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Summer Student - Business Support

Employer
Rio Tinto
Location
Yellowknife, NT, CAN
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Jul 24, 2022

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Category
Auxiliary & Support Staff
Work Term
Student/Graduate
Work Load
Full Time
Language
English

Job Details

Student, Document Control/Business Support
  • Work with an exceptional team of operations and maintenance personnel across the mine site
  • Be part of a team focused on growing employee morale and that helps to confirm Diavik as an employer and partner of choice
  • An opportunity to join a team focused on implementing continuous improvement initiatives

About the role

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

We are offering an opportunity for candidates to apply on the new role Student, Business Support. The overarching goal of this role is to provide document control and administrative support to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of the business unit.

Located at the Lac de Gras Mine site, you will be working a two (2) week on two (2) week off rotation whilst Covid restrictions are in place in the NWT, and will report to the Supervisor, Personnel Logistics & CMX.

Working collaboratively with all operational and functional departments, you will be responsible for:
  • Support with maintaining the DDMI site operations document control system through review of documents for record retention or disposal in preparation for Closure.
  • Scan documents as required and electronic file.
  • Log electronic file into network.
  • Perform quality assurance for controlled documents, such as correct document number, revision and title
  • Track received documentation such as standards, reports, specifications, drawings, final As-Built etc in electronic and hard copy versions;
  • Provide administrative support to Diavik Operations
  • Develop and distribute ad hoc communications, e.g., presentations, posters, etc and ensure communication boards are updated and accurate
  • Coordinate meetings, and workshops including scheduling meetings, inviting participants, publishing the agenda, and taking minutes
  • Enter, generate, and maintain data into business systems as required.
  • Performs other duties or related tasks and projects as required.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
  • Strong safety mindset;
  • Ability to work under pressure, determine priorities and produce high quality results;
  • Ability to perform work with a high degree of accuracy while handling multiple projects simultaneously;
  • Strong computer skills, including advanced MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams.)

Northern residency and experience working in a cross-cultural environment, coupled with knowledge of the unique challenges and opportunities presented to those living in the North, are assets. Hiring priority will be given to qualified applicants who are beneficiaries of the DDMI Participation Agreement Groups and to qualified applicants residing in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Territories. Members must clearly identify their status on the online job application and resume if they wish to receive priority consideration.

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 to further your technical or leadership ambitions
  • A competitive compensation
  • 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)

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

Located in the Northwest Territories of Canada, the Diavik Diamond Mine is a producer of gem-quality diamonds. At Diavik, a strong focus is placed on protecting the local environment, as well as supporting communities through employment and education.

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.

Closing Date: June 30th, 2022

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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