Planner Maintenance

Maintenance Planner

We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

• The perfect balance, our roster gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community  
• Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better  
• Residential or fly in; fly out to Cape Lambert – 5 days on; 2 days off / 4 days on; 3 days off
• Get ahead financially and enjoy local / residential housing subsidy benefits

Where we’re all welcome 

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 who we are.  

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength.  The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.   

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Maintenance Planner to provide Fixed Plant Planning and Shutdown Planning support to the site’s maintenance execution teams. The team contributes to the improvement in reliability and performance of the business’s physical assets through the implementation of the Manage Physical Assets business process.

This role is a great opportunity to demonstrate your ability to engage, connect and positively influence at all organizational levels, which will play a critical part to the effectiveness in this role.

Reporting to the Senior Planner, the primary focus of the Maintenance Planner is to develop mechanical maintenance work plans, ensure statutory tactics are kept up to date and process mechanical maintenance notifications into work orders so that the maintenance execution team can perform work safely and in a timely manner. The planning of these maintenance activities will ensure the effective running of the plant to minimise down time and maximise production - making this a critical role to the success of the business.

Reporting to the Senior Maintenance Planner and your key accountabilities will be: -

• Review and Scope notifications including primary and secondary maintenance work for Fixed Plant Maintenance
• Identify and pursue opportunities to improve reliability
• Review and Scope maintenance activities for modular shutdowns and ensure the work is captured in the 13 weekly shutdown forecasts
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with safety and environmental rules, regulations, procedures, and guidelines advising of non-compliance.
• Take part in field time to identify safety and productivity improvement opportunities
• Support the Scheduling Team; provide recommendations on equipment maintenance strategies and continuous improvement opportunities
• Assist Drawing Officer with updating drawing information changes as required 

What you’ll bring

Your trade qualifications and background will mean you are experienced with maintenance execution, scheduling, or planning of fixed plant mining equipment. To succeed in this role, you will need to be tenacious and resilient, with a demonstrated ability to build positive working relationships within your team and with key customer groups. The ability to initiate and implement change with commitment and drive are desirable attributes to the role.

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have: 

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Relevant experience working in a fixed plant planning role essential
• Proficient in SAP and Microsoft suite essential
• Commitment to maintaining a high level of personal safety and hazard awareness
• Mechanical trade or engineering qualification
• A current Western Australian ‘C’ Class Drivers Licence

What we offer  

• Be recognised for your contribution, you’re 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 
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto 
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia 
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus 
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family 
• Attractive share ownership plan 
• Company provided insurance cover 
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options 
• Career development & 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, cultural leave) 
• Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water).
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them 
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:

• Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment
• Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career.
• Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.

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 almost 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.

Who we are  

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.  

Where you’ll be working

Our port facilities consist of four shipping terminals located on the Pilbara coast at Dampier and Cape Lambert which form an essential part of our logistics process. Each terminal has facilities for train unloading, iron ore stockpiling, product blending and ship loading.

The successful candidate (if residential) will be required to reside in Wickham, WA. To find out more, check out the following link: https://karratha.wa.gov.au/map-listing/wickham

You will just love that sea change and everything our beautiful WA coastline has to offer.

Alternatively, a family friendly 5 days on; 2 days off / 4 days on; 3 days off Fly in; Fly out roster will be available from Perth only.

Applications close on Tuesday 5^th March 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).