Asset Health Technician

Asset Health Technician – Heavy Mobile Equipment

• The perfect balance, our roster gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community
• Fantastic career development opportunity
• 8/6 FIFO roster – Ex Perth, Busselton or Broome

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

Take the next step in your mobile maintenance career as an Asset Health Technician at West Angelas.

We are looking for someone who is a self-motivated, professional, with strong communication skills a positive and inclusive attitude as well as having a focus on continuous improvement. This is a great opportunity to further your skills and career.

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.

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia.

Working a roster of 8 days, 6 days off and reporting to the Asset Health Supervisor, you will be:

• Monitoring the health of heavy mining equipment using real time data.
• Inspect, identify and monitor cracks in the heavy mobile equipment fleet, providing guidance to the execution team on required actions
• Conduct inspections high stress points in assets to determine asset condition (absence of cracks)
• Comply with all relevant internal and industry-accepted standards in the execution of NDT and condition-based inspection works, identifying and recommending improvements in NDT inspection and HME welding practices
• Accurately report all completed inspections using approved reporting formats and templates, including SAP, and responsible for ensuring data is maintained accurately in the relevant databases
• Analysing HME data to identify and prioritise issues or activities identified as safety critical events whilst optimising production opportunities
• Providing expert advice from both your experience working on HME or with the aid of electronic manuals to assist in increasing machine availability or performance
• Support root cause analysis activities
• Work closely with maintenance and reliability engineers and specialist advisors
• Identifying predictive maintenance activities and generating notifications
• Analysing HME oil samples and providing subsequent recommendations to sites

What you will bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• An analytical mind with strong problem-solving skills, sound communication and computer skills
• Heavy machinery trade qualification
• A strong safety focused mindset
• Knowledge of SAP maintenance systems
• ISO9712 Certified in UT1, MT2 and VT2
• ISO9712 Certified in UT2 Welds (Preferred)
• Oil analysis experience
• Experience in maintaining HME - Komatsu, Caterpillar, Hitachi

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

Applications for this role will close on 19/09/2025, however we do reserve the right to close the role earlier.

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.

Every Voice Matters

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 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.