Specialist Engineer Electrical

Excited to grow your career?We value our talented workforce, and whenever possible strive to help our employees grow professionally. If you think this position is right for you, we encourage you to speak to your Leader and go ahead and apply!Our people make all the difference in our success.

• Global mining organisation with an exceptional safety culture

• Access to industry-leading technical development programmes

• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits

About the role  

We are looking for a Specialist Electrical Engineer to join the Fixed Plant Electrical Engineering team at our Perth Operations Centre to provide technical expertise to the wider business at Rio Tinto Iron Ore. 

This role is a great opportunity to shape and influence the way the business moves with the trialling of new technology, markets and equipment. Working 5 days on, 2 off roster and reporting to the Principal Electrical Engineer, you will: 

Key Accountabilities

• Work closely with Pilbara Asset Management and maintenance teams to drive improvement

• Provide technical support and identify replication opportunities

• Work closely with major and sustaining capital projects, providing technical assurance and governance.

• Own and maintain standards and whole of life strategies for LV/HV electrical equipment, including substations, switchgear, transformers, cables, motors, instrumentation..

• Initiate strategic programmes of work for business-wide benefit

• Coordinate and monitor support from key vendors

• Undertake root cause analysis on significant failures on electrical assets. 

What you’ll bring   

• Electrical Engineering Degree

• Manual C Class Drivers Licence

• Proven RCA and problem-solving techniques

• Minimum 6 years’ experience as an electrical engineer in the mining industry

• Experience across the asset life cycle, including design, specification, installation, commissioning, preventative and breakdown maintenance

• Current knowledge of WA industry standards, legal requirements and best practices

• Excellent networking and communication skills 

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Working knowledge of SAP and Powerfactory.

• Familiarity with Rio Tinto Iron Ore Engineering Standards

• Functional Safety Certification

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve 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 to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support

• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

• Possible domestic relocation assistance

Where you’ll be working 

Our integrated iron ore network is supported by our Operations Centre (OC) in Perth, a state-of-the-art facility that enables all the autonomous trucks, trains and drills at our mines, ports and rail systems to be operated from a single location.

The Centre incorporates visualisation and collaboration tools to provide real-time information across our demand chain and allows us to optimise our mining, maintenance and logistic activities across the Pilbara in a way never before possible. Located near the Perth domestic airport, the OC operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to coordinate our integrated network of mines, rail, and ports from 1,500km away.

Salary Band

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.