Industrial Mechanic (Millwright)

• Play a critical role in maintaining equipment reliability and supporting safe, efficient aluminium production.
• Build your expertise across a diverse range of fixed plant equipment while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Permanent, full-time role, based in Kitimat BC. Working on a rotating day and night shift schedule (2 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 3 off)

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 an Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) to join the maintenance team at our modern aluminum smelter. In this role, you will install, maintain, troubleshoot and repair critical production equipment to support safe, reliable operations across the Carbon Department facilities.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced tradesperson looking to work across a diverse range of equipment, including conveyors, overhead cranes, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, casting equipment, rotating machinery and automated material handling systems. You'll apply your technical expertise to improve equipment reliability while continuing to build your troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.

Join us and become an integral part of our vibrant community. Located on British Columbia, Canada's northwest coast, Kitimat is a welcoming, family‑friendly community set between the mountains and the sea. Known for its strong local economy, modern amenities, short commutes, and endless opportunities for outdoor adventure, it’s an ideal place to build both a career and a life.

What you’ll be doing

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, you will:

• Work safely in accordance with Rio Tinto safety standards, procedures and isolation requirements.
• Install, maintain, troubleshoot and repair fixed plant and rotating equipment to support reliable operations.
• Coordinate maintenance activities with operational stakeholders, including preparing parts lists and sourcing required materials.
• Diagnose equipment failures and complete corrective and preventative maintenance activities.
• Use power tools, hand tools and rigging equipment, including performing work at heights where required.
• Maintain a safe, clean and well-organized work environment and address hazards proactively.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that improve equipment reliability, safety and efficiency.
• Collaborate effectively with team members, contractors and stakeholders to achieve maintenance objectives.

About you

We’re looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements below. You do not need to meet every 'helpful for success' item to apply. If you bring relevant experience and are excited by the opportunity, we encourage you to submit an application.

Required for Success

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Interprovincial Red Seal Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) Certificate of Qualification.
• Valid Driver's Licence (minimum BC Class 7N or equivalent provincial licence).
• Demonstrated experience maintaining, troubleshooting and repairing fixed plant equipment in mining, smelting, manufacturing, processing or other heavy industrial environments.
• Ability to read, interpret and work from technical drawings, schematics and equipment documentation.
• Experience safely performing rigging activities on equipment such as wire rope, chokers, synthetic slings, cable clamps, hooks, shackles, and other rigging apparatus.
• Must possess demonstrable mechanical aptitude.

Helpful for Success

• Experience maintaining conveyors, overhead cranes, hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems or rotating equipment.
• Experience using preventative maintenance and work management systems.
• Experience supporting continuous improvement and equipment reliability initiatives.
• Skilled at fabricating, repairing equipment and welding industrial equipment

Applications close on Sunday the 12th of October 2026 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

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 hourly pay rate of ~$63.95 per hour in accordance with the Unifor 2301 Collective Labour Agreement
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Optional sabbatical program
• Defined benefit pension plan (CAAT)
• Exclusive employee discounts

Where you’ll be working

Rio Tinto’s BC Works is a part of the Atlantic Operations of the Aluminium product group and has been operating in British Columbia for over 70 years. With industry leading new technology and four generations of employee expertise, as well as our hydropower facility at Kemano and the Nechako Reservoir, the Kitimat smelter is one of the world’s most competitive aluminium smelters, producing aluminium with one of the lowest carbon footprints in the industry.

Rio Tinto is proud to operate in BC alongside our 1,000 employees, partners, community stakeholders and First Nations, and we look forward to the next 70 years.

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 LGBTQ+ 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.

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.

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

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.

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