Specialist Car Dumpers

Specialist Car Dumper

• The perfect balance, our roster gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community
• Dampier and Cape Lambert – FIFO from Perth or residential in either of these towns
• Work is just part of your life, our benefits are designed to make life better

We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

Where we’re all welcome

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 who we are.    

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.  

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Car Dumper, to join our team at our team, supporting both Cape Lambert and Dampier sites.

Reporting to the Manager Ports, your focus will be to manage the strategy, tactics, sustaining capital and major maintenance requirements for the department.

Duties will also include :

• Optimise car dumper performance with a primary focus on developing and optimising asset strategy and tactics.
• Manage and govern risk including recovering/repair methods and component life extension.
• Plan 12M – 10YR Improvement program.
• Own change management authority for Car Dumper assets and be the primary OEM supplier interface.
• Establish targeted reports, roadmaps, and dashboards to articulate risk, plan, and priority.
• Participate in safety investigations, prepare reports and recommendations, and implement corrective and preventative actions.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset

• A Current Western Australian ‘C’ Class Driver's Licence (Manual)
• Relevant engineering degree qualification
• Comprehensive experience in asset management and project management principles
• Experience in a Ports Engineering function
• Demonstrated adaptability and ability to engage stakeholder groups
• Experience in defect elimination processes and root cause analysis

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100%, we still want to hear from you.

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
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
• 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 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, cultural leave)
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.
• Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water).

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:

• Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment
• Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career.
• Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.

Who we are

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

This role is being offered either FIFO from Perth or residential within Wickham or Dampier / Karratha – where you will support both Cape Lambert and Dampier Ports teams. This role will be offered on a 9 day fortnight roster – 5 days on, 2 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off.

Our port facilities consist of four shipping terminals located on the Pilbara coast at Dampier and Cape Lambert which form an essential part of our logistics process. Each terminal has facilities for train unloading, iron ore stockpiling, product blending and ship loading.