Superintendent Electrical Engineering

at  RIO Tinto

SUPERINTENDENT ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING - YARWUN

• Gain invaluable experience across a diverse array of electrical equipment & projects
• Benefit from a balanced work-life schedule with a 9-day fortnight

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Superintendent Electrical Engineering to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in supporting and assisting the implementation of asset management programs, projects, and various work engagements. Your expertise will be essential in ensuring the successful execution of the discipline engineering framework, with a strong focus on safety, cost-effectiveness, and reliability.
As a crucial member of the Engineering team, you will be providing engineering support to a key area of the Yarwun Alumina Refinery. This will give you the opportunity to work across a highly complex area consisting of many different elements of electrical engineering including VSD’s, motor control centres, instrumentation, control system, auxiliary equipment and improvement projects for the area. Our diverse team works collaboratively across the whole Refinery and supporting to ensure optimal support for stakeholders. There is exposure to all areas of plant including our 180MW Gas Turbine, 33kV & 6.6kV networks, 40 substations, 2000 LV motors & 15000 instruments.

Reporting to the Manager Engineering and working a 9-day fortnight, you will:

• Lead a team of technical and professional roles which contribute to the identification and deployment of asset management optimisation and reliability improvements. Support and deploy effective asset management plans and objectives
• Maximising the value of assets by either ensuring optimal operational management or driving returns from the asset portfolio through activities such as modelling and forecasting, and lifecycle management.
• Systematically improving the performance of assets and the asset management, through analysing performance data and identifying initiatives to deliver greater value related to investments, costs and disposals.
• Efficient and effective application of our asset management strategy and business plans to deliver safe people outcomes and sustainable physical assets
• Provide support to the organisation and design of an effective asset management function aligning people, processes, systems, technology, measures and benchmarks.
• Contribute to the development of specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely business goals to meet the asset management organisational strategy and operational plan.
• Implement improvement discipline engineering solutions and strategies to ensure sustainable business goal performance and risk management
• Monitor and reviews asset management process and performance, including asset health and risk.
• Collaborate with Business Unit and Sites to share learnings / support replication opportunities.
• Provide technical discipline support to projects and operations / maintenance functions
• Implement and comply to Group discipline specific engineering standards/performance standards and associated assurance
• Collaborate closely with other functions in the performance of duties.
• Provide expert technical assurance advice and engineering support for the management and operation of electrical infrastructure.
• Stay updated with the advancements in electrical engineering and incorporate industry best practices.