Senior Automation/Control Systems

• Allow for an opportunity for the candidate to demonstrate their skills and abilities
• Foster a strong team working environment
• Allow for an opportunity for growth and development - Labrador City

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Advisor/Engineer - Control Systems and Automation to provide engineering and technical support to the operations and maintenance teams on an as needed basis. The team also provides calibration and predictive maintenance services to the maintenance/operations areas through the Instrumentation and Vibration crews. The Control Systems Engineer is an area-assigned role responsible for providing engineering services while considering safety, quality, cost, and production.

Reporting to the superintendent control systems you will:

• Engineer, plan, manage, and execute assigned projects by engaging key stakeholders, prioritizing tasks, and supporting the team to achieve goals.
• Prioritize and assign tasks to consultants as needed to meet project milestones and business objectives.
• Ensure compliance to IOC's safety standards including risk assessments, JHA's, safety tours, Take Five's, and Critical Risk Management. Demonstrate leadership in IOC's change management process to ensure that all changes are accurately documented and carried out safely.
• Provide mentorship to engineers-in-training, technologists, and/or work term students.
• Develop and execute professional development plans required to meet business needs and professional requirements (leadership, operational and/or maintenance competencies, etc.)
• Improving and upgrading existing control systems assets (PLC, DCS, VFD, etc.) and applying complex problem-solving techniques
• Commissioning and ramp up of plant equipment and systems, including approving commissioning plans, providing troubleshooting support, and approving pre-acceptance documents
• Providing troubleshooting support and services to the operating areas as required to return equipment to service in a safe and efficient manner

What you will need for this role

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• University degree in Automation or Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Project Management ability
• Minimum 10-15 years relevant experience in Control Systems (preferably Rockwell, Schneider, and Foxboro)

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.