Technician Equipment Reliability

Technician Equipment Reliability - Electrical

• Join a leading global company
• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Tiwai Point, New Zealand

About the role

We are looking for an Electrical Technician Equipment Reliability (TER) with an electrical focus to identify opportunities to extend equipment component life and prevent early life failure.

This role is a great opportunity for a passionate and self-motivated electrical specialist who has exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills. You will support our Reduction maintenance team working in a flexible, fast-paced and improvement focused environment. 

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.

Reporting to the Superintendent Reduction Maintenance and working in a challenging and exciting environment, you will be:

• Providing support and structure to defect elimination efforts liaising with the planned and reactive maintenance leadership team and team member.
• Analysing scheduled maintenance data to identify opportunities to extend component life and prevent early life failure. Facilitate Root Cause Problem Solving to review repeat instances of detecting abnormal component deterioration.
• Supporting the delivery of PMO activities to ensure the chosen tactic delivers an optimum labour, materials, and business impact. Update relevant documentation for standardisation of maintenance master data and critical practices e.g. CBPs, SPLs, drawings, BOMs, Critical Maintenance Tasks.
• Keeping abreast of defect elimination practices and liaise with similar roles in across Rio Tinto including our other smelters at BSL and Bell Bay.
• Assisting in the long-term planning both ACRA and Capital, working with procurement on CEA's, Tenders and contract delivery.

What you will bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Electrical Trade or relevant Engineering qualification 
• Experience in PLC programming and Variable Speed Drives
• Exceptional problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated experiencing identifying and leading continuous improvement initiatives
• Experience with SAP business systems as applied to maintenance
• High computer literacy
• Experience in contractor management including HSE, work scope and commercial
• High level of written and verbal communication skills. 

What we offer

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP)
• Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
• Excellent retirement plan
• A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays)
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

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 can't do it on our own, so we're 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.