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Drill Operators- Fifo Various Sites

Rio Tinto Limited - Perth, WA

Mining, Oil & Gas

Source: uWorkin Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits.

Balanced Work-Life Rhythm: Our lifestyle-friendly roster provides a harmonious balance between career and home life ensuring you spend more time with your loved ones and doing the things outside of work, that matter most to you.

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., We are looking for a Drill Operator to join our Drill and Blast teams across various Pilbara mine sites, helping to drive productivity and achieve operational targets.

These roles are an excellent prospect for team-oriented and motivated individuals who thrive in a supportive and safety-driven environment. Achieve work-life balance with family-friendly rosters (8:6 or 8:6/7:7) that suit your ideal way of living.

Reporting To The Supervisor Of The Drill Team And Working In a Challenging And Exciting Environment As a Drill Operator, You Will

Adhere to all Rio Tinto standards, policies and procedures

Actively foster and communicate a positive safety culture to promote safety awareness and compliance, encouraging prioritisation of safety in all activities and operations

Foster a culture of continuous improvement by identifying,

evaluating and implementing improvement opportunities utilising a range of Rio Tinto best practices

Collaborate Closely With Other Functions And Stakeholders In The performance of duties

Operate open pit drill rigs and other equipment when required

Inspect equipment to ensure the correct working order and safety

Requirements Maintain a safe standard of drill laydown areas

Optimise consumable life and consumable life management

About The Employer Open pit drilling (Atlas Copco, PV275, Reedrill, SK-F, SK-F, Cubex QXR

1120, Sandvik DR540 drills)

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)

Where you'll be working In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Rio Tinto operates the world's largest integrated portfolio of iron ore assets with industry-leading margins. Our premium product suite, including our flagship Pilbara blend, drives strong customer relationships and is supported by technical and commercial marketing expertise. The iron ore business continues to be the world's largest autonomous truck operator and a proud leader in automated mining technologies.

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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 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.

Rio Tinto

About The Candidate Have a commitment to safety-prioritizing the wellbeing of yourself and your team.

Hold a valid Australian C Class manual driver's license or higher.

Possess a solid team mindset, with the ability to work safely and flexibly to meet business requirements.

Hold a Dangerous Good License.

Opportunity Type Rio Tinto Limited

Perth, WA

Mining, Oil & Gas

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