Electrical Engineer

Opportunity to continue to grow your career within a team of highly qualified international experts

Put your stamp on a new greenfield project with a strong digital and automation focus

Be part of a diverse, agile and talented team of experts with an active caring culture and strong teamwork

This role is based in Belgrade. Local Serbian Contract.

About the role

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

We are looking for an Electrical Engineer, who will be responsible for providing technical electrical engineering support to surface, underground and Jadar Project teams.

Reporting to the Asset Management Lead, you be responsible for: 

• Leading the technical operations and maintenance requirements of the plant control systems
• Engaging contractors and consults to execute complex engineering tasks
• Overseeing and developing effective risk management plans to ensure electrical assets are operated and maintained effectively
• Ensuring compliance with relevant electrical statutory and legislative requirements by drawing on own knowledge of all regulations, codes and standards applicable to fixed/classified electrical plant
• Providing engineering support to surface, underground and project stakeholders
• Initiating and leading equipment failure investigations and manages risk mitigation actions
• Initiating and leading equipment failure investigations and manages risk mitigation actions
• Refining the maintenance program with demonstrated improvements
• Developing and maintaining effective networks and collaborative relationships within the broader Rio Tinto group to achieve best practice
• Overseeing and developing maintenance plans for proposed mining and processing operations to increase the reliability and reduce long term cost for future operations
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What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering
• High level of skills in electrical engineering project execution.
• Experience and understanding of contractor and consultant management, including EPCMs.
• Experience in fault finding, including control system and system protection.
• Experience in mining with an emphasis on the electrical engineering discipline
• Experience in power systems up to 115,000 voltages.
• Where you will be working

The Jadar Project is a world-class lithium borate deposit discovered by Rio Tinto in 2004. It is a unique deposit near the town of Loznica, Serbia, containing jadarite - a new lithium sodium borosilicate mineral. Jadar is the only place in the world where this mineral can be found. Incidentally, jadarite has a similar chemical composition to the fictional kryptonite of superman fame. Jadar has been ranked as one of the most significant lithium deposits in the world and if developed, has the potential to supply a substantial amount of the global demand for lithium and boric acid.

Jadar is a combined mine and mineral processing greenfield project. When developed, Jadar will be a modern underground mine with an efficient processing plant and sustainable waste facilities.

What we offer

Here is just a glimpse of our industry-leading rewards package:

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
• Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
• Excellent retirement plan
• A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays)
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

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. 

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.

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 We 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.

We are seeking to increase the diversity across our operations in order to improve equal opportunity outcomes for our employees and encourage female applicants to apply.