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Instrumentation & Control Technician / Instrument Mechanic (Temporary)

Employer
Rio Tinto
Location
Kitimat, BC, CA
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
May 26, 2021

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Category
Maintenance/Mechanical, Technicians
Work Term
Temporary
Work Load
Full Time
Language
English

Job Details

Instrumentation & Control Technician / Instrument Mechanic (Temporary)

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

· Grow your technical capabilities in a global mining organization

· Estimated term duration of 6 months

· Based in Kitimat, BC a beautiful coastal community with many year-round activities

About the role

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

We are looking for Temporary Instrumentation & Control Technician to perform the installation, maintenance, repair, calibration and programming of measurement and control instruments that are used at the aluminum smelter in Kitimat, BC.

**Scheduling is based on relief needs and can vary based on assignment. Working hours can include 12 hour shifts, nights, and weekends.

This role is a great opportunity for a safety-oriented and skilled individual to grow their career in a large-scale industrial environment. The temporary employee will have the opportunity to apply for vacant permanent Instrument Mechanic positions as they become available.

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible. 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 the Automation Team Lead, and working within our Smelter Asset Management team, you will be:
  • Working safely in accordance with Rio Tinto safety standards actively engaging in safety initiatives promoting our "Zero harm" safety culture. Including lock-out/tag-out and isolation procedures;
  • Installing, repairing, maintaining, replacing, calibrating, programing and servicing process monitoring and/or control instruments including indicators, recording devices, control loops and computers.;
  • Using power and hand equipment, often performing work at heights which require climbing and the use of safety equipment i.e., harness, lanyard, SRL's, man-lifts, scissor-lifts
  • Utilizing SAP to enter work completion records, and preparation, ordering, and retrieval of parts lists.
  • Keeping your work area safe, clean and well maintained. Taking timely action to correct unsafe work conditions in your work area;
  • Maintaining a continuous improvement focus by developing and participating in implementation of appropriate solutions to eliminate the issues/problems identified in the work area;
  • Working effectively as an individual and within a team, including communicating respectfully to all team members and stakeholders

Please note: Fly-in-fly-out arrangements are not available. Relocation assistance is not provided for this role.

What you'll bring
  • A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team;
  • Interprovincial Red Seal Instrumentation & Control Technician qualification;
  • High school diploma or GED;
  • Experience performing instrumentation maintenance;
  • Proven troubleshooting skills;
  • Valid BC Driver's License (minimum of Class 7);
  • Willing to work varying shift schedules as assigned, including rotating 12 hour shifts (rosters include both days, nights, and weekends);
  • A commitment to Rio Tinto core values, including Safety, Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, and Excellence.

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
  • A safety-focused and inclusive work environment
  • Career development to further your ambitions
  • Competitive salary package
  • Ongoing individual well-being support
  • Exciting multicultural working environment

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: May 25, 2021

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

Company

We are curious and creative, ingenious and hard-working. We are pioneers – exploring the boundaries of everything we do. The materials we produce are essential to human progress, and we see that progress driven by our people. Working at Rio Tinto means touching people’s lives: from exploring new materials to finding ways to tackle climate change. 

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. And 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. 

Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

Company info
Website
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Rio Tinto
Telephone
+44 20 7781 2000
Location
6 St James's Square
London
London
SW1Y 4AD
Australia

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