Mobile Equipment Maintenance Engineer

Mobile Equipment Maintenance Engineer - FIFO

• Utilise your technical expertise in mobile equipment maintenance and reliability to provide day to day technical support for maintenance delivery
• Real opportunity to make an impact and advance your career
• Unique opportunity to be exposed to and support newest generation autonomous Heavy Mobile Equipment

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are currently looking for a Mobile Equipment Maintenance (MEM) Engineer to work with our diversified fleet of equipment, gain exposure to a wide variety of equipment manufacturers and be involved in capital-based projects at our West Angelas site.

This role is a great opportunity for highly motivated individuals with technical expertise to make continuous improvements to asset performance and reliability.

Reporting to the Senior Mobile Equipment Maintenance Engineer, you will:

·       Provide day to day technical support to maintenance teams for a variety of physical assets

·       Manage continuous improvement processes to deliver improvements in safety, production and cost

·       Manage site-based capital project delivery and interface with central sustaining capital project teams

·       Perform root cause analyses and provide inputs to a defect elimination team

·       Lead safety, logistical and technical discussions

·       Publish daily KPIs relating to production critical assets or systems

·       Analyse asset performance and validate production loss data

·       Participate in reliability facilitated asset tactics development

About you 

To be successful in this role you will have:

·       Tertiary qualifications in mechanical engineering or relevant trade certificate

·       Demonstrated technical maintenance/ engineering experience

·       Demonstrated ability to engage with maintenance stakeholders to identify and resolve defects

·       Experience working in a heavy mobile equipment workshop

·       Strong focus towards safety and safe work practices

·       An ability to work collaboratively in small teams, and demonstrate adaptability

·       Experience in prioritising and delivering continuous improvement initiatives and projects

·       Deep experience and understanding of reliability-based maintenance & practical problem solving

·       Expresses interest and potential to be an emerging leader

·       A manual “C” class driver’s license

Where you will be working

This position is based at our West Angelas mining operation, working a FIFO 8/6 roster from Perth.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700-kilometre rail network and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ores

What we offer

·       A work environment where safety is always the number one priority;

·       A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto;

·       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);

·       Possible domestic relocation assistance.

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia. Rio Tinto offers Fly in and fly out options from Perth, our regional FIFO hubs and the opportunity to live in our residential towns where applicable.

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive. We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities.

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 for this role will close on Monday 15th January 2024.