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Electrical & instrumentation technician

Gladstone
Rio Tinto
Posted: 30 March
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Overview

Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual incentives and a huge range of additional benefits designed to make your life better. Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority. Full domestic relocation offered from anywhere within Australia.

We're Finding Better WaysTM 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 currently have numerous full-time permanent opportunities for experienced Electrical & Instrumentation Fitters, to join our high performing teams situated at both Yarwun Refinery or Boyne Smelter.

You'll be part of a Maintenance Team, handling both planned maintenance and responding to breakdowns as they arise. Your main focus will be keeping fixed plant equipment running safely and reliably, focusing on instrumentation works. In addition, you will closely work with our mechanical team to diagnose and troubleshoot reactive works in a timely manner at our aluminium smelter or refinery environment.

Living in Gladstone offers the perfect balance combining all of the services and facilities that you expect from a city with a relaxed coastal lifestyle — incredible beaches, easy access to visit world class reefs and national parks. Your experience, career goals and lifestyle preferences will help guide which team you will join, with opportunities in Yarwun or Boyne Smelter.

Yarwun – Electrical & Instrumentation Fitters

* Redside / Whiteside Maintenance – 9 day fortnight Roster
* Utilities / RMA – 9 Day fortnight Roster
* Material Handling / Shift Maintenance – 5/4/5 lifestyle Day Roster
* Digestion – 5/4/5 Day roster

Boyne Smelter – Electrical & Instrumentation Fitters

* Reduction Maintenance – 5/4/5 Day Roster
* Carbon Maintenance – 5/4/5 Day/Night shift roster
* Shift Maintenance – 5/4/5 Day/Night shift roster
* Metal Products – 9 Day roster

Roles And Responsibilities

* Maintaining and replacing electrical equipment
* Execution of planned and unplanned breakdown maintenance
* Troubleshooting, calibrating, repair and service of fixed plant electrical assets
* Working at heights activities
* Planned maintenance including PLC, Instrumentation, motor drives and other plant equipment, including Autonomous Forklift equipment
* Ability to work effectively both within a team and independently
* Promote opportunities to improve safety and performance

What You'll Bring

* A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
* Valid C Class driver's licence
* An Australian 'A' grade Electrical licence
* Instrumentation Certificate
* PLC & SCADA experience desirable
* Experience with motors & VSDs, working on Conveyors, Crushers & Ship Loaders

We are committed to promoting diversity within Rio Tinto and strongly encourage women to apply.

What We Offer

* A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
* Domestic relocation assistance, from anywhere within Australia
* 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)
* Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

Where you'll be working

Boyne Smelters – Boyne Smelters Limited is Australia's second largest aluminium smelter, located approximately 20km southeast of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast. It produces around 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum. Activities include manufacturing carbon anodes, aluminium production in reduction lines, and casting of molten material. The smelter is connected to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for alumina supply. BSL is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring safe work practices.

Yarwun Refinery – Located in Central Queensland, approximately 10km north-west of Gladstone. Yarwun processes bauxite from our mines in Weipa and Gove, producing more than three million tonnes of smelter grade alumina annually. The team focuses on safely improving processes daily and supports community investments in the Gladstone region.

About Rio Tinto – Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company operating in 35 countries. We aim to provide materials the world needs with low emissions and strong governance. We value partnerships, innovation and continuous improvement.

Respect and Inclusion

Rio Tinto welcomes 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 all voices are heard and treated with dignity.

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