Mechanical Process Maintainer

Mechanical Process Maintainer

• Genuine opportunity for upskilling and career development
• Rotating day roster with attractive roster allowance
• Join a team where diversity of thought and new ways of thinking are valued

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

2023 is set to be an exciting year for Bell Bay Aluminium as our teams implement new initiatives across both processes and people. We’re looking for a Mechanical Process Maintainer to join our Reconstruction team, responsible for providing high quality welding and adhoc maintenance support to our operational departments.

You’ll join a supportive team with leadership who are committed to your growth, development, and inclusion in the workplace. This vacancy is a great opportunity for someone who has a desire to work in a well-established maintenance environment, where on-the-job training and upskilling is provided.

Reporting to the Crew Leader – Reconstruction we offer a rotating day shift roster. Not only does this rotation offer an attractive roster allowance, it also means you’ll alternate from a long week (60 hours) to a short week (24 hours). Our shifts are 12 hours in length, and you’ll have enjoy every second weekend as a 3-day weekend, giving you the opportunity to balance your work and other commitments to spend time on the things that are important to you. Your new role will require you to:

• Keep safety at front of mind for yourself and your team
• Conduct welding and fabrication tasks across a variety of department-specific equipment
• Assist the wider Reconstruction and Cell-Turnaround Teams with ad hoc tasks where required
• Communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
• Display a high standard of work, taking pride in work areas and equipment
• Participate in and/or initiate process improvement projects

What you’ll bring

We are open to applications from Tradespersons who have recently completed their Apprenticeship, and welding/fabrication experience is highly regarded. If you also have leadership experience, please let us know in your application. This position has the scope to progress within the team and we’re looking for applicants who are eager to join us on a career trajectory. You’ll demonstrate:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• A Trade Qualification (Certificate III) - Fitter and Turner or Fabrication
• Sound experience in GMAW with both Aluminium and Mild Steel
• Current licence to Operate a Forklift
• Current C class drivers licence
• Great problem-solving capabilities

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible.

Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

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
• Possible domestic relocation assistance
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• 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

Rio Tinto is a global leader in aluminium, one of the world’s most widely used metals.

Active in the sector for more than 110 years, today we operate large-scale, high-quality bauxite mines and alumina refineries, and have the world’s most modern and competitive aluminium smelter portfolio.

Our Pacific Operations sites are located along the east coast of Australia, at the tip of the Northern Territory and in New Zealand’s south. With more than 6,000 employees, we operate a full value chain approach—mining, refining and smelting. Our portfolio includes four bauxite mines, two refineries, four smelters and one power station, and is supported by technical experts located in our Brisbane hub, including a fully operational Operations Centre for our bauxite mines.

Bell Bay Aluminium is based approximately 50 kilometres from Launceston in Northern Tasmania, and 5km from George Town. The smelter produces primary aluminium products.

https://bellbayaluminium.com.au/

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.

This role is subject to Rio Tinto's Pre-Employment Screening Standard and will involve your consent to conduct occupational health assessments and pre-employment checks. This advertisement may be used for both Current and Future vacancies.