Metal Production Planner

Production Planner – Casthouse Dept.

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Join a world-class mining organization, offering outstanding personal development
• This permanent, full-time, role is based in Kitimat, BC. The perfect place to live and work, combining the tranquility of a small community with an unrivaled love for the great outdoors.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Production Planner to establish a production plan for Metal Production, align shipping with the logistics team to meet our customers' needs, and manage cold metal & scrap inventory at the Aluminum Smelter located in Kitimat, BC. The Production planner is the main link between Casting Operations team and all the Commercial teams.

This role is a great opportunity for a self-driven leader, with aluminum processing experience, to grow their career in a role where they can make an impact.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Production Planning Manager and working a Monday to Friday schedule, you will be:

• Promote Rio Tinto's Health, Safety, and Environmental standards, fostering a culture of care, courage, and curiosity.
• Developing and maintaining a comprehensive production plan, monitoring performance across sheet slab, small ingot, and sow production
• Collaborating closely with the plant production team and supervisors to ensure seamless planning execution.
• Coordinating shipping requirements with carriers and collaborates with Operations, Planning, and Commercial departments.
• Addressing moderate-complexity issues within the operational context, considering global business dynamics.
• Efficiently managing metal inventory, including effective scrap management, to meet designated targets.
• Serving as the primary liaison between internal stakeholders and the Montreal Commercial office, ensuring alignment on sales plans, production forecasts, and logistical needs.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• At least a college diploma in Production, Finance, or Industrial Engineering or other related training in production optimization and/or any other relevant planning experience
• Possess a minimum of two years' experience in aluminum processing or a similar industrial environment.
• Demonstrated aptitude for planning and tracking of production performance.
• Effective communication across all levels.
• Seamless collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Resilience and composure under pressure, allowing you to navigate complexity and influence outcomes effectively, even without formal authority.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office programs such as Excel, Word, etc.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Intermediate proficiency in French language
• Knowledge of SAP

What we offer

Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

The base salary range for this role is $73,360 - $110,040 CAD in addition to allowances, bonus, equity, health or retirement benefits, and any other discretionary benefits offered at Rio Tinto. Our base salary ranges are based on role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by the skills, experience, and impact you bring to the role. Our talent acquisition partners can share more during the hiring process.

At Rio Tinto, we offer a competitive reward package that reflects the value that each person brings to our business. As part of our pay philosophy, we believe equity represents fairness, and is rooted in our values and aligns with what we stand for.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts
• Domestic relocation program

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 and meet opportunities.

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 65 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 60 years.

To learn more about our Aluminium Operations, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=25&v=CTp1jkRKeBI

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.

Applications close on Friday the 29th of March 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)