Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion. Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits. Balanced Work-Life Rhythm: Our lifestyle-friendly roster provides a harmonious balance between career and home life ensuring you spend more time with your loved ones and doing the things outside of work, that matter most to you. Were Finding Better Ways to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values care, courage and curiosity guide how we work and how we treat each other.
About the Role
We are looking for a Drill Operator to join our Drill and Blast teams across various Pilbara mine sites, helping to drive productivity and achieve operational targets. These roles are an excellent opportunity for team-oriented and motivated individuals who thrive in a supportive and safety-driven environment. Achieve work-life balance with family-friendly rosters (8:6 or 8:6/7:7) that suit your ideal way of living.
Responsibilities
* Adhere to all Rio Tinto standards, policies and procedures
* Actively foster and communicate a positive safety culture to promote safety awareness and compliance, encouraging prioritisation of safety in all activities and operations
* Foster a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, evaluating and implementing improvement opportunities utilising a range of Rio Tinto best practices
* Collaborate closely with other functions and stakeholders in the performance of duties
* Operate open pit drill rigs and other equipment when required
* Inspect equipment to ensure the correct working order and safety requirements
* Maintain a safe standard of drill laydown areas
* Optimise consumable life and consumable life management
Qualifications
* Have a commitment to safety prior to prioritising the wellbeing of yourself and your team
* Hold a valid Australian C Class manual drivers license or higher
* Possess a strong team mindset, with the ability to work safely and flexibly to meet business requirements
* Hold a Dangerous Goods License
* Open pit drilling (Atlas Copco, PV275, Reedrill, SK-F, SK-F, Cubex QXR, Sandvik DR540 drills)
Benefits
* 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 programme
* Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
* Attractive share ownership plan
* Company provided insurance cover
* Extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options
* Career development and 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)
* Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
Location
Location: Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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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