Mechanical Maintenance Technician

2 weeks ago


Gladstone, Australia Rio Tinto Full time

The perfect balance, our day shift lifestyle roster in Digest Turnarounds gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community

Permanent employment in Gladstone which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better

About the role
As a Mechanical Technician in the Digestion Turnarounds team at our Yarwun Refinery, you will play a crucial role in maintaining assets within our maintenance management framework. You will be responsible for applying work management processes and performing maintenance work allocated ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our assets.

At Yarwun, we are passionate about safety, we look out for each other and work together to find better ways to do things. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your development and will help you achieve your career goals.
 

Reporting to the Maintenance Digestion – Turnarounds Team Leader and working a 5/5/4 dayshift roster, your role may involve:

Maintaining mechanical assets across the refinery, focused on planned maintenance or plant limiting work, troubleshooting and problem-solving equipment failures and improving reliability

Working on pipes, tanks, pumps, valves & flange management

Confined space and working at heights activities

Working autonomously, being reliable and positively contributing to the maintenance team, understanding the requirement to maintain assets in a safe and reliable condition

Identifying and implementing improvement initiatives which will involve working with many different disciplines within the organisation

What you’ll bring

A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset

A Mechanical trade qualification

Valid C Class drivers licence

Proven maintenance experience working in heavy industry

Proven history of fault finding and repairs on various fixed plant equipment

  What we offer  

Full relocation provided to Gladstone, Queensland from elsewhere in Australia

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

Located in Central Queensland, approximately 10km north-west of Gladstone, Yarwun alumina refinery commenced operations in 2004. Processing bauxite from our mines in Weipa and Gove, Yarwun produces more than three million tonnes of smelter grade alumina annually.

As one of the largest industries in the Gladstone region, Yarwun employs over 700 people and has a large contractor workforce.

With a focus on safely improving our process every day, the team at Yarwun challenge themselves to use existing and emerging technology to support our 24 hour operation.

Yarwun is a proud member of the Gladstone community, and along with Boyne Smelters Limited and Queensland Alumina Limited, support community investments that improve the liveability of the Gladstone region through the Here for Gladstone community fund.

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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