Warehouse Officer (Truck Driver)

Warehouse Officer – Truck Driver

• Permanent full-time role
• Residential role – live in Weipa
• Work the lifestyle roster 4,5,5 and 12-hour shifts – days only

About the role

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

We are looking for an experienced Warehouse Officer to undertake warehouse duties/tasks efficiently and effectively at our Weipa operation. This role is a great opportunity for someone who has prior experience in a warehouse operation, can successfully multi-task, has good SAP knowledge and operates in a manner where safety is in the forefront, including experience in delivery operations. Applicants will require an open HC drivers’ licence and to be a certified forklift operator of both diesel forklifts and electric reach trucks.

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 Warehouse Supervisor you will be:

• Completing Semi-Trailer and Body truck deliveries to 3 mine sites to schedule
• Unloading inbound delivery trucks and vessels. Loading outbound trucks with accurate recording of documentation
• Completing timely and accurate receipting, sorting, and stacking of goods
• Completing timely and accurate picking and packing of requested inventory for onsite customers.
• Identifying and eliminating waste (including over servicing, over stocking, incorrect fulfilment, packaging, and handling).
• Conducting accurate stock take counts. Any discrepancies in line items are investigated and documented.
• Part of a team that maintains the warehouses and warehouse procedures to a high standard.

What you’ll bring

• HC and forklift licenses
• Prior experience working in a warehouse site operation with a good safety record
• Has experience and can cope working in hot weather environments
• Good problem-solving skills and strives for continuous improvements
• Good time management and has the desire to work in a team environment

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Knowledge of SAP, in particular the Warehousing module.
• Manual handling and some heavy lifting is a requirement of the role.
• Exposure to site operations or relevant materials management qualifications.
• On the job trainer experience.

What we offer

• Weipa accommodation benefit
• Remote area allowance
• Remote area holiday travel assistance
• 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 (annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

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 will 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 tonnes 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.

The development of our new mine, 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.

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.