Track Machine Maintainer / Operator

Track Machine Operator/ Maintainer

• Work with the newest machinery and innovations in the rail industry
• Opportunities for those experienced and those wishing to learn something new
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• FIFO 8/6 roster or residential 
• Karratha and Tom Price opportunities available

About the role 

We are looking for Track Machine Operator/ Maintainers to operate and maintain the various track surfacing machines in an operational environment on our Rio Tinto Iron Ore Pilbara rail network.

This is also great opportunity for Electrical or Mechanical maintenance tradespeople or people experienced in Rail Operations to gain new skills, with a dedicated learning pathway and a supportive and encouraging leadership team.

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 Supervisor Track Machines and working in an exciting environment within Rail Network Renewals Team you will be: 

• Operating, maintaining various Switch/Production Tamper, Stabiliser & Ballast Regulator Track Machines
• Supporting various rail maintenance activities and projects
• Working on Australia's largest privately-owned rail network
• Demonstrating your rail and track skills and experience

What you’ll bring 

To be successfully considered for this role, we require:

• Strong safety values and culture
• Current C Class driver’s license
• Either rail maintenance experience OR good knowledge of rail operations and practices OR an Mechanical or Electrical trade background

The following are also desirable:

• On track machinery experience
• ALC software experience
• Drivers Licence HR – desirable
• Positive team culture and communication skills

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
• 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 

We operate 200 locomotives on more than 1,700 kilometres of track in the Pilbara, transporting ore from 16 mines to four port terminals. The average return distance of these trains is about 800 kilometres with the average journey cycle, including loading and dumping, taking approximately 40 hours. 

Our network is the largest privately owned and operated heavy haul rail system in Australia, and as we focus on the future, our vision is to become the greatest heavy haul railway in the world. 

Every Voice Matters 

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. 

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.