Officer Isolation Shutdowns Paraburdoo

The perfect balance, our roster gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community
Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority
FIFO from Perth 8 days on, 6 days off

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

Rio Tintos Paraburdoo, shutdown team are seeking an experienced Officer Isolation to join them on a permanent basis. The roster is 8 days on, 6 days off FIFO from Perth only.

Reporting to the Superintendent Fixed Plant Shutdowns and working in a collaborative environment within a safety driven team that values inclusion will provide the isolation plans for fixed plant.

Working in this collaborative, challenging and exciting environment, your day-to-day remit will include but not be limited to:

Ensuring permits are prepared and remain compliant with our procedures throughout the permit to work process for weekly and shutdown works
Confirming that hazards and controls are clearly defined and signed off by authorised personnel
The preparation of work permits and assigning of isolation lists are specific to the scope of works required
Liaising with internal stakeholders to ensure the isolation of equipment is undertaken safely
Authorising the issue of Permits and Certificates
Drive continued improvements within the permitting & isolation space
Ensuring isolation procedures are maintained and updated as required in line with the isolation work practice
Supporting permit officers and permit administrators during the shutdowns including upskilling and coaching

What youll bring

A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
Previous experience working in a similar role and environment, remove as we are 2 years away from er permits electronic permitting experience is preferred
Exposure to hazard identification and management
An understanding of isolations, P&IDs, work permit processes, WHS requirements, legislation, and risk assessment processes
The ability to coordinate with multiple people across departments
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
Clear understanding of integrated management systems, word processing, presentations and spread sheets

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing youve helped the world progress.

A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water)
Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
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 lifes reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave, cultural leave) To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives at a time that suits them
Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, youll also have access to:

Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment
Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career.
Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.

Where youll be working

Located 80km south west of Tom Price, Paraburdoo is a town nestled in some of the most scenic landscape in Western Australia. Paraburdoo is recognised for its beautiful scenery, wildlife diversity and close proximity to Karijini National Park. Paraburdoo prides itself on being a safe and friendly community; ideal for young families.

The picturesque town provides residents with a range of leisure facilities and local amenities including a domestic airport, hospital, community centre, child care centre, primary school, parks and a variety of sporting facilities. The recently built Paraburdoo Sports, Fitness and Community Complex offers state of the art facilities including an Olympic-size swimming pool, indoor basketball court and gym.

Applications close on the 24th of January (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

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 cant do it on our own, so were focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice Matters
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.