Fixed Plant Operator - Residential

Fixed Plant Operators - Tom Price (Residential)

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Residential role, be part of the friendly community

About the role

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

We are looking for Fixed Plant Operators who are interested in joining our Residential Fixed Plant Operations/Production team based in Tom Price. This residential role is a great opportunity for a highly motivated individual to make a difference to the team.

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.

Working in a residential role with an even time roster and reporting to the Supervisor Production, you will:

• Operate, carry out routine inspections and maintain the condition of the dry/wet plants
• Demonstrate commitment to safety daily
• Demonstrate the ability to carry out basic fault find and diagnosis
• Work individually or in a team environment and contribute to daily targets
• Conduct routine activities to ensure safe and reliable operation of our area assets
• Conduct manual handling associated with basic maintenance and inspection of the plant
• Work in a field role, monitoring of equipment, cleaning, hosing and identifying continuous improvement opportunities
• Operate mobile plant equipment as required by your leader
• Working autonomously to monitor the process in a safe and effective manner

About you

To be considered for this role, you will have:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Demonstrated experience in operating fixed plant
• Full manual 'C' class drivers' licence or above (essential)
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise multiple tasks
• Ability to work safely and cooperatively in a small team, demonstrating flexibility to business requirements
• Experience operating mobile plant equipment (desirable)
• Current Confined Space and Working at Heights certificates (desirable)
• High Risk Work Licence - EWP, RI, LF (desirable)

What's on offer?

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• Full domestic relocation assistance provided
• Company housing provided in all residential towns
• Subsidised living expenses including rent and utilities
• A competitive salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and their 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
• Generous leave provisions 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 will be working

Located in the central Pilbara, Tom price is a family-friendly and modern fully-serviced town designed to complement the regions natural environment. It's known as one of the most attractive towns in the Pilbara with a supermarket, primary and secondary schools, hospital and high standard of recreation and child care facilities. Regular in-town events and activities include the popular Mount Nameless Festival, drive-in cinemas, local fairs and team sport competitions; in addition to being home to one of the largest open cut mines in the world. It offers an ideal base to explore the natural wonders of the Karijini and Millstream Chichester National Parks or travel to beautiful coastal towns over a long weekend. For more information on Tom Price, please visit:https://www.ashburton.wa.gov.au/community/tom-price/

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.