Train Driver
- Key residential role to contribute to our railway operations
- Lifestyle roster – 4, 5, 5 and 12 hour shifts
- Rich in natural beauty and cultural heritage – Weipa
About the role
All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.
We are looking for an experienced Driver to perform locomotive activities to support our 24/7 operational requirements. You will play a key role in the safe transportation of bauxite, 20 kilometres to and from our Andoom mine and Lorim Point unload facility.
You are a positive and self-motivated individual, who thrives in a team environment but is also comfortable working alone. In this residential role, working a 4,5,5 roster, and reporting to the Supervisor Railway you will be:
- Operating a JT42C locomotive and GL class C30-mmi
- Performing basic maintenance on equipment including pre-start checks, refueling, lube fill, inspections, rake changes, shunting and other general ground duties
- Ensuring all work is undertaken in accordance with Rio Tinto’s operating procedures
What you’ll bring
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- Cert III in transport and logistics (rail operations)
- Current and valid drivers license
- Proven train driving experience
- Commitment to safety systems and experience participating in safety programs
Highly Regarded:
- Forklift ticket
What we offer
- 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 (annual, paid parental, sick leave)
- Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
- Domestic relocation assistance
- Remote area allowance
- Remote area holiday travel assistance
About Rio Tinto
Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.
For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.
Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe.
Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.
Where you’ll be working
Our Weipa Operations includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, ship loaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals. Located on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, each year the operation produces more than 35 million tonnes of bauxite.
Our operations are supported by a 1,900-strong workforce—including 26 per cent who are women and 25 per cent Indigenous employees. Activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, ports, cultural heritage management, and processing facility management.
The development of our new mine, Amrun, which was completed in 2018, will extend the life of our Weipa bauxite operations by decades to come and significantly build on our 55-year history on the Western Cape.
Every Voice Matters
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.
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.