Electrical Maintainer

4 weeks ago

Weipa Airport, Australia RioTinto Full time

  • 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  

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

About the role 

We have opportunities for experienced Electricians to join our friendly and high performing Specialist Power Generation teams. You’ll maintain and operate the site’s Lorim Point and Andoom Power Stations to ensure this critical equipment is available to meet operational and town requirements.

You’ll live in the idyllic coastal town of Weipa, with full relocation provided, working across at East Weipa and Andoom (Northern Operations).  We have options to suit your lifestyle and goals, and you’ll be home after each shift.

This is a fantastic opportunity for people with a strong work ethic, commitment to learning and a ‘can do’ attitude who are looking to live an incredible lifestyle with adventure and world-class water activities on your doorstep. With a supportive leadership team and a development plan in place, we’ll help you achieve success and progress your career. 

Reporting to the Electrical Supervisor and working a 4/5/5 day shift lifestyle roster, your role may involve:

  • Preventative maintenance on high and low voltage electrical infrastructure and equipment across the Andoom, Weipa and Amrun sites

  • Statutory electrical checks on a variety of site and town based low voltage electrical infrastructure, including cathodic protection systems, airfield lighting, switchboards equipment and town distribution networks

  • Operating both the Lorim Point and Andoom Power Stations to ensure safe power delivery to the Distribution Networks for the Mines and the Townships

  • Carrying out duties as a Power Station operator

What you’ll bring 

  • A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team  

  • A C class drivers’ license  

  • A trade qualification – Queensland Electrical Trades Licence (or equivalent with the ability to acquire the Queensland licence)

  • HV experience in a similar industry

  • Basic computer skills and experience with Microsoft word and excel

  • The ability to communicate effectively within a team environment  

  • A sense of ownership of the equipment and a mindset of continual improvement

  • Experience with SAP or similar work management system

What we offer 

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

  • Full relocation provided to Weipa, Queensland from elsewhere in Australia

  • Weipa accommodation benefit 

  • Remote area allowance 

  • Remote area holiday travel assistance 

  • 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)

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.

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.

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