If 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 Process/Chemical 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. Chemical/Process engineers manage the process of turning raw materials into marketable end-products.  Depending on the position, you would have opportunity to work on:

• analyzing processes in our operating workshops
• modelling
• industrial trials
• working on operating processes in plants and in close contact with the field, with the possibility of rapidly advancing to manage a small team
• working in project management to improve the operation of plants

You will be in contact with all the technical departments essential to the business (process managers, construction, maintenance and production engineers etc.), but also with support departments if you are working in a plant. 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 responsibilitywithin the company.

 

Qualifications;

• 4-year Bachelor's degree in Chemical/Process 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
• Language of business: English

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.