AddressApprentices – Gove
Diesel Fitter | Electrical
- Gain on the job experience, knowledge in a recognised trade qualification
- Global mining organisation
- Unique, coastal location – Gove, NT
About the role
We are looking for mining industry Diesel Fitter and Electrical apprentice enthusiasts to join our Gove maintenance teams, where you will work across a variety of areas and gain exceptional knowledge and skills.
Each role is a great opportunity for a hands-on, self-starter who is looking to commence their career in the mining industry. Reporting to the respective area Supervisors, you will be:
- Learning trade knowledge and skills relating to plant maintenance, machinery, processes and systems deployed across the operation;
- Working towards completing an apprenticeship in conjunction with a nationally recognised training plan through internal and external training (i.e. TAFE);
- Working as part of a team to ensure safe, continuous and environmentally responsible operations;
- Gaining experience from a range of qualified trade experts whilst being supported by onsite apprentice mentors.
What you’ll bring
To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
- The desire and willingness to learn with a self-motivated ‘can do’ attitude
- Strong work ethic evident though previous work experience
- Proven commitment to health, safety and environmental work practices
- Experience working as part of a team and strong verbal and written communication skills
- A Northern Territory C class drivers licence (provisional acceptable)
- The willingness to undertake online cognitive and psychometric evaluation assessments
- The ability to successfully complete Rio Tinto’s pre-employment medical.
About Rio Tinto
Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.
For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.
Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world and explore the universe.
Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.
Where you’ll be working
Our Gove Operations have been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for more than 40 years. Located in Australia’s Northern Territory, each year the operation produces approximately 12 million tonnes of bauxite.
With a workforce of 460 people, daily activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, shutdown planning and execution, export operations, cultural heritage management, and closure activities following our decision to close the site’s alumina refinery and associated Residue Disposal Area in 2017.
We expect our bauxite mining operations on the Gove Peninsula will cease in 2030 and we are undertaking significant work to support closure of the operation. We also recognise our operations take place on Indigenous-owned land, and we are committed to working together to achieve a positive future for Nhulunbuy and the Gove Peninsula post-mining.
Every Voice Matters
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.
This role is subject to Rio Tinto’s Pre-Employment Screening Standard and will involve your consent to conduct occupational health assessments and pre-employment checks.
