Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE 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 aluminum, 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. Canada's premier diamond mine, Diavik Diamond Mines, Inc. is part of the Rio Tinto Group. Located 300 km northeast of Yellowknife in Canada's Northwest Territories, Diavik has been an open-pit mine since 2003, extracting diamonds from beneath the lake bed at Lac de Gras. Underground production began in 2010 and will continue to beyond 2020. Diavik is a John T. Ryan National Safety Trophy winner and one of Canada's Top 100 Employers for 2010. The Senior Electrical Engineer is responsible for providing leadership and direction in electrical engineering support services site-wide to ensure DDMI and Rio Tinto best practice and to provide Electrical Standards Solutions support to businesses, capital and operations sustainable projects to ensure compliance with regulations and standards and achieve safety of people and assets. Key Accountabilities:
- Serve as a technical authority and resource for electrical engineering site wide.
- Take ownership and administer Rio Tinto and DDMI site standards, and coordinate relevant regulations and standards including NWT Mine Health & Safety Act, CSA-M421-00 Use of Electricity in Mines, Canadian Electrical Code, NFPA 70e, IEEE, Rio Tinto C2 Electrical Safety, DDMI C.1 Isolation and Electrical Competency Standards.
- Provide support to departments, plants and projects to comply with standards.
- Provide input to projects at preliminary design, design, construction and commissioning to ensure conformance to Rio Tinto and DDMI standards.
- Review electrical content of new/capital facilities and project plans (error-proofing, standards conformance, power availability and protection impact assessment, and design sign off drawings.
- Transformer and sign off drawings.
- Review operations sustainable and improvement projects involving power.
- Prepare and administer the site electrical quality management plan.
- Serve as the Focal Point for electrical inspector/regulatory agency liaison.
- Formulate, update and guide policy on electrical engineering, including deployment of new technologies.
- Ensure update of As-Built Electrical Single Line Drawings by project engineers - DDMI or contractor.
- Provide direction, guidance and support electrical staff, consultants and contractors engaged on DDMI assignments.
- Coordinate Electrical Standards Assurance Committee.
- Coordinate power system modeling, protection coordination, reliability studies, load flow studies and grounding integrity.
- Inspect and audit facilities and equipment, and review operating and maintenance practices to identify potential problems, ensure standards, as well as best practices in safety, energy efficiency and asset management.
- Coordinate training programmes for electrical personnel site wide.
- Expand position-relevant knowledge and skills through continuing self-directed or employer-sponsored professional development.
- Participate in the budgeting processes annually or when required, providing accurate cost estimates by specified dates for the development of the budgets.
- Supervise the electrical engineering group.
- Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
- Five or more years of related experience in the design, installation, operation, maintenance and management of electrical distribution systems and process control systems/instrumentation in heavy industry.
- Three or more years of supervisory management.
- Eligibility for membership of NAPEGG (Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut).
This position is on a 4x3 (Monday-Thursday) schedule. 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. Northern residency and experience working in a cross-cultural environment, coupled with knowledge of the unique challenges and opportunities presented to those living in the North, are assets.