Superintendent Mine Planning

Superintendent Mine Planning

• 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, NLAbout the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Superintendent - Mine Planning to join the Mine Technical services team and oversee all Mine Planning activities and a team of 15-20 Mine Planners. The role is responsible for various production schedules and planning processes (mining equipment fleet, rehabilitation, and closure, etc.) Accountabilities will also include reconciliation process, infrastructure, pit optimization and design.

Reporting to the Manager, Mine Technical Services you will be responsible for:

• Fostering a safe work environment within the mine planning team
• Fostering inclusion and diversity with the mine planning team
• Developing and mentoring an engaged and empowered mine planning workforce
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders, to ensure timely access to input data for mine planning tasks and timely production of deliverables
• Ensuring compliance with all internal and regulatory health, safety, environment and community requirements
• Ensuring appropriate governance systems are in place to meet internal and external obligations

Please note: Fly-in-fly-out arrangements are not available. Relocation assistance is provided if applicable.

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's 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'll bring

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Mining Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum of eight years open pit mine planning experience

Preferred:

• Experience leading a team of mining professionals
• Operational experience
• Canadian Professional Engineer status, or the ability to obtain it
• Project Management experience

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

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 and meet opportunities.

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.

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.