Rio Tinto Looking for Maintenance Planner at Kitimat, BC Full Time

Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion

Join an Asset Management team, where you will grow your expertise in our newly modernized aluminum smelter

Permanent, full-time role, based in Kitimat, BC

About the role

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

We are looking for a Maintenance Planner to ensure all weekly maintenance activities are planned and scheduled to ensure the efficiency of the maintenance crew and the reliability of the equipment in their assigned area. The key success to this position will be the applicant’s ability to manage multiple resources/requests, exercise sound decision-making and deliver planned work to the committed timeframes.

This role is a great opportunity for an organized and curious individual to progress their career in a large-scale operational environment.

We are an open, connected international team of technical specialists using some of the most exciting data and tools on the planet. We are the world leader in automation and smart mining. We have technical development programs that are industry-leading and recognize the unique nature of your role. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills.

Reporting to the Maintenance Planning Team Lead and working a Monday to Friday schedule, you will be:

Working safely in accordance with Rio Tinto safety standards – actively leading, and engaging in safety initiatives promoting our “Zero harm” safety culture

Improving productivity of people, equipment, and work quality by eliminating potential delays and obstacles to efficient work execution

Responsible for maintenance work by producing weekly maintenance plans, which are practical, with all the resources identified with accurate estimates and all necessary materials

Ensuring safety needs are given a top priority in work planning

Providing KPI data showing maintenance performance to various departments

Recommending system and design changes to improve the processes

Leading follow-up meetings to capture learnings from the workforce to capture improvements in plant and procedures

Applying shutdown management best practices

Scheduling shipping of repairable items and track them until they return to site

Tracking long lead time parts orders

Note: Fly-in-fly-out arrangements are not offered. Relocation assistance is provided.

What you’ll bring

A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

Tertiary qualification in engineering, technology and/or trade in a related field.

A minimum of 5 years of experience in a mining/manufacturing maintenance setting, preferably in Maintenance Planning or Scheduling

Experience with prioritization and execution of maintenance work management processes

Experience using a CMMS system, preferably SAP

Adaptable, collaborative, and able to communicate well with others

A valid driver’s license

Maintenance Planning Professional designation is an asset

Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma training is an asset

What we offer

Be recognized 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

Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions

A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program

Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans

Attractive share ownership plan

Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

Exclusive employee discounts

Domestic relocation assistance

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

Rio Tinto’s BC Works is a part of the Atlantic Operations of the Aluminium product group and has been operating in British Columbia for over 65 years. With industry leading new technology and four generations of employee expertise, as well as our hydropower facility at Kemano and the Nechako Reservoir, the Kitimat smelter is one of the world’s most competitive aluminium smelters, producing aluminium with one of the lowest carbon footprints in the industry.

Rio Tinto is proud to operate in BC alongside our 1,000 employees, partners, community stakeholders and First Nations, and we look forward to the next 60 years.

To learn more about our Aluminium Operations, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=25&v=CTp1jkRKeBI

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA2 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.

Applications close: December 19, 2021

(Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)