Heavy Duty Diesel Fitters – Mobile Equipment Maintenance – Residential

Our lifestyle rosters give you more time for what matters, family, community, and the freedom to explore our incredible outback.

Living close to our operations means embracing an adventurous lifestyle - red earth landscapes, ancient gorges, and coastal escapes.

Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits

Paraburdoo Residential opportunities only – Housing & Relocation support provided for you and your family.

About The Role Finding better ways™ to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for

Heavy Duty Diesel Fitters

to maintain mobile equipment maintenance fleet by performing scheduled and unscheduled maintenance tasks. This is a great prospect for a candidates who live residentially to Paraburdoo or Tom Price or is willing to relocate to live residentially.

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible. Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

Reporting to

Superintendent Maintenance Operations , and working in a collaborative community within Mobile Maintenance, you will

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





Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance tasks and repairs to a high standard to minimise downtime (e.g. rework)

Perform inspections on workshop tooling including stands, jacks and lifting equipment, and maintain workshop tooling where applicable e.g. platforms, jacks and stands

Perform auto electrical repairs where qualified to do so including air conditions repairs

Assist in the execution of shutdown maintenance

Actively work towards increasing equipment reliability as well as availability

Complete isolations and inspections to identify faults and raise quality notifications in SAP.

Report indications of defects as required

Complete quality handovers with oncoming crews and other maintenance teams as required

What You’ll Bring

A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

Computer skills and previous experience with SAP or similar

Sound knowledge of legislation and proactive maintenance principles

Diagnostic fault-finding abilities, plan, priorities work to meet deadlines

Experience maintaining HME equipment – tracks and/or tyres preferred Qualifications

Heavy Equipment or Diesel Mechanical Fitter or similar trade qualification

A Current Western Australian ‘C’ Class Driver's Licence (Manual) or higher

Current HVIA certificate, HLTCPR201A Perform CPR





Current Confined Space and Working at Heights certificate

High Risk Work Licences preferred – LF, WP

What We Offer

A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto

Full domestic relocation assistance provided, including company housing provided in all residential towns, with subsidised living expenses including rent and utilities

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

Extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options

Attractive share ownership plan

Assistance with boarding costs for students in primary, secondary or post-secondary education

Company provided insurance cover

Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

Leave for all of life’s 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

Where you’ll be working Located 80 kilometres southwest of Tom Price, Paraburdoo rests on the traditional lands of the Yinhawangka people. The town is surrounded by some of Western Australia’s most stunning landscapes and is renowned for its natural beauty, diverse wildlife, and close proximity to Karijini National Park.

Paraburdoo is a gateway to adventure and exploration, and the town is proud of its reputation as a safe, welcoming communi

📌 Heavy Duty Fitters (Paraburdoo)
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