Job Description

Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Opportunity to develop your career and work for a global company
• Our culture is inclusive, exciting and performance-driven
• Role based in Labrador City no Fly-In-Fly-Out)
• Relocation largely paid for by the company

About the role

We are looking for Senior Mechanical Engineer to work within Engineering Technical Services team and be responsible for providing oversight on detailed engineering performed by the EPCM and other specialist engineering service providers. In addition, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to mentor EITs, junior and intermediate engineers to develop the necessary skills for the future.

Reporting to the Superintendent, Technical Services you will:

• Provide oversight of the mechanical aspects of the engineering work scope through the project life cycle, while taking into account safety, quality, cost and production
• Maintain relationships with customers to understand their needs and improve delivery of engineering services
• Help to identify engineering solutions to address operational requests which sustain or improve the business using a combination of internal and external resources as needed
• Mentor junior staff , providing guidance and supervising work to assist in their professional and personal development and ensure quality of work and deadlines are met
• Ensure consistent application of project engineering standards and Quality Assurance processes across multiple engineering and procurement packages
• Collaborate and consult effectively with Engineering Consultant and the construction management team to ensure constructability is considered during project design

What you\'ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Uncompromising commitment to working safely and intelligently
• Demonstrate outstanding teamwork and leadership abilities.
• Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
• Eng certification in Newfoundland and Labrador, or another province of Canada
• Minimum 10 years of engineering experience in mining, or mineral processing industries, with the focused specialization in one of the categories:

• heavy-duty process machinery
• Industrial boilers and pressure vessels
• Pumps and piping systems
• Material handling systems, including conveying, crushing, classification process machinery, as well as lining protection of silos and hoppers
• Industrial HVAC systems, and air quality control
• Industrial dust collection systems
• Must be proficient in English, both written and verbal. Proficiency in French is a definite asset
• Project Management and/or previous experience in a mining and/or processing facility would be considered an asset.
• Possess significant experience and a passion for the design and operation of large scale ore handling systems including primary crushing and high rate conveying systems
• Support and promote Safety culture.

What we offer

Here is just a glimpse of our industry leading rewards package:

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
• Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
• Excellent retirement plan including 6% defined company contribution
• A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays)
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

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 \xe2\x80\x9cresponsible\xe2\x80\x9d - 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 will 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 2,400 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\'s 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 - 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.

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

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