Graduate, Mining Engineer

you're ambitious, energetic and engaged with the world around you, Rio Tinto is a great place to make your mark. We'll give you the chance to champion change, create new possibilities and contribute to business goals.

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa.

IOC is a leading Canadian producer of iron ore concentrate and iron ore pellets serving customers worldwide. The Company operates a mine, concentrator and a pelletizing plant in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as port facilities located in Sept-Îles, in the Province of Quebec. It also operates a 418-kilometer railroad that links the mine to the port. IOC has 2200 employees and its major shareholder and operator is the international mining group Rio Tinto, which has activities in more than 40 countries throughout the world.

We are seeking a highly motivated, high performing, dynamic

Mining Engineer Graduate

to participate in our Graduate Development Program in Labrador City. The Graduate Development program is designed to provide IOC with strong entry-level professional employees and to provide new graduates with the opportunity to expand on their current industry knowledge and capabilities. The graduates we hire will spend time in the Graduate Development Program, where they will be exposed to a number of different work experiences covering the many facets of IOC's business.

Opportunities exist at various locations in Canada to work with IOC as a

Graduate, Mining Engineer

.

Engineers work on the entire mineral extraction process on site.

Depending on the site to which you are posted, you will have the opportunity to work on:

Planning operations

Designing mine projects (selecting equipment etc.)

Supervising day-to-day activities on the mining site (allocating resources, monitoring teams of miners etc.)

Mining engineers represent the company's core business, so you will be in contact with a wide range of operating and support departments. You will be in constant contact with all operating site personnel (miners etc.), mechanical engineers, the accounting and finance teams and the marketing department.

Whether you decide to specialize in the technical field or focus more on management, your highly sought-after expertise will enable you to move up to positions of great responsibility within the company.

Qualifications

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4-year Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering or related field, obtained within the past two years

Dedication to promoting a positive safety culture

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Intermediate/Advanced user of Microsoft Office Suite

Fluency in two of English, French, Spanish and/or Portuguese

We offer an attractive remuneration package including a range of Rio Tinto benefits, as well as the sought after opportunity to develop and expand upon your knowledge and experience with a world leader in the industry.

Job

Mining

Primary Location

CAN-NL-Labrador City

Schedule

Full-time
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