AddressRail Track Engineer
We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.
- Opportunity to work on the world’s first autonomous heavy haul railway
- Excellent opportunity to be involved in an exciting, fast-paced area of our business
- 8:6 OR 5:2 | 4:3 roster considered
- Residential in Karratha/Dampier or FIFO from Perth
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 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.
About the role
We are looking for a Rail Track Engineer to play a key role within the Rail Maintenance Division.
This role is a great opportunity for a successful individual to work in a dynamic team which is responsible for providing the technical assurance and risk advisory function to the Rail Maintenance Division.
Reporting to the Specialist Rail Engineer, you will:
- Provide engineering support for the planning and execution of rail replacement and destressing activities;
- Ensure compliance with Engineering Standards and Procedures and ensure that appropriate controls are in place to manage risk;
- Review re-rail and destress scopes to ensure technical requirements are met;
- Assess and action changes to plan considering risk and business impact;
- Perform quality assurance and quality control inspections and measurements;
- Track planned v actual re-rail & destress volumes, providing updates to the business through weekly reports;
- Verify and update asset information in RTIO rail asset management systems to reflect work completed, asset condition, and business risk;
- Review maintenance processes and procedures to reduce defects and improve work practices, productivity, safety, and asset performance.
What you’ll bring
To succeed in this role, you will have:
- Tertiary qualification or higher in either Mechanical or Civil engineering
- Previous experience in a rail desirable
- Understanding of Railway Track Engineering concepts and principles
- Manual C Class drivers’ license
If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn’t align 100% we still want to hear from you.
We are committed to promoting diversity within Rio Tinto and as a special measure we strongly encourage women to apply.
Where you will be working
Work locations will extend across the ~1,700km RTIO rail network in the Pilbara with depots located at Tom Price, Cape Lambert and Dampier (7 Mile).
What we offer
- 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)
- 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,
- Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
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.In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible.
Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.
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.
Applications for this role will close on 22/05/2024, however we do reserve the right to close the role earlier than stated.
Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.
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