Heavy Automotive Diesel Mechanic

About the role

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

Are you looking for a location change Have you considered relocating South and joining the Tiwai Community at New Zealands Aluminium Smelter If youre a qualified Heavy Auto Diesel Mechanic up for a new challenge wed love to hear from you!

We are looking for an experienced Heavy Automotive Diesel Mechanic to join our Mobile Equipment Workshop.

The Mobile Equipment Workshop (Garage) is primarily accountable for providing vehicle maintenance and breakdown services of over 200 items of heavy industrial mobile equipment to a site that operates 24/7. The Garage currently has a team of 12 people including a Crew Leader Planner Tradespeople and Apprentices.

Based at Tiwai in Invercargill this is a great opportunity for a qualified Mechanical Tradesperson to join a collaborative team working 7am - 5pm with a shift rotation of 8 days on 6 days off.

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.

What youll bring
We are seeking a person with excellent communication skills and a relevant mechanical trade qualification preferably as a qualified Heavy Automotive Diesel Mechanic or equivalent. This person must also have relevant current experience working on heavy automotive vehicles loaders and forklifts.

Proven experience diagnosing and repairing specialized hydraulic systems is also preferable. Holding a current Class 1 Drivers License is also required (Class 2 desirable).

We require successful candidates to possess a high degree of flexibility and strong problem-solving skills to identify and conduct planned and unplanned repair and diagnostic work within production time constraints on a wide variety of equipment.

What we offer

A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program

Comprehensive medical assistance scheme

Attractive share ownership plan

Leave for all of lifes reasons (vacation/annual paid parental sick leave) including long service leave

Competitive superannuation programme

Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions

Where youll be working

Rio Tinto Aluminium Pacific Operations. Rio Tinto is a global leader in aluminium one of the worlds most widely used metals.

Active in the sector for more than 110 years today we operate large-scale high-quality bauxite mines and alumina refineries and have the worlds most modern and competitive aluminium smelter portfolio.

Our Pacific Operations sites are located along the east coast of Australia at the tip of the Northern Territory and in New Zealands south. With more than 6000 employees we operate a full value chain approachmining refining and smelting. Our portfolio includes four bauxite mines two refineries four smelters and one power station and is supported by technical experts located in our Brisbane hub including a fully operational Operations Centre for our bauxite mines.

Invercargill New Zealands southernmost city is the commercial hub of Southland. The city is famous for its easy access to outdoor adventurefly fishing snow sports rugged terrain waterfalls and wildlifewith a balance of all the modern facilities you would expect from a thriving citys restaurants creative and cultural experiences shopping and sporting opportunities.
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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 Indigenous Peoples women the LGBTQIA 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.