Inspectors - Fixed Plant
- Join a leading global company
- Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
- FIFO opportunities available at various sites across the Pilbara
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 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.
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 are looking for Inspectors - Fixed Plant to play a lead role in being the teams Subject Matter Expert in fixed plant maintenance.
This is a great opportunity for trade qualified Mechanical Fitters or Boilermakers to join our teams across various Pilbara mine sites.
At Rio Tinto, we offer competitive pay, great benefits, and a work environment that supports your lifestyle-because we believe in helping you achieve the right balance for yourself and your family. With our scale and commitment to development, there are endless opportunities to learn, grow, and take on new challenges.
Your safety and wellbeing are our top priority every shift. We only do the work if it's safe to do so, and we invest in providing you with the best tools, technology, and support to get the job done right.
What you'll bring
- A Mechanical Fitter or Boilermaker Trade qualification
- A Manual C Class Australian Drivers Licence essential
- Current experience in an Iron Ore process plant
- Excellent diagnostic fault-finding abilities
- Extensive knowledge of high-pressure pumps, industrial drive gearboxes and crushers
- Solid understanding of SAP maintenance systems or similar highly regarded
Reporting to the Senior Engineer and working in a collaborative community, a challenging and exciting environment within the Fixed Plant department, you will be responsible for:
- Conduct routine inspections of fixed plant equipment and determine repair action when required
- Work closely with maintenance, engineering and shut down team to prioritise work in the shut base on inspection and plant health
- Inspecting work fronts to ensure that all work is completed to a high quality.
- Maintain a high level of safety awareness and comply with all RTIO Company Policies and procedures
- Identify, prioritise and execute defect elimination equipment improvement projects
- Actively contribute to continuous improvement projects - increasing safety whilst reducing risk & cost
- Utilise SAP to ensure that maintenance tasks are recorded, assigned correctly and completed to the relevant standard / specification
- Use your experience to look for improvement opportunities to benefit the Plant
What we offer
Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress.
- 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 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
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.
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About Rio Tinto
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 situations and meet opportunities.
Respect and Inclusion
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.
