Job Description

Electrical Engineering Technologists (EET)

• Opportunity to develop your career and work for a global company
• Our culture is inclusive, exciting and performance-driven
• Role is based in Labrador City, NL

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

IOC is interested in hiring EETs to prepare for future Electrical Needs. Candidates hired into this development pool will learn business process and get mentorship while working towards their Journeyperson certification as Industrial Electrician. These candidates will need to be highly motivated, adapt to changing situations and priorities, interact well with others and demonstrate the ability to both work independently and to contribute effectively within a team to ensure optimal equipment reliability and availability. The work schedule can include shifts up to 12 hours, night shift, and weekends.

This is a great opportunity for a driven and safety-oriented individual to contribute to the IOC maintenance team.

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 Maintenance / Electrical Supervisor and working in an exciting and unique environment within the Iron Ore Company of Canada, you will be:

• Ensure that maintenance activities are safely carried out in a safe and efficient manner
• Work safely through appropriate behaviours and adherence to IOC safety standards
• Keep work area safe, clean, and well maintained. Take timely action to correct unsafe work conditions in the work area
• Be responsible for the proper operation, maintenance, and control of equipment to ensure production targets are achieved safely and efficiently
• Communicate all unresolved safety and process deficiencies to the supervisors involved
• Maintain a continuous improvement focus by developing and participating in implementation of appropriate solutions to eliminate the issues/problems identified in the work area
• Challenge the way the work is done

Please note: Fly-in-fly-out arrangements are not available.

We have technical development programmes that are industry-leading and recognise 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.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry\xe2\x80\x99s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Electrical Engineering Technologist Certification (3 year program)
• Valid Class 5 driver\xe2\x80\x99s license
• High school graduation or equivalent
• Excellent troubleshooting skills in an industrial setting
• A highly flexible approach to work
• Good collaboration, communication, and approach to teamwork
• Contributions to improvement ideas and solutions in the workplace

If you are selected and accept an Electrical position at IOC please note that you would need to undergo a PLAR (Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition) to identify where you would sit in the Newfoundland and Labrador Industrial Journeyperson program if you are not a certified Industrial Electrical Journeyperson (Red Seal) with the province. The assessment would be taken on by the Government Apprenticeship Office once you started work at IOC.

What we offer

Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you\xe2\x80\x99ve 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\xe2\x80\x99s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive. We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs \xe2\x80\x93 striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can\xe2\x80\x99t do it on our own, so we\xe2\x80\x99re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities.

Where you\xe2\x80\x99ll 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 2,700 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\xe2\x80\x99s 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 \xe2\x80\x93 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.

Working at Rio Tinto also means choosing to be part of a company designated as one of Canada\'s Top 100 Employers in 2023 for a 4th consecutive year. For more information, click here:

Rio Tinto