Senior Maintenance Engineering

Senior Maintenance Engineer – Tom Price Residential

• Experience living in the friendly town of Tom Price and enjoy a 5/2/4/3 roster with every 2^nd Friday off 
• Perfect role for a natural problem solver with drive to make significant improvements
• Lead and be the technical mentor for a team of Engineers

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you. We are looking for a Senior Maintenance Engineer to join our Tom Price Fixed Plant team. This role is a great opportunity for an experienced engineering professional individual to evolve this newly formed team. 

This will be a Residential based role in Tom Price working Monday to Friday, having every second Friday off, giving you time to spend with your family, explore the nearby Karijini National Park or do the things that matter to you.  

Reporting to the Superintendent Plant Operation Services Tom Price, you will:

• Provide leadership and guidance to a team of Maintenance Engineers whom are providing technical support, solutions to fixed plant maintenance and operations teams via fault finding, repair and shutdown support.
• Champion the Defect Elimination process enabling the prioritisation and execution of the right work to deliver sustainable asset improvements in partnership with the site based reliability team
• Liaise with production teams to achieve the best outcomes for production and the asset.
• Act as point of communication between different teams and sites maximising the benefits of working in a matrix organisation.

About you

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Strong communication, written and stakeholder management skills
• Strong collaboration and negotiation skills
• Proven ability to problem solve

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
• Full domestic relocation assistance and heavily subsidised housing for those seeking a residential arrangement
• A competitive 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 and 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)

Where you will be working

Located in the central Pilbara, west of Karijini National Park, Tom Price is our original Pilbara mine, offering comfortable residential living. It is known as one of the most attractive towns in the Pilbara with a high school, hospital and high standard of recreation facilities.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Rio Tinto operates the world's largest integrated portfolio of iron ore assets with industry-leading margins. Our premium product suite, including our flagship Pilbara blend, drives strong customer relationships and is supported by technical and commercial marketing expertise. The iron ore business continues to be the world's largest autonomous truck operator and a proud leader in automated mining technologies. 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.

Apply today if you want to work with the latest technology and innovation, in an environment where we challenge you to drive positive change.

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 18 December 22. (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)