Fixed Plant Maintenance Inspector
Job Summary
Balanced Work-Life Rhythm: 8x6 dayshift only this lifestyle-friendly roster provides a harmonious balance between career and home life ensuring you spend more time with your loved ones.
Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits designed to make life betterfor you and your loved ones.
Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
WereFindingBetterWaysto provide materials the world needs now and in the values care courage and curiosity guide how we work and how we treat each other.
About the role:
We are looking for Fixed Plant Inspectors to provide technical assistance support and expert advice on plant condition and drive continuous improvement practices within the fixed plant mechanical team.
This is a great opportunity for a trade qualified candidate and has experience working in a process plant with excellent diagnostic and fault-finding abilities and is looking to step into a role where they can showcase their technical knowledge while also collaborating with functional partners and stakeholders to improve plant performance and reliability. This position is a permanent role working on a 8:6 dayshift only roster.
Reporting to Supervisor Asset Health and working in a collaborative community within Fixed Plant Maintenance you will:
Conduct detailed inspections using available tooling to identify defects early raise notifications at the appropriate priority and minimise unplanned breakdowns.
Review upcoming work scopes and inspect components planned for replacement providing risk advice where component life extension is being considered.
Escalate urgent defects and repair requirements to maintenance execution and production teams in a timely manner to minimise downtime and support safe outcomes.
Use operator feedback and facetoface engagement to inform inspection focus areas and improve defect detection.
Proactively engage with planning and scheduling teams to prioritise the right work at the right time and optimise work sequencing for safety and efficient labour use.
Act as the key link between planners condition monitoring maintenance and shutdown teams to communicate current asset condition criticality and future priorities influencing weekly schedules and shutdown scopes.
Review postshutdown reports and contractor PRTs raise followup notifications and escalate recurring or chronic defects to engineering with recommendations to improve reliability and plant performance.
About you
A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
Extensive knowledge of high-pressure pumps industrial drive gearboxes and crushers
Solid understanding of SAP maintenance systems or similar
Excellent diagnostic fault-finding abilities
A current Western Australia C Class Drivers Licence
A Mechanical Fitter or Boilermaker Trade qualification.
What we offer
Berecognisedfor your contributionyourthinking 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 withannual incentive program
Comprehensive medical benefits includingsubsidisedprivate health insurance for employees and immediate family
Attractiveshareownershipplan
Companyprovidedinsurancecover
Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
Ongoing access tofamily-friendly health and medicalwellbeingsupport
Leave for all of lifes reasons (vacation/annual paid parental sick leave)
Exclusive employee discounts (banking accommodation cars retail and more)
Where youll be working
In the Pilbara region of Western Australia we own a world-class integrated network of 18 mines 4independent port terminals a rail network spanning nearly 2000 kilometres and related infrastructure all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the worlds leading producers and exporters of iron ore.
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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.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Rio Tinto is a leading global mining group that focuses on finding, mining and processing the Earth’s mineral resources. Discover more about Rio Tinto's mining operations today.