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Contractor Management - Contract Owner

Employer
Rio Tinto
Location
Kitimat, BC, CA
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
May 20, 2022

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Category
Auxiliary & Support Staff
Work Term
Contract
Work Load
Full Time
Language
English

Job Details

Contractor Management - Contract Owner
  • Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
  • Grow your leadership skills within a key role at our newly modernized aluminum smelter
  • The role is based in Kitimat, Beautiful British Columbia, Canada

About the role

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

We are looking for a Contractor Management - Contract Owner, to manage the contractors who perform work at the Aluminum smelter site in Kitimat, BC. Contract Owner ensures that deliverables are met and in compliance with Rio Tinto standards and values. Contractor management at BC Works is strategic by the significant level of influence and management of change required to be successful across the site.

The role is a great opportunity for a dedicated and effective leader to increase their leadership capability in a world class operational environment.

Leading on the frontline is one of the most important jobs in our business and comes with a huge amount of responsibility. We need you to motivate, inspire and keep your people safe and well. With signature leadership training programmes, growing and developing is more than an opportunity it is something we actively plan and make happen. Every day our leaders grow, while our rosters are designed to help you live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family.

Reporting to the Contractor Management Coordinator and working a Monday to Friday schedule, you will be:
  • Working safely in accordance with Rio Tinto health, environmental, safety and community (HSEC) standards actively leading and engaging in promoting our "Zero harm" culture.
  • Ensuring contractors work in accordance with Rio Tinto HSEC standards and permits, and participating in contractor safety engagements such a training, site access, inductions, and pre-start meetings for mobilization, etc.
  • Responsible for the compliance, use and promotion of the approved RT contractor management tools and best practices to obtain maximum efficiency and contractor productivity.
  • Ensure all incidents and accidents are reported, investigated and corrective actions are implemented in a timely manner leading investigations and audits as required.
  • Manage and support the supplier identification and selection process based on the scope of work, risk assessment, and supply contract.
  • Confirm schedule, quote/cost, and finalization of scope of work with Contractor and ensuring end users understand.
  • Set up key performance indicators for deliverables and monitor contractor performance on HSE, cost, productivity, schedule, and quality.
  • Perform leadership in the field and attend Contractor pre-shift meetings and other meetings where necessary.

Note: No Fly-in-fly-out arrangements offered. Relocation assistance is provided.

What you'll bring
  • A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
  • A minimum of a high school diploma. A tertiary qualification in engineering, technology, trades, or related field will be considered an asset
  • A minimum of 5 years of related experience in an industrial or construction setting Supervisory and/or contractor management experience
  • Effective leadership skills: the ability to set direction, prioritize and achieve objectives, actively listen, and engage and motivate your team members.
  • Clear, concise, and tactful communication.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.).
  • Project Management training or Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) is an asset

What we offer

Part of a high performing and engaged team operating some of the best reduction technology in the world:
  • 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
  • Family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans
  • Attractive share ownership plan
  • Generous vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave benefits
  • 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 Aluminum 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 aluminum smelters, producing aluminum 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 Aluminum 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 29, 2022

(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
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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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