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Superintendent Technical services Electrical & Instrumentation

Employer
Rio Tinto
Location
Labrador City, NL, CA
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Jun 24, 2021

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Category
Supervisory, Technicians, Trade & Skilled
Work Term
Permanent
Work Load
Full Time
Language
English

Job Details

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Superintendent Technical services Electrical & Instrumentation
  • Key role in a global and innovative mining organization
  • Join a global network and diverse team where people are encouraged to offer unique perspectives and build knowledge and connections
  • The role based in Labrador City

About the role

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

We are looking for a Superintendent Technical services - Electrical & Instrumentation, to lead a small team to assist with providing technical engineering leadership to maintain, develop and implement technical standards, tools and systems. Role will be responsible to evaluate technical project options to determine efficiency and cost effectiveness. The Superintendent Discipline Engineer is a professional role making project contribution through applying technical/professional knowledge to solve complex problems and recommend solutions. Role occasionally contributes to process improvements.

Reporting to the Manager Technical Services, you will be responsible for:
  • Assesses feasibility and soundness of proposed engineering solutions, equipment, or processes.
  • Improves and upgrades existing assets and applies complex problem-solving techniques.
  • Contributes to successful project scoping and development by participating in the resolution of issues such as conflicting design requirements, unsuitability of standard materials, and complex coordination requirements.
  • Coordinates planning, organization, and implementation of engineering projects within constraints of specific objectives, budget, resources and target dates.
  • Coordinates project activities with other operating, engineering units and stakeholders to facilitate participation of appropriate staff in project completion.
  • Coordinates implementation of design engineering solutions.
  • Reviews project-related documentation for accuracy and relevancy.
  • Assists in determining project objectives to contribute to the development of a comprehensive project design.
  • Outlines project requirements, assigns tasks, and supervises progress to ensure that objectives are being met.
  • Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends solutions/best practices.
  • Holds a key understanding of the project lifecycle, facility lifecycle and the engineering process.
  • Coordinates engineering activities for the defined area of responsibility for the full project life cycle.
  • Ensuring compliance with standardized project processes, systems and tools across projects

It would be beneficial if you also had:

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
  • 15-20 years relevant experience in engineering and/or maintenance
  • Registration as Professional Engineer (PEGNL and/or OIQ) or eligibility for registration

The following additional skills will be considered as key asset to the role:
  • Expertise in iron ore processing and/or port and/or railway infrastructures
  • Experience in automation
  • Experience in operational areas
  • Bilingual (English, French)
  • Expertise in MS Suite
  • Expertise in Primavera P6
  • Expertise in SAP

An Asset
  • Bilingual French and English
  • Expertise in Primavera P6


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.
  • 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.
  • Exclusive employee discounts.

Where you will be working

We are a leading North American producer and exporter of premium iron ore pellets and high-grade concentrate with average iron grades greater than 66%. With a team of over 2,400 employees, IOC is committed to providing value and continuity for our customers, employees, communities and shareholders through our unique mine to port approach, taking advantage of our full integration and wholly owned infrastructure to deliver our high-quality concentrate and pellets to our customers across the globe.

IOC's operations include a mine with five operational pits, a concentrator and a pelletizing plant located near Labrador City in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. We also operate a wholly-owned 418 km railway, the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway (QNS&L), that links our Labrador operations to Company-owned port facilities in Sept-Iles.

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.

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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