Engineer Electrical & Control Systems

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Specialist Engineer – Electrical 

We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

• Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better
• Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority  
• FIFO from Perth to Paraburdoo 

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 who we are.  

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

Provide technical assistance, support, and expert advice on continuous improvement practices across to Fixed Plant Maintenance. Includes developing, coaching and mentoring other professionals and supporting the decision-making processes of leadership.

• Adhere to all Rio Tinto standards, policies and procedures.
• Actively foster and communicate a positive safety culture to promote safety awareness and compliance, encouraging prioritisation of safety in all activities and operations.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, evaluating and implementing improvement opportunities utilising a range of Rio Tinto best practices.
• Collaborate closely with other functions and stakeholders in the performance of duties.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of Fixed Plant Maintenance Engineering personnel.
• Organise and manage the execution of Fixed Plant Maintenance Engineering work performed.
• Ensure compliance to relative legislation, including statutory obligations.
• Provide appropriate coaching, mentoring and technical support to the Fixed Plant Maintenance teams.
• Support the engineering team to provide technical support and engineering to maintenance teams for a variety of fixed plant assets, including root cause, equipment failure and loss analysis.
• Develop and maintain Asset Management standards

What you’ll bring

• Knowledge of relevant Australian Standards, Regulations, Acts and Codes of Practice.
• 5 years plus experience as an electrical engineer in fixed plant operations with a high degree of familiarity with fixed plant high voltage equipment including motors, variable speed drives, switchgear, power control, PLCs, SCADA and electrical instrumentation.
• Demonstrated understanding of process control systems.
• Experience in delivering continuous improvement initiatives / projects.
• Experience in defect elimination processes and root cause analysis.
• Demonstrate understanding of budget preparation, variance analysis, cost forecasting and cost drivers.
• Experience in SAP and Power Bi will be beneficial.
• Tertiary degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• A Current Western Australian ‘C’ Class Driver’s License (Manual)

If you are excited about this role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn’t align 100%, we still want to hear from you.

We are committed to promoting diversity within Rio Tinto and as a special measure to we strongly encourage women to apply.

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, you’re 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
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
• 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)
• Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water).
• 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
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.

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.

Who we are  

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 and meet opportunities.  

Where you’ll be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own a world-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres 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. 

Applications close on the 16^th of September 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).