Electrical Engineer
- Employer
- Rio Tinto
- Location
- Kitimat, BC, CA
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2021
- Closes
- Nov 09, 2021
- Ref
- 1169008105
- Category
- Engineering, Trade & Skilled
- Work Term
- Permanent
- Work Load
- Full Time
- Language
- English
Electrical Engineer
About the role
All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.
We are looking for an Electrical Engineer to join our Asset Management team, where they will collaborate with Operations and Maintenance by providing technical expertise and support in the areas of maintenance, reliability, engineering, field execution/supervision and projects.
This role is a great opportunity for a knowledgeable and team-oriented 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 Maintenance Engineering Superintendent and working a Monday to Friday schedule, you will be:
Note: No Fly-in-fly-out arrangements are offered. Relocation assistance is provided.
What you'll bring
What we offer
Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress.
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)
- Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
- Expand and develop your technical expertise in our newly modernized aluminium smelter
- Based in beautiful, Kitimat, BC
About the role
All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.
We are looking for an Electrical Engineer to join our Asset Management team, where they will collaborate with Operations and Maintenance by providing technical expertise and support in the areas of maintenance, reliability, engineering, field execution/supervision and projects.
This role is a great opportunity for a knowledgeable and team-oriented 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 Maintenance Engineering 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;
- 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;
- Maintain and improve preventive and predictive maintenance program;
- Improve maintenance tactics as per asset management guideline;
- Responding and provide technical assistance to maintainers regarding electrical equipment problems;
- Representing the area for projects performed by engineering group;
- Technical support for equipment including low voltage power distribution, PLC's, and VFD's.
Note: No Fly-in-fly-out arrangements are offered. Relocation assistance is provided.
What you'll bring
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team;
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent field;
- Eligibility for registration as a Professional Engineer or Engineer-in-Training with APEGBC
- P. Eng. Designation is preferred;
- A minimum of five years of relevant experience in maintenance or asset management;
- Excellent knowledge of industrial control systems and programming (i.e.: HMI, PLC & VFD);
- Proficiency with SAP or similar CMMS program
- Understanding of business improvement and maximizing value principles
- Excellent leadership and communication
- High voltage experience is an asset.
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)