Analyst Maintenance Scheduling

Rio Tinto; Kitimat; On-site; CAD 76,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Domestic relocation program ifEligible

Job summary

Rio Tinto recherche un Analyste, Scheduling Maintenance pour soutenir l’équipe Maintenance afin d’assurer une exécution sûre, fiable et efficace des travaux. Vous contribuerez à l’amélioration de la fiabilité des équipements et de la productivité en coordonnant les activités hebdomadaires et en veillant à la disponibilité des matériaux.

Ce poste exige une expérience en planification de maintenance dans un environnement industriel et la maîtrise des outils MS Office et SAP CMMS.

Qualifications

• Engagement des parties prenantes et planification de maintenance.
• Expérience en planification/scheduling dans un environnement industriel.
• Qualification ou expérience équivalente en maintenance.
• Maîtrise de SAP CMMS et des outils MS Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint).
• Préférence pour une expérience avec des outils de planification.

Responsibilities

• Élaborer et maintenir des plannings hebdomadaires de maintenance en collaboration avec les superviseurs et opérations.
• Gérer le backlog et optimiser l’utilisation des ressources.
• Coordonner les activités de maintenance à travers les départements pour minimiser les interruptions.
• Préparer et communiquer les indicateurs de performance et les rapports de maintenance.
• Appliquer les meilleures pratiques de gestion des travaux et des arrêts.

Skills

Stakeholder coordination

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

Safety awareness

Education

Maintenance-related qualification or equivalent

Tools

SAP CMMS

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Microsoft Project

Job description

• A maintenance-related qualification, trade certification, technologist qualification, engineering qualification, Maintenance Management Professional (MMP) designation, or equivalent practical experience.

À propos de Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto est un chef de file mondial du secteur des sociétés minières et des matériaux. Nous sommes établis dans 35 pays où nous produisons du minerai de fer, du cuivre, de l’aluminium, des minéraux critiques et d’autres matériaux nécessaires à la transition énergétique mondiale et à la prospérité des personnes, des communautés et des nations.

• Your work will improve maintenance planning effectiveness and equipment reliability, helping deliver safe and sustainable operational performance.
• Collaborate with the Maintenance Planner and Operations Coordinator to influence work management maturity
• Permanent, full-time opportunity based in Kitimat, BC, offering an exceptional lifestyle with access to world-class outdoor recreation and a close-knit community.

We're Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About The Role

We are looking for an Analyst, Maintenance Scheduling to help the Maintenance team deliver safe, reliable and efficient maintenance execution. In this role, you will contribute to improved equipment reliability, workforce productivity and schedule compliance by coordinating weekly maintenance activities, ensuring materials are ready for execution, aligning work across operational stakeholders, and working closely with tradespeople in the field to adjust maintenance plans in real time as priorities and conditions change.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a dynamic industrial environment and wants to influence operational performance. You'll work closely with experienced maintenance teams, building knowledge of complex crane assemblies, heavy equipment, and maintenance planning best practices.

While we don’t offer fly-in-fly-out arrangements, we do offer domestic relocation assistance, to help you settle in and thrive. Join us and become an integral part of our vibrant community. Located on British Columbia, Canada's northwest coast, Kitimat is a welcoming, family‑friendly community set between the mountains and the sea. Known for its strong local economy, modern amenities, short commutes, and endless opportunities for outdoor adventure, it’s an ideal place to build both a career and a life.

What You’ll Be Doing

Reporting to the Superintendent Asset Management, you will

• Develop and maintain achievable weekly maintenance schedules by partnering with Supervisors, Superintendents, Operations, and other stakeholders, while facilitating planning and scheduling meetings to align priorities, resolve constraints, and support execution readiness.
• Produce multi-discipline maintenance schedules with realistic timelines, identified constraints, and all required materials, tools, and equipment available for execution.
• Manage outstanding maintenance work and support effective backlog prioritization to optimize resource utilization and maintenance performance.
• Coordinate maintenance activities across Operations, contractors, and other departments to meet committed timeframes and minimize disruption to production.
• Coordinate contractor schedules and prepare work packages to support safe and efficient maintenance execution.
• Prepare and communicate maintenance performance metrics and key performance indicators to support decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Apply shutdown and work management best practices to support safe, efficient, and reliable maintenance outcomes.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities while supporting effective risk management across maintenance activities.
• Develop and maintain safe work procedures and standard operating practices by incorporating feedback and lessons learned from frontline tradespeople.

About You

We’re looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements below. You do not need to meet every 'helpful for success' item to apply; if you bring relevant experience and are excited by the opportunity.

Required for Success

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate competing priorities, engage stakeholders and translate maintenance requirements into practical schedules.
• Experience in maintenance planning or scheduling within mining, processing, manufacturing or other large-scale industrial environments.
• A maintenance-related qualification, trade certification, technologist qualification, engineering qualification, Maintenance Management Professional (MMP) designation, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience using SAP CMMS and Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Helpful for Success

• Experience with Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma methodologies.
• Experience using Microsoft Project or similar scheduling tools.
• Understanding of maintenance work management processes

Applications close on Thursday the 8th of October 2026 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

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 $76,480 – $114,720 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)
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Exclusive employee discounts
• Domestic relocation program if eligible

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 70 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 70 years.

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 situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and Inclusion

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ 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.

À propos de Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto est un chef de file mondial du secteur des sociétés minières et des matériaux. Nous sommes établis dans 35 pays où nous produisons du minerai de fer, du cuivre, de l’aluminium, des minéraux critiques et d’autres matériaux nécessaires à la transition énergétique mondiale et à la prospérité des personnes, des communautés et des nations.

Nous exerçons nos activités depuis 150 ans, en nous appuyant sur les connaissances accumulées au fil des générations et sur les différents continents. Notre mission – trouver de meilleures façons de fournir les matériaux dont le monde a besoin – nous guide dans notre quête d’innovation et d’amélioration continue, dans le but de fabriquer des produits à faibles émissions et répondant aux bonnes normes environnementales, sociales, et de gouvernance. Mais comme nous ne pouvons pas y arriver seuls, nous nous attachons à créer des partenariats nous permettant de résoudre des problèmes, de créer des situations mutuellement avantageuses et de saisir des occasions.

Respect and Inclusion

Chez Rio Tinto, nous accueillons favorablement et encourageons les candidatures d’Autochtones, de femmes, de membres de la communauté LGBTQ+, de travailleurs âgés, de personnes handicapées et de représentants d’origines diverses.

Nous sommes déterminés à créer un milieu inclusif où les employés se sentent à l’aise d’être eux-mêmes. Nous souhaitons de plus que chacun ait l’impression que sa voix compte, que toutes les cultures sont respectées et que les points de vue, aussi variés soient-ils, sont non seulement bienvenus, mais également essentiels à notre succès. Nous nous traitons mutuellement avec équité et dignité, sans égard à la race, au genre, à la nationalité, à l’origine ethnique, à la religion, à l’âge, à l’orientation sexuelle ou à tout autre aspect distinctif.