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Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminum, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa.
IOC is a leading Canadian producer of iron ore concentrate and iron ore pellets serving customers worldwide. The Company operates a mine, concentrator and a pelletizing plant in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as port facilities located in Sept-Îles, in the Province of Quebec. It also operates a 418-kilometer railroad that links the mine to the port. IOC has 2200 employees and its major shareholder and operator is the international mining group Rio Tinto, which has activities in more than 40 countries throughout the world.
Reporting to the Chief Engineer, the Senior mechanical engineer is accountable for providing technical support and leadership to site operations and maintenance teams. Supervise, mentor and train junior staff. Manage projects of various sizes and scopes.
The primary accountabilities of this role include:
- Manage workload and assigned projects from concept through execution by feasibility analysis, design management, construction management, commissioning and documentation.
- Provide technical support, failure analysis, and troubleshooting for operations and maintenance personnel to reduce Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) exposures, reduce or eliminate failure modes, and improve production.
- Manage junior staff by assigning projects, providing guidance, and supervising work to assist in their professional and personal development and to ensure quality of work and deadlines are met.
- Identify and assist in developing improvement opportunities to reduce HSEQ exposures and improve production.
- Report on progress to project stakeholders, sponsors, managers, and others.
- Create succession planning opportunities to allow for successful transitions into future roles.
College/university education
- Bachelor of Engineering (mechanical)/Bachelor of Science in Mechanical engineering
Other qualifications
- 1 - 3 years of leadership experience
- 2 - 5 years of experience in a unionized environment
- 3 - 5 years of project management experience
- 5 - 10 years of mechanical engineering experience in an industrial setting
Licenses/Certifications
- Project Management certificate
Training
- Leadership development
- Organizational business needs
- Operational and maintenance competencies
- Continuing professional development opportunities