• Job Description

  Req#: req89023

  Entry Level Production Operator– Tiwai

  • Great opportunity to gain skills for a new career, no previous experience required, full training and support provided
  • 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.
  • Join our friendly teams, who look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority

  Where we’re all welcome

  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 who we are.

  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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

  About the role

  We’re looking for people who reside in the Invercargill region to join our friendly teams as Production Operators. You’ll learn how to run routine and assigned tasks specific to smelting operations and how to support our operational teams to ensure the safe and sustainable production of aluminium through the operation of mobile and fixed plant equipment.

  You’ll be working at our NZAS refinery located at Tiwai Point, on a lifestyle friendly roster working 12-hour day/night shift (two-day, two‑night, and four-day off rotation), allowing you the opportunity to balance your work and other lifestyle commitments.

  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.

  Supported by your Leaders, Crew and Training Team, you will, with training:

  • Keep safety at front of mind in all tasks you undertake
  • Work as part of a team to meet shared goals across each shift
  • Operate machinery such as Cranes, Sweepers and Forklifts
  • Work on reduction lines; tapping metal, cell dressing, raising beams
  • Undertake furnace preparation, pit operations, production inspections and mobile equipment operation

  What you’ll bring

  • A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
  • Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset
  • Ability to communicate with your team and leaders
  • A willingness to learn new things
  • Ability to undertake physical work in a hot industrial environment
  • A New Zealand Class 1 Driver’s License or the desire to obtain with assistance from the company

  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 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
  • Company provided insurance cover
  • Attractive share ownership plan
  • 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)
  • 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

  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 and meet opportunities.

  Where you’ll be working

  Rio Tinto Aluminium – Pacific Operations. Rio Tinto is a global leader in aluminium, one of the world’s most widely used metals.

  Active in the sector for more than 110 years, today we operate large-scale, high-quality bauxite mines and alumina refineries, and have the world’s most modern and competitive aluminium smelter portfolio.

  Our Pacific Operations sites are located along the east coast of Australia, at the tip of the Northern Territory and in New Zealand’s south. With more than 6,000 employees, we operate a full value chain approach—mining, refining and smelting. Our portfolio includes four bauxite mines, two refineries, four smelters and one power station, and is supported by technical experts located in our Brisbane hub, including a fully operational Operations Centre for our bauxite mines https://tiwaistories.co.nz/

  Invercargill, New Zealand’s southernmost city is the commercial hub of Southland. The city is famous for its’ easy access to outdoor adventure—fly fishing, snow sports, rugged terrain, waterfalls and wildlife—with a balance of all the modern facilities you would expect from a thriving city, with well-regarded schools, child care, restaurants, creative and cultural experiences, shopping and sporting opportunities.

• About the company

  Rio Tinto Group is an Anglo-Australian multinational and the world's second largest metals and mining corporation, behind BHP, producing iron ore, copper, diamonds, gold and uranium.

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