Maintainer Relief Team Leader Rio Tinto Yarwun

• Bring your passion for leadership to train develop and motivate people.
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits.
• A Relief Team Leader allowance of $6000 per year paid monthly.

About the role

Leading on the frontline is one of the most important jobs in our business and comes with a huge amount of responsibility. We need you to motivate inspire and keep your people safe and well.

With signature leadership training programmes growing and developing is more than an opportunity it is something we actively plan and make happen. Every day our leaders grow while our rosters are designed to help you live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family.

We are looking forRelief Team Leaders (Mechanical)to join our Maintenance Departmentat Rio Tinto Yarwun. You will work closely with the Team Leader to achieve our safety people and growth objectives through planning and executing maintenance activities.

This is an active position where you will be on the frontline with the team and also able to support the leadership group

Reporting to theMaintenanceTeam Leader on a 9 day Fortnight Rostersome of your duties will include:

• Performing daily maintenance activities when required
• Assist with coaching and development of the mechanical tradespersons
• Demonstrating personal and team behaviour that meets or exceeds the Yarwun Visions and Models for leadership
• Fostering a culture of zero harm and continuous improvement
• Lead or support shift start meetings
• Perform scheduled field leadership and infield activities
• Support onboarding and training of new team members
• Escalate people safety and work-related concerns with the Team Leader and assist with resolving issues in line with company policies
• In conjunction with the Team Leader integrate relevant safety routines and risk assessment processes (e.g. CRM QSI) into daily routines and behaviours
• Support with notification management and job planning
• For periods less than 2 weeks (short term) support the team by providing coverage for the Team Leader

What youll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset
• Current valid C Class drivers licence
• A Mechanical or Fitter & Turner trade qualification
• Proven history of fault finding troubleshooting and repairs on various fixed plant equipment
• Proven maintenance experience working in heavy/industrial industry

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesnt align 100% we still want to hear from you.

We are committed to promoting diversity within Rio Tinto and as a special measure to we strongly encourage women to apply.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution your thinking and your hard work and go home knowing youve helped the world progress.

• Full relocation provided to Gladstone Queensland from elsewhere in Australia
• 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
• 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
• 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 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.

Applications Close 27.11.25

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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.