ATW, Hot work, WAH permits and LV pre-start sheets
• Creating and maintain purchase orders/ SES
• Assist with the on boarding of contractors
• Manage maintenance team Flights/Accom
• Shutdown prep – meeting minutes, contractor on boarding, work pack prep, Shutdown admin assistance
• Organise stationary/office supplies
• Filing / Archive docs
• Monitor training for employees and updating roster
• Manage equipment inspection records & registers
• Manage/record registered vehicle/plant
• Maintain light vehicle key register
• Manage engine hours spreadsheet
• Occasional admin relief / support
• Relief scheduler / support
• Assist with classified plant administration
• Vision Services (OPSM) - ordering of maintenance team prescription safety glasses
• Personal locks – ordering personal locks for maintenance team
• Create new appointment letters for DSL staff
• Create and follow through completion on MPA change requests
• Daily update of maintenance team prestart safety boards
• Manage and monitor LV service schedules.
• Assist in the creation and output of maintenance work packs

What you will bring

• A commitment to 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
• Knowledge in the maintenance repair, planning and scheduling of mobile equipment
• Strong customer focus.
• C Class manual licence or higher

What we offer

• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• Subsidised living expenses including rent and utilities
• Two flights to Perth per annum for you and your dependents
• Assistance with boarding costs for students in primary, secondary or post-secondary education
• 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 
• Extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options that includes residential housing, airport parking, cars, and superannuation
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Career development and education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support

Where you’ll be working

• This position is based at our Dampier operation in Dampier. Dampier Salt has three operations located at Dampier, Port Hedland and Lake MacLeod and is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. Produced through a sustainable process of solar evaporation of sea water, we reliably deliver high quality salt essential for making thousands of products used in everyday life. Gypsum is additionally mined and processed at our Lake MacLeod operations.
• Karratha is a city in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, adjoining the port of Dampier. With a bustling city centre, Karratha’s recent reinvention will surprise you with its hip restaurants and modern facilities, but best of all Karratha's location means it is surrounded by iconic natural attractions.  

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. 

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 14/07/2023, however we do reserve the right to close the role earlier.

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.