Internship – Mechanical Engineering
Job Overview
Job title: Internship – Mechanical Engineering
Job description: Internship– Mechanical Engineering
- Rio Tinto was named Canada’s Top 100 Employer and one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People for 3 consecutive years
- Get real work experience at one of the largest mining and metal companies in the world, focused on safety and inclusion
- Work with the newest technology and innovation, in an environment where we challenge you to drive positive change
- Summer internship opportunity
About the role
We are offering a 4-month internship opportunity in Mechanical Engineering at our Strathcona Works facility in Alberta.
The focus for the internship will be the scoping and planning of a number of projects. These projects include coordination of critical plant drawing updates, improvements to the plant dust collection systems, and plant safety initiatives on vehicle/pedestrian separation.
The Strathcona Works facility is a small site with less than 25 employees. It is a great opportunity to get experience working in an operating plant and interacting with all levels (operations, maintenance, management, external stakeholders, and external contractors/suppliers).
Your contribution
- At least one year completed* in a Mechanical Engineering degree or other related field
- Safety mindset
- Leadership skills, eagerness to learn and ready for the challenge ahead
- Flexibility and Autonomy
- Good communication skills and ability to work in a team
- Valid driving license
*To be eligible for this internship, you must be returning to school after the work term and have the right to work in Canada.
What we offer
- A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
- A competitive salary
- An ambitious, exciting and rewarding experience
- Opportunity to build relationships with the Rio Tinto team and community
- A great chance to prepare yourself to join our
About Rio Tinto
Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with
a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.
For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.
Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe.
Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.
Where will you be working?
Rio Tinto’s Strathcona Production Plant is a part of the Atlantic Operations of the Aluminum product group. Our Edmonton, Alberta facility is focused on results and for 40 years we have been playing a part in the global aluminum industry. This facility is responsible for turning byproduct from oil refineries into key ingredients for one of our widely used metals. High quality green petroleum coke (GPC) is purchased from our partners and turned into anode grade calcined coke for use in the aluminum smelting process.
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.
We are seeking to increase the diversity across our operations in order to improve equal opportunity outcomes for our employees and encourage female applicants to apply.
Applications close on Monday January 24th(Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date). Applications received will be assessed over the following weeks.
Please note, in order to be considered for this role you must answer all pre-screening questions.
All progress begins with pioneers – at Rio Tinto, it begins with you.
Company: Rio Tinto
Expected salary:
Location: Alberta
Job date: Fri, 07 Jan 2022 08:23:55 GMT
Job Source: Careerjet.ca