LAP Traineeship - Tailings & Water Operator
Rio Tinto
- 18 month fixed term contract
- Northern Operations
- 12 Hour day shifts only - lifestyle roster
We are looking for LAP (Local Aboriginal Persons) Trainee to join the Water and Tailings team as a water and Wastewater Operator. Your role will include maintaining monitoring and operating potable water and wastewater treatments.
Duties include:
· Operate potable water and wastewater treatment plants at Amrun, Andoom and Weipa Township
· Potable water and wastewater sampling and lab testing
· Maintenance of potable water and wastewater assets
· Routine plant maintenance (repair/service/calibration of plant equipment)
· Responding to plant/ equipment failures
· The ordering and restocking of chemicals and other plant consumables
· The monitoring of plant performance and optimisation of water treatment processes within set parameters/ guidelines
Successful applicants must be:
· Have Current Open Driver’s License.
· Have LAP status approval
· Be able to communicate effectively withing a team environment
· Be Physically fit and able to carry out tasks in the indoors.
· Be able to operate a computer and be proficient in word and be able to send and receive emails and communicate with suppliers
· Be enthusiastic and have a passion to work within a team
· Undertake vaccination requirements - (Hepatitis A & B, Tetanus)
Applications close 02 May 2025.
About Rio TintoRio 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 can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.
Every Voice MattersAt 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.
