Process Controls Technician

· Join a leading global company

· Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion

· Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role

We are looking for a Process Controls Technician to ensure the accuracy of manufacturing automation systems, specifically PLCs, HMIs, and SCADA and that they operate safely, efficiently, and correctly. They are responsible for programming, troubleshooting, maintaining, and calibrating industrial control systems to minimize downtime.

This is a great opportunity for someone with prior experience in manufacturing utilities, or production environments. 

About the role

Reporting to the Maintenance & Reliability Manager and working in a collaborative community, a challenging and exciting environment, you will:

• Manage, maintain, and troubleshoot electrical, instrumentation, and automation systems (PLC, DCS, SCADA) to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations within quality specifications.

• Develop, specify, test, and implement instrumentation and control system solutions, including field devices, sensors, actuators, and control loops.

• Analyze process and control system data to optimize performance, resolve system failures, and troubleshoot electrical, instrumentation, and communication issues.

• Prepare electrical and instrumentation design packages and support the design, construction, installation, testing, and documentation of capital and small projects in compliance with codes, standards, and reliability requirements.

• Coordinate with project teams, contractors, and commissioning teams to ensure proper execution of electrical and instrumentation work and smooth project handover.

• Support and enforce compliance with PSM, Mechanical Integrity, and electrical safety requirements, ensuring reliability activities meet established acceptance criteria.

• Support incident investigations, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions to improve safety, environmental performance, and system reliability.

• Promote a strong safety culture by providing leadership in electrical safety, participating in safety observations, audits, and reinforcing safe work practices.

• Collaborate with maintenance, operations, engineering, IT, procurement, and external experts to support 24/7 production, vendor selection, and equipment reliability planning.

• Develop and support site standards and best practices for electrical and instrumentation equipment, maintenance programs (PM/PdM), and vendor technologies.

About you

• Associate’s degree in electrical/Electronic Engineering, Industrial Automation, or Process Technology preferred.

• Minimum of six (6) years of work-related skills, knowledge, or experience required – prior experience within a chemical manufacturing environment preferred.

• Professional certifications, Certified Control Systems Technician from the International Society of Automation (ISA), are highly valued. 

• Proficiency in Ladder Logic, Function Block Diagrams, and Structured Text.

• Experience with systems like Rockwell Automation, ABB DCS, Siemens, etc..

• Strong understanding of process control theory, PID controllers, and networking protocols

What we offer

• Be recognised 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.

• Competitive base salary is reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive bonus.

• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.

• Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program.

• Attractive share ownership plan.

• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all the moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.

• A generous parental leave policy, which ensures you’re able to spend quality time with your new family.

• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing.

• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which provides confidential counselling or expert guidance for you and your family to help get through life’s challenges.

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.

Respect and Inclusion

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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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