Diesel Fitters - Amrun & Andoom

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• Residential Role with full relocation provided and company subsidised housing: live in the beautiful coastal town of Weipa, Far North Queensland

• Embrace the adventure of a lifetime in Weipa, where your days off are filled with world-class fishing, boating, and breathtaking sunsets over pristine waters—an outdoor lifestyle like no other

• Lifestyle rosters provide the perfect balance, giving you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community

 About the role 

We are looking for experienced Diesel Fitters to join our safety focused and high performing Heavy Equipment Maintenance team based at either Andoom or our newest operation Amrun. Our modern, fully equipped workshop is well maintained to ensure you have the tools and environment needed to excel in your role. You’ll live in the idyllic coastal town of Weipa, with full relocation provided, working across our Northern or Southern Operations. 

You’ll maintain the site’s heavy mobile equipment and ancillary fleet to ensure this critical equipment is available to meet operational requirements. This role offers the opportunity to develop your troubleshooting skills through breakdown response and in-house repairs, providing varied and rewarding work. Offering a competitive salary, annual bonus, a wide range of benefits designed to make life better and with options to suit your lifestyle preference:

• At Andoom (Northern Operations) you’ll be home after each shift as you’ll be working a 4,5,5 day/night lifestyle roster

• At Amrun (Southern Operations) you’ll be working our new lifestyle roster; 7 days on, 7 days off, 7 nights on, 7 days offand you will stay at our newly built camp during shift and commute back to Weipa on days off, with an additional allowance to compensate time away from home. 

What you’ll bring 

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team  

• Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset

• A C class drivers’ license  

• Relevant HME Diesel Fitter qualification  

• Experience in a workshop environment

• The ability to communicate effectively within a team environment  

• The ability to be flexible within the role and adapt to a changing environment 

Where you’ll be working 

Our Weipa Operations includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, ship loaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals. Located on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, each year the operation produces more than 35 million tons of bauxite. 

Our operations are supported by a 1,900-strong workforce—including 26 per cent who are women and 25 per cent Indigenous employees. Activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, ports, cultural heritage management, and processing facility management. 

The development of our new mine, Amrun, which was completed in 2018, will extend the life of our Weipa bauxite operations by decades to come and significantly build on our 55-year history on the Western Cape. 

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Every Voice MattersAt 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.