Refractory Bricklayers - Carbon Bake

Refractory Bricklayer – Carbon Bake, Boyne Smelter

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Permanent role with attractive roster, remuneration and benefits 
• Gladstone residential not FIFO opportunity

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a trade qualified Refractory Bricklayer to support our refractory maintenance teams at the Carbon Bake to the highest possible safety and quality standards.

This role is a great opportunity for a tradesperson who has a high level of pride in their work and is passionate about safety and embrace the concept of improving every shift via regular, open and respectful conversations. Working a day shift roster and reporting to the Refractory Maintenance Crew Leader, you will be:

• Performing bricklaying and installation of pre-built refractory brick walls
• Undertaking baking furnace refractory pit maintenance
• Brick stacking and forklift operation along with unloading trucks and operation and dogging of cranes.
• Identifying and supporting defect eliminations and providing feedback on asset performance and improvement opportunities.
• Identifying safety and process concerns and potential solutions to eliminate these risks.

What you’ll bring

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

• Bricklayer trade qualification with a passion for your trade, ability to work effectively within a team and an understanding of working in a project environment.
• Refractory bricklaying experience highly regarded as is extensive bricklaying experience in other industries
• Experience within the heavy industry with a demonstrated commitment to safety.

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
• 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
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

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.

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.

Boyne Smelters Limited is Australia’s second largest aluminium smelter with a 1,000-person strong workforce. Located approximately 20km south east of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast, BSL produces around 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum.

Activities at BSL include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten material into aluminium products ready to ship. The smelter is connected via a conveyor belt to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for the supply of alumina.

BSL is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring safe work practices where people feel safe at work and care for each other.

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.