Maintenance Planner, Concentrator

Maintenance Planner – Concentrator

• Contribute to the success of Rio Tinto by applying your technical and professional expertise

• Our culture is inclusive, exciting and performance-driven

• Based in the beautiful outdoor and family-oriented community of Labrador City, NL (No FIFO options)

About the role

Finding better ways™ to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Planner – Concentrator Maintenance to planning for Safety Work Execution. Ensuring all weekly maintenance activities are planned and scheduled in a manner that allows maximizes the efficiency of our people and equipment while improving the reliability of the operation.

This role is a great opportunity to be accountable for the safe work, efficient planning, estimating and scheduling of maintenance work.

Reporting to the Superintendent, Asset Management Concentrator, the Maintenance Planner will:

• Ensure safety needs are given a top priority in work planning, identifying Critical Risk in the planning process with appropriate controls accounted for so the work can be performed safely and effectively.

• Identify and plan all maintenance tasks to ensure equipment reliability. Review work in the required schedule period taking into consideration (Asset criticality, statutory work, repairable/ rotable, severity and safety impact) inclusive of project maintenance work

• For accountable area are prioritized, fully planned with all resources, materials and specialized tooling identified with assignment of appropriate status

• Liaise with key stakeholders to ensure there is effective communication of the plans and upcoming maintenance to ensure appropriate risk management strategies are in place

• Provide KPI data showing maintenance performance to varies departments and recommending system and design changes to improve processes materials.

• Apply shutdown management best practices and scheduling shipping of repairable items and track them until they return to site.

• Participate in defect elimination process, Courage to Care (CTC), DMAIC improvement projects, RCM, Safety Production System, Engineering Project work in your area, review activities related to the area of responsibility.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Journeyperson trade or equivalent technical education in mechanical or 2-5 years’ experience in a similar industrial setting (mining, processing or related setting) A combination of education and experience will be considered

• A can-do attitude with a positive outlook, with ffective organisational and time management skills to manage a wide-ranging and priority changing workload

• Be highly motivated with demonstrated skills in planning or scheduling

• Strong working knowledge of SAP and Excellent attention to detail

• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite

• Ability to work in a team and prioritise tasks, build and maintain strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Previous Maintenance Planning Experience

• Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma training

We encourage applications from women and Indigenous Peoples for this opportunity.

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

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: Rio Tinto Top Employer 2025).

À propos de Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto est un chef de file mondial du secteur des sociétés minières et des matériaux. Nous sommes établis dans 35 pays où nous produisons du minerai de fer, du cuivre, de l’aluminium, des minéraux critiques et d’autres matériaux nécessaires à la transition énergétique mondiale et à la prospérité des personnes, des communautés et des nations. 

Nous exerçons nos activités depuis 150 ans, en nous appuyant sur les connaissances accumulées au fil des générations et sur les différents continents. Notre mission – trouver de meilleures façons de fournir les matériaux dont le monde a besoin – nous guide dans notre quête d’innovation et d’amélioration continue, dans le but de fabriquer des produits à faibles émissions et répondant aux bonnes normes environnementales, sociales et de gouvernance. Mais comme nous ne pouvons pas y arriver seuls, nous nous attachons à créer des partenariats nous permettant de résoudre des problèmes, de créer des situations mutuellement avantageuses et de saisir des occasions.

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.

Chaque voix compte

Nous sommes déterminés à créer un milieu inclusif où les employés se sentent à l’aise d’être eux-mêmes. Nous souhaitons de plus que chacun ait l’impression que sa voix compte, que toutes les cultures sont respectées et que les points de vue, aussi variés soient-ils, sont non seulement bienvenus, mais également essentiels à notre succès. Nous nous traitons mutuellement avec équité et dignité, sans égard à la race, au genre, à la nationalité, à l’origine ethnique, à la religion, à l’âge, à l’orientation sexuelle ou à tout autre aspect distinctif.

Chez Rio Tinto, nous accueillons favorablement et encourageons les candidatures d’Autochtones, de femmes, de membres de la communauté LGBTQ2S+, de travailleurs âgés, de personnes handicapées et de représentants d’origines diverses.

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.

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