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About The Role New Zealand's Aluminium Smelter (NZAS) is looking for a trade-qualified Electrical Tradesperson to join our Maintenance Support team. The successful candidate will join our Day Shift Roster team which consists of either a Monday to Friday or a 9 day fortnight pattern.
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 our Crew Leaders and Superintendents , you'll join our close-knit, proud and hardworking teams following a structured process to optimise preventative maintenance tactics and minimise overall business costs, identifying and conducting planned and unplanned repair and diagnostic work within production time constraints on a wide variety of equipment.
Your unwavering commitment to the safety of yourself and your team will see you promote and identify HSE opportunities to improve equipment, processes and behaviours. You will have the opportunity to utilise your strong problem-solving skills to add value through identifying and implementing improvement initiatives and applying robust defect elimination practices.
Responsibilities Identify and conduct planned and unplanned repair and diagnostic work within production time constraints on a wide variety of equipment.
Promote and identify HSE opportunities to improve equipment, processes and behaviours.
Add value through identifying and implementing improvement initiatives and applying robust defect elimination practices.
Manage your workload and act as a point of contact on jobs.
Continue to develop and improve how you work.
What You'll Bring You'll have excellent communication skills and demonstrated experience in both autonomous and team-based work. Your curious mind will have you self-motivated, with the desire to learn and demonstrate an unwavering commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
Minimum Requirements NZ Electrical registration and a current practising licence.
A high degree of flexibility and strong problem-solving skills to identify and conduct planned and unplanned repair and diagnostic work.
Demonstrated commitment to safety and continuous improvement.
What We Offer Well-equipped workshop.
Training and development – we upskill you.
Relocation assistance.
A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive program.
Attractive share ownership plan.
Comprehensive medical assistance scheme.
Competitive superannuation programme.
Mobile phone allowance.
Free bus services from the city to Tiwai Point.
Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave) including long service leave.
Access to transport assistance between Invercargill and Tiwai.
Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions.
Where you'll be working Based at Tiwai Point in New Zealand's south, NZAS makes aluminium with one of the lowest carbon footprints in the world, and it is the only aluminium smelter to produce ultra-high purity metal using renewable hydroelectricity.
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.
Every Voice Matters At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.
Seniority level Not Applicable
Employment type Full-time
Job function Management and Manufacturing
Industries Mining and Oil and Gas
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