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About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to join our team at Rio Tinto, a leading global mining and materials company. As an Electrical Engineer, you will be responsible for providing technical assistance in the bauxite processing plants, stockyards, and export facilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Work alongside other engineering, technical, and trade disciplines to provide sustainable and efficient solutions to engineering problems affecting plant stability.
• Facilitate and participate in risk assessments, production, and safety incident investigations.
• Conduct reliability assessments to determine major causes of downtime.
• Implement improvement projects or raise detailed maintenance notifications to ensure defect elimination.
• Manage bridging and forcing registers and resolve underlying issues.
• Ensure engineering resources, structure, and systems are in place to support maintenance processes.
• Ensure compliance with relevant statutory and legislative provisions.

Requirements

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical) or higher, recognized by Engineers Australia.
• Comprehensive knowledge of asset management, service, and maintenance of heavy industrial power systems.
• Comprehensive understanding of LV electrical equipment, including distribution assets, protection devices, motors, drives, and instrumentation.
• Familiar with relevant regulatory authorities and Australian Standards relating to electrical installations and practices.

What We Offer

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program.
• Comprehensive medical benefits, including subsidized 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, sick leave).
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail, and more).
• Possible domestic relocation assistance.

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries, producing iron ore, copper, aluminum, 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.