Maintenance Planner – Heat, Steam, & Air Plants (HSA)

Maintenance Planner – Heat, Steam, & Air Plants (HSA)

• 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 – HSA Maintenance to plan for safe work execution. The role is responsible for ensuring all weekly maintenance activities are planned and scheduled in a manner that maximizes the efficiency of our people and equipment while improving the reliability of the operation.

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

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible.

Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

Reporting to the Superintendent, Asset Management – Site General Services & Energy, and working in a collaborative community within the Asset Management & Energy 

Team, you will:

• Ensure safety needs are a top priority in work planning

• Identify Critical Risk in the planning process with appropriate controls accounted for, ensuring 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 various factors into consideration (asset criticality, statutory work, repairable/rotable, severity and safety impact) inclusive of project maintenance work

• Be responsible for your accountable area; ensuring it is prioritized, fully planned with all resources, materials and that specialized tooling is 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 various departments and recommend system and design changes to improve process materials

• Apply shutdown management best practices and schedule/track shipping of repairable items

• Participate in defect elimination process, Courage to Care (CTC) and DMAIC improvement projects, RCM, Safety Production System and 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 (Mechanical or other relevant technical discipline) or 2-5 years’ experience in a similar industrial setting (Mining, Processing, etc.)

• Candidate holding valid certificate of competency as a Power Engineer, would be considered an asset

• A can-do attitude with a positive outlook, with effective organizational 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 prioritize tasks, build and maintain strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders

• We actively encourage applications from women and Indigenous Peoples for this opportunity

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Previous Maintenance Planning Experience

• Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma training

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

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.

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) and one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for Young People (for more information, click here: Rio Tinto Top Employer for young people).

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