Senior Engineer Maintenance Fixed Plant

Senior Engineer – Greater Hope Downs

• Showcase your passion for leading others in this dynamic role developing and supporting a multi-disciplined technical team
• Use your analytical skills to successfully lead and implement continuous improvement initiatives
• This role is offered FIFO from Perth, WA to our Greater Hope Downs Operation on a 5:2/4:3 roster

About the role

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

We are looking for a suitably qualified and experienced Senior Engineer to join our Fixed Plant team at Greater Hope Downs operations.

You will lead a technical team consisting of mechanical engineers, process engineers and asset health advisors and will be responsible for championing processing and maintenance best practice & processes in order to improve the fixed plant asset performance.

Reporting to the Manager Fixed Plant, you will:

• Support and develop a team of Engineers in the delivery of engineering processes and capital projects
• Provide expert technical advice to the fixed plant operations and maintenance teams
• Lead and support investigations into asset failures and performance
• Utilise performance data to identify high value defect elimination opportunities and implement improvements in reliability, productivity and cost
• Recommend and implement tactics designed to support high levels of asset safety, reliability and integrity
• Support and develop a team of asset health professionals to monitor and improve the health of the assets
• Ensure classified plant is inspected and maintained in accordance with legislation and standards
• Support equipment failure and breakdown recovery efforts by coordinating technical input and advise

What you’ll bring

You will have tertiary qualifications in engineering or a related discipline, coupled with previous maintenance or reliability experience ideally within a mining environment. You will be committed to demonstrating and promoting a positive safety culture and most importantly, you are someone who thrives on a challenge and is willing to be creative when solving technical problems.

With an ability to relate to a diverse range of stakeholders and operational teams, you will have experience effectively collaborating with others, previous experience leading and managing a diverse portfolio of improvement projects and enjoy working in a hands-on fast paced environment in order to drive successful outcomes.

A working knowledge of statutory, Australian and Rio Tinto engineering standards will be advantageous, and a full ‘C’ class driver’s licence is essential. Prior experience with SAP and other maintenance and reliability software will be highly regarded

Where you will be working

This position is based at our Greater Hope Downs Operations working a FIFO 5 days on, 2 off/ 4 days on, 3 off roster.

Hope Downs 1

Located 100km north-west of Newman, Hope Downs 1 is a joint venture managed and operated by Rio Tinto, working in conjunction with nearby site Hope Downs 4. Hope Downs 1 provides exceptional career growth and opportunities and the village provides excellent facilities for its FIFO workers.

Hope Downs 4

Located 50km north-west of Newman, Hope Downs 4 is a joint venture managed and operated by Rio Tinto, working in conjunction with nearby site Hope Downs 1. Hope Downs 4 provides excellent career growth and opportunities and the village provides excellent facilities for its FIFO workers.

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 supportive and inclusive community environment
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• A competitive salary package reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive employee share scheme, extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options, and exclusive employee discount schemes
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

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.

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.

Applications close on 19 January 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).