Track Maintenance Engineer

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Track Maintenance Engineer 

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

• Opportunity to work on the world’s first autonomous heavy hall railway
• Exciting opportunity to join a dynamic fast-paced rail maintenance team
• Roster 8:6 or 5:2 | 4:3 roster considered
• FIFO from Perth or residential in Karratha considered

Where we’re all welcome

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable being themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected, and a variety of perspectives are not only welcome but 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 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.

About the role

We are looking for a Track Maintenance Engineer to play a key leadership role within the Rail division.

The role of Track Maintenance Engineer is to provide maintenance engineering support to the RNM (Rail Network Maintenance) Asset Replacement and Response teams to ensure the effective management of Rio Tinto Iron Ore (RTIO) track assets including, turnout components, insulated glued joints and level crossings, in accordance with RTIO Standards. 

Reporting to the Specialist Track Engineer for Maintenance, you will:

• Provide first response maintenance engineering support to minimise losses to track asset availability and performance
• Perform inspections and audits of track infrastructure and assets to provide assurance to the business the asset is being managed accordance with the required standards or, controls have been implemented to manage the risk and operational impact
• Analyse defects and operating performance of assets to identify trends, recommend and implement improvements to eliminate defects or improve degradation rates
• Provide engineering input into the scope of works for asset replacement
• Prioritise work to minimise risk and operational impact as far as reasonably practical
• Provide engineering input into the planning, and scheduling of maintenance and replacement of track assets
• Interface with other work steams to enable the execution of the work and/or facilitate an effective result
• Ensure works are executed as per approved scope and relevant Standards, Specifications and Engineering Procedures
• Conduct required quality assurance/ controls and/or verify compliance of completed work
• Track asset records are kept current and accurately reflect the work executed
• Identify and address non conformances
• Identify opportunities to improve existing practices, recommend improvements and implement change. Improvements to include safety, quality, compliance, cost savings, and/or performance.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Tertiary qualification or higher in either Mechanical or Civil engineering
• Understanding of Railway Track Engineering concepts and principles
• Manual C Class drivers’ licence

Additional skills/experience that will be considered favourable but not essential and can be developed on the job:

• Experience in a rail environment
• Experience in Maintenance of assets and managing defects
• Understanding of Reliability concepts and principles
• Experience in Work Management and use of work management systems such as SAP.

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)
• 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,
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia

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.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.

Were you will be working

You will be based out of the Rail Maintenance facilities at Tom Price or 7 Mile near Dampier, though your work locations will extend across our 1,700km rail network.

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.

Applications for this role will close on 28/08/2024, however we do reserve the right to close the role earlier than stated. 

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

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