Process Technician - Dam Operations

Rio Tinto
Gladstone, QLD, AU
Competitive
Mar 03, 2021
Mar 16, 2021
1853471964
Permanent
Full Time
English
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 Refiner waste dump - dozer operation
  • Residue deposition line operation
  • 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 Intermediate to Experienced
  • Dozer
  • High Risk License
  • Forklift
  • Current Drivers License
  • Poly Welding certification would be advantageous

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

Rio Tinto is a global leader in aluminium, one of the world's most widely used metals.

Active in the sector for more than 110 years, today we operate large-scale, high-quality bauxite mines and alumina refineries, and have the world's most modern and competitive aluminium smelter portfolio.

Our Pacific Operations sites are located along the east coast of Australia, at the tip of the Northern Territory and in New Zealand's south. With more than 6,000 employees, we operate a full value chain approachmining, refining and smelting. Our portfolio includes four bauxite mines, two refineries, four smelters and one power station, and is supported by technical experts located in our Brisbane hub, including a fully operational Operations Centre for our bauxite mines.

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.

Applications close on Sunday 14th March 2021 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)