Process Maintainer

Diesel Mechanic

• Grow your skillset with modern electronics and unique equipment
• Generous allowances for rotating roster pattern
• Permanent full-time opportunity - Bell Bay, Tasmania

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

A great opportunity has opened for a qualified Diesel Mechanic to join our Asset Management department, within the Services & Utilities Team at Bell Bay Aluminium.

We care about inclusion and diversity, and we are welcoming applications from people who are interested in continuing their career development.

Reporting to our Crew Leader and working a 7x day fortnight rotating roster (12 hr shifts) you’ll be:

• Managing planned and breakdown maintenance across our variety of heavy mobile fleet, including equipment unique to our smelter
• Communicating with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
• Utilising your leadership skills through mentorship of our Apprentices
• Working autonomously as well as within a team

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.

What you’ll bring

We are seeking our next team member to bring a commitment to safety, joining a small team of Tradespersons and Apprentices. You’ll have a desire to work in a well-established maintenance environment and can drive continuous improvement initiatives. In return, you’ll grow your skillset working with modern electronics and unique heavy industry gear. You’ll bring:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Trade qualification
• Air conditioning and Auto-Electrical experience is highly regarded, though not mandatory
• Sound computer skills
• Flexibility to adopt potential changes in roster patterns or night shifts if required
• Good problem-solving capabilities
• Current C class drivers licence

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
• 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)

Where you’ll be working

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

Our Bell Bay Aluminium smelter began operating in 1955 and holds a unique place in Tasmanian and Australian history as the first aluminium smelter in the Southern Hemisphere. Based approximately 50 kilometres from Launceston in Northern Tasmania, the smelter produces primary aluminium products. We have a long and proud history in Tasmania of supporting our community and are committed to building enduring relationships built on mutual respect, collaboration, and genuine partnership. You can learn more here: https://bellbayaluminium.com.au

About Rio TintoRio 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 situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice MattersAt 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.