Mechanical Engineer - Mobile Fleet Maintenance

Rio Tinto
Kitimat, BC, CA
Competitive
Oct 20, 2021
Nov 09, 2021
861414583
Permanent
Full Time
English
Mechanical Engineer Mobile Fleet Maintenance
  • Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
  • Expand and develop your technical expertise in our newly modernized aluminum smelter
  • Based in beautiful, Kitimat, BC

About the role

We are looking for aMechanical Engineer to join our Asset Management team, where they will be responsible for preparing and executing the mobile fleet strategy for the entire Smelter while collaborating with Operations and Maintenance by providing technical expertise and support in the areas of maintenance, reliability, engineering, field execution/supervision and projects for our mobile fleet.

This role is a great opportunity for a knowledgeable and motivated individual to increase their technical capability in a unique industrial environment.

We are an open, connected international team of technical specialists using some of the most exciting data and tools on the planet. We are the world leader in automation and smart mining. We have technical development programs that are industry-leading and recognize the unique nature of your role. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills

Reporting to the Asset Management Superintendent 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
  • Responding to all inquiries and bids on fleet vehicle purchasing and leases to meet mobile equipment standards and coordinating with procurement and project engineering teams
  • Receiving and placing orders for internal customers for mobile equipment repair by external vendors and coordinating invoicing and the delivery process
  • Assisting in developing and monitoring of annual maintenance budgets for the site mobile equipment fleet
  • Coordinating vehicle replacement and 5-year vehicle planning for the site, including leasing strategy and lease agreements
  • Actively pursuing technological solutions to monitor and optimize the fleet
  • Reviewing design and operational tasks for job hazard analysis, performing risk assessments, and acting as a technical resource for safe work procedures
  • Performing root cause analysis and defect eliminations to improve the reliability of the area's equipment
  • Managing reliability improvement projects performed internally
  • Applying asset management best practices and drive improvement initiatives
  • Maintaining and improving preventive and predictive maintenance programs
  • Improving maintenance tactics as per asset management guidelines
  • Responding and providing technical assistance to maintainers regarding electrical equipment problems
  • Managing the insurance and commercial vehicle inspection program for the fleet

Note: Fly-in-fly-out arrangements are not offered. Relocation assistance is provided if applicable.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
  • A strong safety mindset and ability to follow safe work procedures
  • A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
  • At least three years of experience in a maintenance or reliability engineering role
  • Previous experience with fleet vehicle coordination
  • Registration as a Professional Engineer or EIT with APEGBC (or eligibility for registration)
  • Leadership and good communication skills
  • The ability to work cooperatively in a small team, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability
  • Experience with CMMS programs such as 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: Nov 7, 2021

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