Job Description

Senior Engineer, Risk & Asset Integrity

• Join a global team recognized for its innovation in automation and smart mining, with access to cutting-edge tools and data.
• Key role in reducing business risk through asset integrity and risk management across operations.
• Based in the beautiful outdoor and family-oriented community of Labrador City, NL

About the role
Finding better ways(TM) to provide the materials the world needs.
Join a collaborative and forward-thinking team where your expertise will help shape the future of asset integrity and risk management. We are looking for an Engineer - Risk & Asset Integrity who is passionate about making a meaningful impact through thoughtful analysis, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration.
In this role, you'll support operational teams in identifying and assessing asset-related risks and help develop actions that reduce the overall business risk profile. You will contribute to long-term planning and play a key role in maintaining the integrity of critical infrastructure, all in alignment with our Operational Excellence and Asset Management standards.
This role is a great opportunity for an accomplished Engineer with experience in Operations & Asset management. You will have a high level of involvement in Asset Risk and Asset Integrity program.
Reporting to the Superintendent Asset Integrity and working in a challenging and exciting environment, within the Integrated Operations Team, you will:

• Participate in the implementation of IOC's asset related risk management initiatives across the overall value chain and collaborate with all stakeholders
• Lead or assist asset risk assessments utilizing appropriate approach and frameworks
• Assist in the execution of risk-based audit planning and individual project scoping
• Develop asset integrity strategies for aging assets and critical infrastructure
• Support the Asset Integrity Assessment program and provide sitewide support
• Develop long term program (5 years plan) for major remediation works
• Assess and challenge the suitability of current equipment management strategies and having maintenance strategies modified and changed where necessary
• Develop initial project scopes for Asset integrity driven projects to support the acquisition of funding approvals; including preparation of business case(s) and presentations

Please note: Fly-in-fly-out arrangements are not available. Relocation assistance is provided if applicable.
What you'll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Civil/ structural Engineering
• Experience in a similar position within the Oil and Gas, Mining or other relevant industries
• Experience in risk assessment, process safety and functional safety
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, designs and make necessary recommendations
• Experience in applying Asset Management strategies specific to Structural Asset Integrity and Assurance
• A Senior level Engineer (7-10 years' of experience is preferred)

Asset

• P.Eng

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 if applicable

Where you'll 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'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.
Working at Rio Tinto also means choosing to be part of a company recognized one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2025 for the sixth consecutive year (for more information, click here: ) and one of Canada's Top 100 Employers for Young People (for more information, click here: .
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 - striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can't do it on our own, so we're focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.
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.
A propos de Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto est un chef de file mondial du secteur des societes minieres et des materiaux. Nous sommes etablis dans 35 pays ou nous produisons du minerai de fer, du cuivre, de l'aluminium, des mineraux critiques et d'autres materiaux necessaires a la transition energetique mondiale et a la prosperite des personnes, des communautes et des nations.
Nous exercons nos activites depuis 150 ans, en nous appuyant sur les connaissances accumulees au fil des generations et sur les differents continents. Notre mission - trouver de meilleures facons de fournir les materiaux dont le monde a besoin - nous guide dans notre quete d'innovation et d'amelioration continue, dans le but de fabriquer des produits a faibles emissions et repondant aux bonnes normes environnementales, sociales et de gouvernance. Mais comme nous ne pouvons pas y arriver seuls, nous nous attachons a creer des partenariats nous permettant de resoudre des problemes, de creer des situations mutuellement avantageuses et de saisir des occasions.
Chaque voix compte
Chez Rio Tinto, nous accueillons favorablement et encourageons les candidatures d'Autochtones, de femmes, de membres de la communaute LGBTQ2S+, de travailleurs ages, de personnes handicapees et de representants d'origines diverses.
Nous sommes determines a creer un milieu inclusif ou les employes se sentent a l'aise d'etre eux-memes. Nous souhaitons de plus que chacun ait l'impression que sa voix compte, que toutes les cultures sont respectees et que les points de vue, aussi varies soient-ils, sont non seulement bienvenus, mais egalement essentiels a notre succes. Nous nous traitons mutuellement avec equite et dignite, sans egard a la race, au genre, a la nationalite, a l'origine ethnique, a la religion, a l'age, a l'orientation sexuelle ou a tout autre aspect distinctif.