Technician Site Communications

Site Communications Technician

• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Fly In, Fly Out 8 & 6 roster to the West Pilbara.

About the role

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

We are looking for a Site Communications Technician to safely carry out inspections, scheduled maintenance, and breakdown maintenance of all Site Communication components.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Communications Technician to lead the way in ensuring that maintenance activities are of a high standard and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible.

  Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

Reporting to the Site Communications Supervisor, West Pilbara and working in a collaborative community within Core Services Utilities, you will be:

• Conducting inspections, scheduled maintenance and breakdown for part of the Mine Communications network E.g., VMR, Fibre Network
• Conducting inspections, scheduled maintenance, and breakdown for part of the Rail Systems Infrastructure
• Managing customer expectations
• Assisting Mining Systems and AHS Technicians when required
• Identifying improvement opportunities
• Ensuring that maintenance is of a high quality and re-work is not required
• Utilising SAP to raise notifications, complete time confirm and enter reliability and maintenance activity information.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Trade qualification in Radio Communications or Electronic Communications
• Mobile radio network experience (Wi-Fi)
• A good understanding of IP based protocol
• Understanding of RTIO safety systems and demonstrated strong health & safety performance.
• Western Australian C class driver’s licence
• Very customer focussed with a collaborative approach
• Experience in Mobile radio network (LTE) and CCTV camera systems
• Experience in Pit Technology Solutions (i.e., Survey Technology, Wall Monitoring Solutions)

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Extensive controller training package.
• 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
• 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)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

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. 

Where you’ll be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700-kilometre rail network and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand.

We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

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.

Applications close on 2 September 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date.