Engineer Mechanical

• Opportunity to drive safety, productivity and cost improvements
• Utilise your technical expertise in fixed plant maintenance and reliability in this diverse role providing technical support across departments
• FIFO from Perth or residential options are also available on 8 days on, 6 days  off roster

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future.  Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role

We are looking for a Maintenance Engineer – Fixed Plant to join our Planning and Engineering team at Dampier. In this dynamic role, you will provide maintenance, breakdown and shutdown support as well as technical assistance and advice on the effectiveness of maintenance practices, tactics and processes.

Reporting to the Engineering Superintendent, you will: 

• Adhere to all Rio Tinto health and safety standards, policies and procedures and report any safety hazards and risks to the appropriate channels
• Provide technical advice to Fixed Plant Maintenance and Operations teams
• Provide technical support to maintenance teams for a variety of physical assets, including assisting in planning, prioritisation, provision of technical support for general maintenance work and emergent work (e.g., breakdowns and shutdowns)
• Participate in reliability facilitated assets tactics development, identify asset tactics that require review / improvement and support implementation of strategy for executing asset tactics and maintenance strategies
• Lead improvement projects centred around maintainability and provide input on design projects
• Develop and implement containment actions from asset health function as required - e.g. work management, systems and processes

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have: 

• A Current Western Australian ‘C’ Class Driver's Licence (Manual)
• A Bachelor of Engineering in relevant discipline or other relevant technical field experience
• Ability to work collaboratively in small teams or independently and demonstrate adaptability 
• Have the ability to provide practical solutions for complex problems
• Demonstrated mechanical experience within a maintenance engineering or reliability engineering role within a mining or industrial environment
• Experience in equipment failure investigation using root cause analyses techniques
• Demonstrated project management skills with experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously, including project scoping, planning, execution, quality assurance and contractor management
• Demonstrate understanding of budget preparation, asset criticality, cost drivers, asset risk, asset performance and asset life cycles
• Demonstrated knowledge of SAP or equivalent CMMS

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100%, we still want to hear from you. 

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

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own a world-class, integrated network of 18 mines, 4 independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

Applications close on 9th of April 2026 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date). #gts

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 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.