1. The perfect balance, our rosters gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community
2. Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better
3. Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority
About the role
We currently have opportunities for Electrical and Instrumentation Technicians or Industrial Electricians willing to obtain Certificate III Instrumentation offered on site to join our high performing Maintenance teams across our Yarwun Operations. Whether you’re new to your trade or an experienced professional, and whatever industry you have exposure to, we have opportunities that will provide interesting work and growth opportunities for everyone.
Your experience, career goals and lifestyle preferences will determine whether you join our Material Handling and Shift Maintenance teamour Utilities Maintenance or RMA (Residue Management Area) Team or our Whiteside/Redside Maintenance team
At Yarwun, we are passionate about safety, we look out for each other and work together to find better ways to do things. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your development and will help you achieve your career goals.
Current area vacancies
4. Redside (day shift lifestyle roster)
Reporting to the Maintenance Team Leader for your team, your role may involve:
5. Maintaining and replacing electrical equipment
6. Execution of planned and unplanned breakdown maintenance
7. Troubleshooting, calibrating, repair and service of fixed plant instrumentation and electrical assets
8. Working at heights activities
9. Working autonomously, being reliable and positively contributing to the maintenance team, understanding the requirement to maintain assets in a safe and reliable condition
10. Being flexible and adaptable to changing business needs
11. Identifying and implementing improvement initiatives which may involve working with many different disciplines within the organisation
12. Promoting and identifying HSE opportunities to improve equipment, processes and behaviours
13. Execution of defined primary and secondary scopes from SAP (CMMS)
What you’ll bring
14. A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
15. Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset
16. Valid C Class drivers licence
17. An Australian 'A' grade Electrical licence
18. Proven history of fault finding and repairs on various electrical equipment
19. Proven maintenance experience working in heavy/industrial industry
What we offer
Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.
20. Full relocation provided to Gladstone, Queensland from elsewhere in Australia
21. Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.
22. A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
23. A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
24. A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
25. Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
26. Attractive share ownership plan
27. Company provided insurance cover
28. Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
29. Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
30. Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
31. Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave, cultural leave)
32. To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
33. Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more
Where you’ll be working
Located in Central Queensland, approximately 10km north-west of Gladstone, Yarwun alumina refinery commenced operations in 2004. Processing bauxite from our mines in Weipa and Gove, Yarwun produces more than three million tonnes of smelter grade alumina annually.
As one of the largest industries in the Gladstone region, Yarwun employs over 700 people and has a large contractor workforce.
With a focus on safely improving our process every day, the team at Yarwun challenge themselves to use existing and emerging technology to support our 24 hour operation.
Yarwun is a proud member of the Gladstone community, and along with Boyne Smelters Limited and Queensland Alumina Limited, support community investments that improve the liveability of the Gladstone region through the Here for Gladstone community fund.
About Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.
We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.