•     Maintain essential rolling stock and utilities assets so equipment remains safe, reliable and available for operations.

•     Build your capability through varied preventative and corrective maintenance work, continuous improvement and collaboration with experienced teams.

•     Live and work in Tom Price, a well-established Pilbara community close to Karijini National Park.

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role

We are looking for a Maintainer Mechanical to help the maintenance team keep rolling stock and utilities assets safe, reliable and available. Reporting to the Supervisor Maintenance, you will complete scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, inspections and repairs while working to Rio Tinto maintenance standards and site procedures. This is a great opportunity for a qualified mechanical or plumbing tradesperson who enjoys practical problem-solving, varied maintenance work and contributing to safe operational performance.

What you’ll be doing

Reporting to the Supervisor Maintenance and working with maintenance, operations and support teams, you will:

•     Complete preventative and corrective maintenance on rolling stock, utilities and associated equipment.

•     Inspect fixed plant and mechanical assets, identify defects and determine appropriate repair actions.

•     Isolate equipment safely for maintenance and operational tasks in line with site procedures.

•     Use SAP or a similar maintenance management system to record, assign and complete maintenance tasks to the required standard.

•     Arrange suitable equipment, materials and resources to support planned maintenance outcomes.

•     Report asset condition issues, emerging risks and opportunities to improve team practices and procedures.

•     Contribute to continuous improvement activities that strengthen safety, reduce risk and improve cost and reliability outcomes.

•     Collaborate with operations, engineering, original equipment manufacturers, contractors and suppliers to complete work effectively.

About you

We’re looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements below. You do not need to meet every “helpful for success” item to apply. If you bring relevant experience and are excited by the opportunity, we encourage you to submit an application.

Required for Success

•     A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.

•     A Mechanical or Plumbing trade qualification.

•     A current C Class manual driver’s license.

•     Practical experience completing preventative and corrective maintenance in mining, utilities, fixed plant, rolling stock or another safety-critical industrial environment.

•     Experience applying isolation, inspection and maintenance procedures to deliver safe, high-quality work.

•     Basic understanding of SAP maintenance systems or a similar computerised maintenance management system.

Helpful for Success

•     A heavy rigid driver’s license.

•     Certificate III in Water Operations and chlorine handling training.

•     Relevant high-risk work licenses such as crane, forklift, work platform or dogging and rigging.

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 and salary packaging options

•     Career development and 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, personal and cultural leave)

•     Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

•     Possible domestic relocation assistance

Where you’ll be working

Tom Price is located in the central Pilbara region, west of Karijini National Park and is our original Pilbara mine, currently employing residential and fly-in fly-out employees. It is known as one of the most attractive towns in the Pilbara with a high school, two primary schools, a hospital and a high standard of recreational facilities.

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 LGBTQ+ 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.