Electrical And Instrumentation Technician- Shift Maintenance And Materials Handling

E&I Technicians – Shift Maintenance and Materials Handling

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Permanent, residential role in Gladstone which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Day/Night Lifestyle roster – work 6 months of the year

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We currently have an opportunity for experienced Electrical & Instrumentation Technicians in our Material Handling and Shift Maintenance areas of our refinery to provide high quality electrical and instrumentation work.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about safety, team work and continuous improvement to the way we operate. This is a Lifestyle shift roster with 2 weekends off a month.

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.

Reporting to the Maintenance Team Leaders and working in an exciting environment within either the Shift Maintenance or Materials Handling team you will be:

• Maintaining and replacing electrical equipment
• Working on ship loaders and unloaders
• Involved with planned and unplanned breakdown work
• Troubleshooting, calibrating, repair and service of fixed plant instrumentation and electrical assets
• Daily execution of the schedule/break down maintenance and recording within the maintenance management system equipment requirements
• Promoting and identifying HSE opportunities to improve equipment, processes and behaviours
• Identifying and implementing improvement initiatives which will involve working with many different disciplines within the organisation
• Identifying defects and provide feedback on asset performance and health

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• An Australian ‘A’ grade Electrical licence.
• Certificate III or Certificate IV in Instrumentation
• Experience maintaining/installation vsd drives and IMAC systems
• Proven history of fault finding and repairs on various electrical equipment
• Ability to work autonomously and as an effective team member
• Experience in maintaining, replacing and calibrating of instrumentation equipment

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
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

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

With production beginning in 2004 at our Yarwun alumina refinery, located approximately 10 kilometres north-west of Gladstone in Central Queensland, today the operation produces more than three million tonnes of alumina per year.

Around 700 people support the operation, with an additional 350 contractors on site each year as part of scheduled maintenance shutdown activities. Thanks to its ‘Industry 4.0’ focus, Yarwun is also a leader in trialling new technologies to improve operations on site, including 3D printing, robotics and drones in confined spaces, and is home to Rio Tinto’s innovative Queensland Research and Development Centre (QRDC).

Along with Boyne Smelters Limited and Queensland Alumina Limited, our Yarwun Operation supports the local community in a wide range of initiatives through Here for Gladstone.

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.