Heavy Duty Mechanic (HDET) Multiple Opportunities

Rio Tinto
Labrador City, NL, CAN
Competitive
May 22, 2022
May 31, 2022
453850208
Permanent
Full Time
English
Heavy Duty Mechanic (HDET) - Multiple Opportunities
  • Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
  • Grow your career in a global mining organization
  • Desirable 7 x 7 schedule, based in Labrador City, NL - a beautiful community with many year-round activities

About the role

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

We are looking for a Journeyperson Heavy Duty Mechanic to work in our Mobile Maintenance department as part of a robust and safety-oriented team. The Heavy-Duty Mechanic is responsible for repairing mobile equipment in a safe, environmentally friendly, and efficient manner to ensure optimal equipment availability for the Iron Ore Company of Canada mine site in Labrador City, NL.

This is a great opportunity for a safety-oriented and enthusiastic individual to advance their troubleshooting and diagnostic skills on our diverse fleet.

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible. Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

Reporting to the Mobile Maintenance Supervisor and working a 7 days on, 7 days off schedule, you will be:
  • Working safely in accordance with Rio Tinto safety standards - actively engaging in safety initiatives promoting our 'Zero harm' safety culture.
  • Contribute to safety and efficiency by constructively participating in safety meetings and incident investigations.
  • Keep work areas clean and free of safety hazards on a continuous basis. Adhere to safety and environmental rules.
  • Perform heavy equipment repairs within planned time frames and without compromising the integrity of the equipment.
  • Provide sufficient detail about repairs so that others can understand what work has been done on the equipment.
  • Prepare written and electronic reports for leaders as requested.
  • Help develop Heavy-Duty Mechanic apprentices.
  • Working within the Mobile Maintenance Shop and it an outdoor mine environment. Regularly working in adverse weather conditions.

Please note: Fly-in-fly-out arrangements are not available. Relocation assistance to Labrador West region is provided.

What you'll bring
  • A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team;
  • Journeyperson Heavy-Duty Mechanic (HDET) trade qualification preferred; Apprentices will also be considered
  • High school graduation or equivalent;
  • A minimum of a valid Class 5 Provincial driver's license;
  • Two to three years of relevant experience; including experience working in an industrial setting
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • A commitment to Rio Tinto core values, including Safety, Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, and Excellence
  • Ability to work both indoors and outdoors in adverse weather conditions

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

The Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) is a leading Canadian producer of iron ore concentrate and iron ore pellets that serves customers worldwide. The company operates a mine, a concentrator and a pelletizing plant in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as port facilities in Sept-à les, Quebec. It also operates a 418 kilometer railroad that links the mine to the port.

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.