Warehouse Officer

• Aluminium or mining industry experience not necessary – this is the perfect role for people with the right skills to grow and learn
• A permanent role where your safety, career development and success are our priority
• Day work roster with a supportive leader open to school hours and other flexible work options

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

This role will interface with a variety of site customers and external vendors to ensure an efficient receipting, storage and distribution of parts and materials at Boyne Smelters Limited. You will work as part of a fantastic small team who are honest and transparent and have a great working relationship (they also like to have fun at the same time!). Reporting to the Crew Leader-Warehouse, and working a day work roster, some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Incoming/ Outgoing goods processing
• Truck unloading
• Problem solving
• Stocktaking
• Customer Service

What you’ll bring:

• The successful applicant with be self-motivated and a problem solver
• You will have demonstrated ability to function effectively as part of a team and bring a positive attitude to working with others
• You will have strong ability to clearly communicate with team members and stakeholders
• You will need high computer literacy with the ability to demonstrate accuracy with data entry
• You will have a willingness to learn and enthusiasm to develop new skills as required

While not mandatory, it will also be beneficial if you have:

• Previous warehouse experience
• SAP experience
• Forklift ticket, electric forklift experience

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 permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• 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
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

For this role, we also offer flexible work arrangements as we understand traditional options might not work for everyone, and we want to work together to find what works best for you.

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with
a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world and explore the universe.
Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Where you’ll be working

Boyne Smelters Limited is Australia’s second largest aluminium smelter with a 1,000-person strong workforce. Located approximately 20km south east of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast, BSL produces around 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum.

Activities at BSL include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten material into aluminium products ready to ship. The smelter is connected via a conveyor belt to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for the supply of alumina.

BSL is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring safe work practices where people feel safe at work and care for each other.

Diversity and inclusion

At Rio Tinto, we want you to be you. We want everyone, everywhere, to feel their voice is heard and respected and we’re committed to fostering a culture where individual differences—whatever they may be—are appreciated and valued. It’s what makes us safer, more productive, improves our decision-making, and helps us to create better relationships with our communities.

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Applications close Sunday 24th July.