Engineer Control Systems

4 weeks ago


Perth, Australia RioTinto Full time

Control System Support Engineer

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

  • Work from our state of art Operations Centre located in Perth
  • Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better
  • Be part of a team that is safety driven and values inclusion

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 who we are.  

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.  

About the role

We are looking for a number of control systems support engineers to join our 24/7 Control Systems Engineering team at the Perth Operations Centre Control Room.

The role responsibility includes providing both electrical and control systems support to our site operations-based teams, supporting defect elimination and executing continuous improvement work.

Reporting to the Superintendent Control Systems, the accountabilities for this role include but are not limited to:

  • Escalation and recovery from site electricians, technicians and controllers for control system and electrical asset fault diagnosis and recovery
  • Provide start up and shutdown assistance
  • Act as point of communication between control, operations and engineering teams, and escalate emerging control issues to appropriate personnel
  • Identify and develop scopes for continuous improvement projects with controllers and communicate high value opportunities to appropriate personnel
  • Execute control systems changes for defect elimination and rate/throughput optimisation
  • Identify leading work practices and control improvements, standardise across controller group including incorporating into training systems
  • Provide technical peer review controls systems support for change management

About you  

To be successful in this role, it is highly desirable that you have:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in controls/mechatronics, electrical engineering or related field
  • Proven experience in SCADA and control systems field
  • Experience in a maintenance and operational role preferred
  • Familiar with concepts of process control and control schemes
  • Experience with industrial control systems preferably in mining
  • Proficiency in PLC and SCADA systems (Schneider/Citect/Wonderware)
  • Strong communication, written and stakeholder management skills
  • Strong collaboration and negotiation skills
  • Proven ability to problem solve and perform data analysis
  • Demonstrate a strong safety culture

What we offer  

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.  

  • 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
  • Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
  • A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
  • 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.

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.  

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.  

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia. Rio Tinto offers fly in and fly out options from Perth, our regional FIFO hubs and the opportunity to live in our residential towns where applicable.  

Applications close on the 3rd of May 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date) 

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