Diesel Fitters

Residential Role with full relocation provided – live in Weipa, a beautiful coastal community in Far North Queensland and upgrade your lifestyle with incredible outdoor adventures and water-based activities

New lifestyle roster provides the perfect balance, giving you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community

  About the role  

We are looking for experienced  Heavy Mobile Equipment Diesel Fitters  to join our friendly and high performing Heavy Equipment Maintenance team based at either Andoom or our newest operation Amrun. You’ll maintain the site’s heavy mobile equipment and ancillary fleet to ensure this critical equipment is available to meet operational requirements.

You’ll live in the idyllic coastal town of Weipa, with full relocation provided, working across our Northern and Southern Operations. We have options to suit your lifestyle and goals, at East Weipa or Andoom (Northern Operations) you’ll be home after each shift as you’ll be working a  4,5,5 day/night lifestyle roster  and for roles based at Amrun (Southern Operations) you’ll be working our  new lifestyle roster; 7 days on, 7 days off, 7 nights on, 7 days off  and you will stay at our newly built camp during shift and commute back to Weipa on days off, with an additional allowance to compensate time away from home. 

What you’ll bring  

A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset

A C class drivers’ license

Relevant HME Diesel Fitter qualification

Experience in a workshop environment

The ability to communicate effectively within a team environment

The ability to be flexible within the role and adapt to a changing environment 

What we offer  

Full relocation provided to Far North Queensland from elsewhere in Australia

Weipa accommodation benefit 

Remote area allowance 

Remote area holiday travel assistance 

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, cultural 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

Where you’ll be working  

Our Weipa Operations includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, ship loaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals. Located on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, each year the operation produces more than 35 million tons of bauxite. 

Our operations are supported by a 1,900-strong workforce—including 26 per cent who are women and 25 per cent Indigenous employees. Activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, ports, cultural heritage management, and processing facility management. 

The development of our new mine, Amrun, which was completed in 2018, will extend the life of our Weipa bauxite operations by decades to come and significantly build on our 55-year history on the Western Cape. 

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.

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