Mechanical Equipment Technicians - Residential GladstoneThe perfect balance, our rosters give you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community.Permanent employment which includes an attractive salary, annual bonuses, 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.About the role We currently have various opportunities for Mechanical Equipment Technicians on site to join our high-performing Maintenance teams across our BSL (Boyne Smelter) Operations. Whether you're new to your trade or an experienced professional, we have opportunities that will provide interesting work and growth for everyone.Your experience, career goals, and lifestyle preferences will determine whether you join our Metal Products - Planned Maintenance & Reliability Maintenance Teams, Carbon Maintenance - Bake & RR3, Defect Elimination, and Green RR1&2 Teams, MEW & MWS - Crushing & Conveyors, Scrubbing & Conveyors, and Maintenance & Engineering Workshop Teams or Reduction Line Maintenance - Line 1 & 2, and Line 3 Teams.Current area vacancies Maintenance & Engineering Workshop – Fitter (day shift lifestyle roster) All-rounder workshop experience predominantly a variety of gearbox overhauls and fitting in the workshop.Materials Crushing & Conveyors – (9 day fortnight) Plant maintenance, predominantly work on conveyors and dust collectors. Service and repairs to site mobile equipment including hydraulics & 12/24v electrical.At Boyne Smelter, 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.Reporting to the Maintenance Crew Leader for your team, your role may involve:Maintaining mechanical assets across the smelter, focused on unplanned breakdown or plant limiting work, troubleshooting and problem-solving equipment failures and improving reliability.Identifying defects and providing feedback on asset performance and health.Confined space and working at heights activities.Working autonomously, being reliable, and positively contributing to the maintenance team, understanding the requirement to maintain assets in a safe and reliable condition.Identifying and implementing improvement initiatives which will involve working with many different disciplines within the organisation.Promoting and identifying HSE opportunities to improve equipment, processes, and behaviours.What you'll bring A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset.A Mechanical Engineering or Fitter & Turner trade qualification.Proven history of fault finding and repairs on various fixed plant equipment.What we offer Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress.Full relocation provided to Gladstone, Queensland from elsewhere in Australia.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 an 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, cultural leave).Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.Where you'll be working Boyne Smelters Limited is Australia's second largest aluminium smelter with a 1,000-person strong workforce. Located approximately 20km south east of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast, BSL produces around 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum.Activities at BSL include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten material into aluminium products ready to ship. The smelter is connected via a conveyor belt to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for the supply of alumina.BSL is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring safe work practices where people feel safe at work and care for each other.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.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. 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