Process Technician Dam Operations

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Family-friendly rosters

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a safety focused, highly motivated Process Technician to join the Residue Management Area (RMA) team at our Yarwun site. This is a great opportunity for a candidate who is passionate about safety, team initiative, and wants to progress their career.

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 Team Leader you will be responsible for:

• Dam Safety Routines
• Mud Farming Dozer compaction
• Mud Farming - Embankment upstream toe foundation preparation
• Mud Farming - MFV15 Scroller operation
• RMA Refinery waste dump - dozer operation
• Residue deposition line operation;
• Dozer and Excavator operation for environmental and operational functions
• Dam safety and instrumentation works
• Promoting and identifying HSE opportunities to improve processes and behaviours
• Identifying and implementing improvement initiatives which will involve working with many different disciplines within the organisation

What you'll bring

We highly regard team members who initiate and foster continuous improvement in the way we work, combined with the ability to demonstrate a strong commitment to safe work practices. Your strong communication skills, eye for detail, team orientation and ability to undertake physical work in a demanding environment will see you succeed in this role. Also essential is;

• Excavator and/or Dozer ticket Intermediate to Experienced
• Current Drivers Licence

Advantageous -

• Forklift
• Poly Welding certification

What we offer

• 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
• 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)

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.