Technician Electrical

Technician Electrical – Yarwun Refinery

• Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual Incentives and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better

• 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

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

2026 has seen a lot of changes and growth. We now have a permanent position for an experienced HV Electrician, to join our Maintenance Utilities team at Yarwun, Gladstone. 

Living in Gladstone offers the perfect balance combining all of the services and facilities that you expect from a city with a relaxed coastal lifestyle - incredible beaches, easy access to visit world class reefs and national parks.

• Supported in the role, you will undertake a variety of tasks, including;
• Testing and maintaining HV/LV protection systems / schemes.
• Testing and maintaining HV/LV substation secondary systems and primary plant.
• Testing and maintaining Power and Distribution transformers.
• Testing and Maintaining Power Generation Systems.
• Competent in the preparation of testing documentation and protection test plans.
• Experience using the OMICRON suite of test equipment.
• Experience using SAP 

About you

• Must hold a QLD Electrical Licence (Fitter and Mechanic) or Equivalent
• Engineering degree or Diploma would be highly regarded but not a pre-requisite
• HV Switching Experience

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
• Permanent career opportunity
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• 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)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

Where you’ll be working

With production beginning in 2004 at our Yarwun Refinery, located approximately 10 kilometres north-west of Gladstone in Central Queensland, today the operation produces more than three million tonnes of alumina per year.

Around 700 people support the operation, with an additional 350 contractors on site each year as part of scheduled maintenance shutdown activities. Thanks to its ‘Industry 4.0’ focus, Yarwun is also a leader in trialling new technologies to improve operations on site, including 3D printing, robotics and drones in confined spaces, and is home to Rio Tinto’s innovative Queensland Research and Development Centre (QRDC).

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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 LGBTQ+ 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.