Process Operator

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Your contribution will enable our operation to maximize productivity and effectiveness
• Full-time role, based in Edmonton, AB

About the role

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

We are looking for a Process Operator to contribute to the success of a safe and efficient calciner operation. The Process Operator oversees and manages the full production process of the Calciner. This includes monitoring equipment to ensure the quality, efficiency and safety of the plant.

This role is a great entry-level opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to work safely and intelligently and building on their existing industrial experience and equipment operation skills. This role is typical to a 4 year or less progression depending on experience and learning capacity fully trained operators will rotate between yard and board operator duties. The role has several physically demanding activities; this requires a reasonable level of personal fitness.

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. 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 Operations Supervisor and working a rotating 12-hour shift roster (combination of days/nights/weekends), you will be:

• Actively engaging in safety initiatives promoting the "Zero Harm" safety culture
• Responding to non-routine or emergency conditions, and initiating emergency response plans according to protocols
• Operating large wheel loaders, rail equipment, small mobile equipment (forklift, skid steer)
• Unloading and loading rail cars of raw and outbound finished product effectively planning and executing workflow of rail traffic on site
• Performing process plant inspections. Reporting on health status of the process/abnormalities and taking action to maintain process stability.
• Maintaining detailed reports of operations by updating logbooks
• Supporting maintenance activities such as servicing mobile and/or stationary equipment
• Keeping work area and equipment clean
• Working effectively both individually and as part of a team
• Respectful and effective communication

What you'll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team;
• High school diploma or GED
• Valid standard provincial driver's license
• Good mechanical aptitude and equipment troubleshooting abilities
• Basic math skills and the ability to compute decimals and percentages
• Ability to lift, use tools, shovel, sweep, load & unload, and lift up to 50 lb.
• Ability to work rotating shifts (both days and nights), willingness to be flexible with varying work schedule
• Prior work experience working in an industrial and/or manufacturing and/or construction setting (safety-sensitive)
• Interpersonal communication skills, good attitude, and team player
• Ability to pass specialized safety training, and mobile equipment operator certifications

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Journeyman status in a mechanical trade
• Experience with Lean Six Sigma
• Industrial Railways Operating (IROR) certification

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 Strathcona Production Plant is a part of the Atlantic Operations of the Aluminium product group.

Our Alberta facility is focused on results and for 40 years we have been playing a part of the global aluminum industry. This facility is responsible for turning byproduct from oil refineries into key ingredients for one of our widely used metals. High quality green petroleum coke (GPC) is purchased from our partners and turned it into anode grade calcined coke for use in the aluminum smelting process.

Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. This inland city offers a lot of exciting year-round activities and events indoor and outdoor. From prime shopping, to farmer's markets, skiing, and arts & culture.

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 16, 2021

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