Specialist Engineer Electrical

Specialist Electrical Engineer – Utilities Maintenance Engineering

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

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• 5/2/4/3 Weekdays roster, every second Friday in Perth

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.

About the role

We are looking for aSpecialist Electrical Engineerto join our Utilities maintenance engineering team at Cape Lambert. This role is a great opportunity for an experienced technical professional to take area ownership in identifying, prioritising, and executing sustaining and maintenance projects for RTIO Utilities.

Your enthusiastic approach coupled with your effective communication will see you work in teams of highly motivated individuals to solve our challenging problems. You'll have the ability to apply your engineering project management experience and technical knowledge to ensure end-to-end project delivery- safely, on time and with exceptional engagement with your varied stakeholders. With work being such a big part of our lives, we focus on creating a balance so to join this team you must help make work fun

Reporting to the Senior Engineer you will:

• Lead and support investigations into asset failures and performance, including root cause analysis (RCA)
• Leverage equipment performance data to successfully identify and implement reliability improvement initiatives
• Recommend and implement tactics designed to support high levels of asset safety, reliability, and integrity
• Provide technical engineering support to the site maintenance execution teams
• Actively contribute to asset strategy by developing asset lifecycle plans and zero-based budgets for mobile equipment
• Execute both technical and process-based projects derived to improve the performance of the fleet
• Monitor and analyse the performance of our assets and review primary/ secondary maintenance tasks to improve asset reliability and cost
• Demonstrate the Rio Tinto values of Care, Courage and Curiosity

What you'll bring

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and the team
• Tertiary qualifications in Electrical Engineering (majoring in power system is highly desirable)
• At least 5 years of experience working as an Electrical Engineer in heavy industry or utility on large high voltage / medium voltage systems ranging from 33kV to 220kV and their low voltage auxiliaries
• Deep knowledge of medium and high voltage apparatus, including power and instrument transformers, switchgears, protection relays, circuit breakers, and their auxiliaries
• Experience in asset health, condition monitoring and diagnostic techniques for low, medium, and high voltage assets, including the use of relevant tools and capacity to interpret results and extract actionable conclusions.
• Knowledge of Asset Management frameworks and techniques like RCM, FMEA, RCA, Asset Integrity Assessments and CMMS tools like SAP
• Field experience on commissioning, maintenance and troubleshooting practices, including quality control and acceptance criteria for low, medium, and high voltage equipment
• Demonstrated passion for building relationships, coaching, and engagement through excellent communication and teamwork
• Demonstrated complex organisational and stakeholder engagement skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experienced in application of project management principles

Where you will be working

Our port facilities consist of four shipping terminals located on the Pilbara coast at Dampier and Cape Lambert which form an essential part of our logistics process. Each terminal has facilities for train unloading, iron ore stockpiling, product blending and ship loading.

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.

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 10/06/2024, 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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