Serviceperson

Rio Tinto

Posted on:  25th Aug 2026

Serviceperson – Weipa

Location: Weipa, Queensland

Residential

Lifestyle roster; 7 days on, 7 days off, 7 nights on, 7 days offEmployment Type: Full-time, Permanent

  • Residential Role -Live in the beautiful coastal town of Weipa, Far North Queensland

  • Embrace the adventure of a lifetime in Weipa, where your days off are filled with world-class fishing, boating, and breathtaking sunsets over pristine waters—an outdoor lifestyle like no other

  • Lifestyle roster 7 on, 7 off - providing the perfect balance, giving you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community

About the role

We are looking for a motivated Serviceperson to join our safety-focused and high-performing Maintenance team at our Amrun operations. You’ll support minor maintenance tasks and work closely with the team to ensure equipment reliability across site operations.

This role offers variety and the opportunity to build your skills in a supportive environment, with a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits designed to suit your lifestyle preferences.

What you’ll be doing

  • Conduct daily equipment servicing including refuelling, lubrication, and fluid checks

  • Assist with basic maintenance tasks to minimise downtime

  • Safely operate a service truck

  • Perform inspections and report equipment defects promptly

  • Maintain accurate service records and complete shift handovers

  • Support continuous improvement initiatives

  • Adhere to site safety standards and statutory regulations at all times

What you’ll bring

  • A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

  • Respect for others and an inclusive mindset

  • HR class driver’s licence desirable

  • Prior experience in a similar role or passion to learn

  • Ability to work in hot weather environments

  • Interest in mechanics with basic understanding of mechanical systems

  • Good time management and teamwork skills

What we offer

  • Attractive pay and allowances

  • Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work

  • A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

  • A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto

  • Competitive base salary 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 support your technical or leadership ambitions

  • Ongoing access to family-friendly health and wellbeing support

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

  • Paid parental leave: 18 weeks for all parents, taken when it suits your family

Where you’ll be working

Our Weipa Operations includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, ship loaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals. Located on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, each year the operation produces more than 35 million tons of bauxite. 

Our operations are supported by a 1,900-strong workforce—including 26 per cent who are women and 25 per cent Indigenous employees. Activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, ports, cultural heritage management, and processing facility management. 

Our Amrun, which was completed in 2018, will extend the life of our Weipa bauxite operations by decades to come and significantly build on our 55-year history on the Western Cape. 

Ready to make an impact?

If you have a passion for maintenance and a drive to deliver results, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and help us shape the future of asset management at Rio Tinto.

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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.

Respect and InclusionAt Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTQ+ 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.

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