Mechanical Tradesperson – Maintenance Support, Main Workshop

• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
• Balanced Work-Life Rhythm: Our lifestyle-friendly roster: Join our Day Work team (Monday to Friday or 9 Day Fortnight)
• Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority

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 qualified Mechanical Tradesperson with experience working as a Fitter Turner to join our Main Workshop at New Zealand’s Aluminium Smelter.

The Main Workshop is primarily accountable for providing maintenance and repair work within the machine and fabrication shops to support the wider NZAS site. The Workshop team includes a Supervisor, Repairable Spares Officer, Mechanical & Electrical Tradespersons and Apprentices.

Based at Tiwai, Invercargill and reporting to the Superintendent or Supervisor, this role offers an experienced Tradesperson the opportunity to join a close‑knit, high‑performing team, carrying out planned and breakdown maintenance and diagnostics across a wide range of equipment.

We require you to possess a high degree of flexibility and strong problem-solving skills to identify and conduct planned and unplanned repair and diagnostic work within production time constraints on a wide variety of equipment.

Tasks will include:

• Planned and reactive infrastructure maintenance
• Contractor supervision for Mechanical project work
• Apprentice mentoring
• Positive, caring attitude to fit into our team environment

About you

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Registered NZ Mechanical trade with a current practicing licence and previous industrial experience is highly regarded.
• Ability to mentor apprentices with care and enthusiasm.
• Current New Zealand or Australian Drivers Licence.

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave) including long service leave
• Access to transport between Invercargill and Tiwai.
• Competitive superannuation programme
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions

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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.