Principal Electrical Engineer

Principal Electrical Engineer 

• Provide governance for electrical projects whilst managing a team of technical professionals
• Excellent work environment where people are valued and respected
• Permanent full-time or part-time role based in Brisbane, with regular site travel.

About the role 

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.  

We are looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer to lead a team of 5 technical professionals managing Low Voltage and High Voltage projects from initiation through to execution.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Manager - Power & Automation Projects and working in collaborative, supportive environment within Sustaining Capital you will:

• Oversee the scope for Order of Magnitude, Pre-Feasibility, Feasibility, and Implementation stages of electrical projects
• Provide guidance and technical leadership on electrical power safety, standards, design, installation and commissioning related matters for electrical equipment on capital projects
• Provide the subject matter expertise for the complexities of executing electrical projects in brownfield environments
• Provide project governance, and ensures Sus Cap Project Management Framework is applied
• Review and assesses project timelines and cost, report on project resourcing to the Manager to ensure project delivery in a timely manner
• Implements, refines and improves project delivery methods and standards
• Ensure compliance with standardised project processes, systems and tools across projects
• Manage project vendors including performance against contract deliverables
• Ensure effective stakeholder engagement across projects
• Monitor, manage and report all relevant project performance indicators to meet business requirements
• Maintain relationships with key stakeholders to drive a culture of collaboration, participation and improvement

What you’ll bring 

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team 
• Deep knowledge and experience across Electrical Engineering & Project Management
• Experience from an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) project environment is desirable
• Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
• RPEQ is desirable
• Ability to lead a team and influence key stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills to build credibility and support collaboration
• Ability to work in a global, multi-cultural organisation

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 
• 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 & 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) 
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more) 
• Possible domestic relocation assistance 

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.

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 close on 30th May 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)