Production Planner - Casting Dept.

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Make an impact in this key role where you will contribute towards production optimization within a multi-faceted team
• This role is based in beautiful, Kitimat, BC

About the role

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

We are looking for a Production Planner to ensure the optimal management of our Casting department's production and shipment operations, through coordination of production, shipping, and inventory of Rio Tinto Atlantic and related stakeholders. The Production Planner is the main link between the Casting operation team and the Sales and Marketing team and will be responsible for production planning, order management, and establishing the production forecast via Casthouse performance evaluation.

This role is a great opportunity for a self-driven leader, with aluminum processing experience, to grow their career in a role where they can make an impact.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry's best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Central Planner & Cold Metal Outbound Team Leader 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
• Establishing the production plan and tracking production performance for sheet slab, small ingot and sow
• Coordinating with the plant production team and planning supervisor
• Coordinating shipping needs with carriers and with Operations, Planning and Commercial stakeholders
• Solving problems of moderate complexity within your area of activity, considering the global business context
• Interacting regularly with internal and/or external clients to ensure technical and quality requirements are met
• Managing metal inventory to meet targets, including scrap management
• Frequently interacting with customers to ensure Rio Tinto product meets on-time delivery and to identify potential improvement opportunities
• Acting as the main liaison with external customers, Montreal Sales and Marketing office regarding sales plan & production forecast

What you'll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical or industrial engineering or other related training in production optimization and/or any other relevant planning experience
• At least 3 years of experience in an industrial environment
• Demonstrated aptitude for planning and tracking of production performances
• Good understanding of the business improvement process
• Ability to transfer knowledge easily
• Coordination/planning expertise, analytical abilities, and a sense of interpretation (diagnostics)

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Industrial experience with aluminum casting processes
• Intermediate level of French
• Knowledge of SAP

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: May 18, 2022

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