Mechanical Maintainer – Dewatering Mine Water Management
Job Summary
- Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
- Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
- The perfect balance our roster gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community Fly In Fly Out (ex-Perth or Busselton) - Yandi
Were Finding Better Waysto provide materials the world needs now and in the future. Our values care courage and curiosity guide how we work and how we treat each other.
About the role
We are looking for an Mechanical Maintainer to join our Mine Water Management / DewateringTeam at our Yandicoogina Mining Operation. This role is a great opportunity for safety conscious individual looking to continually improve and contribute to our culture and world class asset.
Youll be part of a friendly and high performing team supported by your leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the work on a 8 days on 6 offroster which will give you more time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your role offers fly in fly out from Perth or Busselton airports.
Reporting to the Mine Water Management Supervisor you will include
- Fulfill diesel powered generator servicing tasks and genset breakdowns
- Carrying out scheduled Dewatering Maintenance in areas including water supply bore fields
- Installing and servicing submersible and sump pumps
- Carrying out general maintenance and breakdown repairs for water supply bore fields
- Support the safety culture and ensure that the RTIO core values are always adhered.
- Responsible for identifying critical spares and maintaining accurate inventory for Dewatering
- Adhere to all Rio Tinto standards policies and procedures.
- Actively foster and communicate a positive safety culture to promote safety awareness and compliance encouraging prioritisation of safety in all activities and operations.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by identifying evaluating and implementing improvement opportunities utilising a range of Rio Tinto best practices.
- Collaborate closely with other functions and stakeholders in the performance of duties.
What youll bring
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset
- A Mechanical Trade Qualification
- Experience in a dewatering maintainer role
- A Manual C-class Australian drivers licence (HR desirable)
- Full unrestricted working rights to work in Australia
What we offer
- Be recognised for your contribution your thinking and your hard work and go home knowing youve helped the world progress
- A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
- A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
- Full relocation provided to Pannawonica
- A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
- 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 tofamily-friendly health and medical wellbeingsupport
- Leave for all of lifes reasons (vacation/annual paid parental sick leave cultural leave)
- 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
- Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays banking accommodation cars retail and more
Where youll be working
Located approximately 95km northwest of Newman in the East PilbaraYandicooginais one of Australias highest-producing iron ore mines. The site produces unique Hamersley Iron Yandi (HIY) fines and operates a fleet of autonomous haul trucks and drills supporting efficient and safe operations.
Yandicooginaisrecognisedfor its strong culture of teamwork safety and innovation with a pioneering spirit. The mine supports afly-in fly-outworkforce from multiple regional hubs including Perth Busselton and Derby - enhancing accessibility and community engagement across Western Australia.
Applications for this role will close on 20/06/2026 however we do reserve the right to close the role earlier.
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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 cant do it on our own so were focused on creating partnerships to solve problems create win-win situations and meet opportunities.
Respect and Inclusion
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.
About Company
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