AddressMechanical Readiness Specialist
We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.
- The perfect balance, our roster gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community
- Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority
- Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better
- Based at our West Angelas operations, you will work on a 5:2, 4:3 Roster, 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 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 Mechanical Readiness Specialist join our Operational Readiness team at West Angelas. You’ll be will be part of the Operational Readiness team that goes above and beyond to successfully integrate safe and high-performing assets that exceed business expectations, contributing to a safely operable, maintainable, and reliable project result.
The role will have an emphasis on delivery of all fixed plant assets and will extend beyond your subject matter expertise in Mechanical Engineering; providing support across all aspects of fixed plant; including control systems, functional safety and materials handling.
Contributing to a small Operational Readiness team your responsibilities will also extend to asset readiness and design and implementation of NPI (Non-Process Infrastructure) as required
Whether you’re new to your profession or experienced in your field and whatever industry you have exposure to, we have opportunities that will provide interesting work and growth opportunities for everyone.
You’ll be part of a high performing team, supported by your leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team. You’ll work on a 5;2, 4;3 FIFO Roster, which will give you more time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your life.
Reporting to the Superintendent Mining Readiness, you will:
- Create value by developing, implementing, and communicating the operational readiness execution plan, focused on fixed plant related aspects including project controls, reporting, risk management, and planning.
- Align people by establishing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders who influence and impact both the operational readiness programme and the studies.
- Achieve results by providing operational advice and support through all project stages.
- Identify opportunities for improvement through safety in design workshops.
- Provide engineering guidance for the procurement of new equipment and components.
- Facilitate the sustainable delivery of new assets into operation.
What you’ll bring
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset
- A commitment to safety of yourself and your team.
- Tertiary qualification in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
- Experience in mechanical, maintenance, or reliability engineering in mining or industrial environment will be highly regarded.
- A current and valid C Class manual driver’s licence.
- Well-developed people influencing, engagement and communication skills.
- Mature approach to issues and strong decision-making skills.
- Capability to write conclusive reports and create documents presenting requirements and developed plans, strategies, and approaches.
- Proven ability in safety leadership in the mining or relevant industry.
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.
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
- 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.
Where you’ll be working
Located 110km west of Newman, West Angelas operates on a fly in fly out roster from Perth
West Angelas is a pioneer in autonomous technologies – we were the first site to trial autonomous haul trucks and incorporate autonomous drilling into our operations in 2008, and we continue to have one of the largest mining fleets in the Pilbara.
Our high grade, low phosphorous Marra Mamba orebody is an integral part of the Pilbara Blend, contributing both lump and fines products on around four trains each day. At the West Angelas hub there are state-of-the-art power generation and refueling facilities. These facilities supply power and diesel fuel to the East Pilbara mine sites.
The future is bright at West Angelas with ongoing growth projects at Deposits C and D, as well as additional deposits under study providing enormous opportunities for personal development and career growth.
Applications close on 3rd April 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)
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