Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians (HDET)

Rio Tinto; Kitimat; On-site; CAD 87,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Safety‑first culture

Education assistance

Health programs

Share ownership plan

CAAT pension

Paid time off

Job summary

Rio Tinto in Kitimat, BC, is seeking a Heavy‑Duty Equipment Technician to join our Mobile Maintenance team. Inspect, repair and maintain a range of mobile equipment to keep the smelting site safe, reliable and efficient. The role offers 12‑hour rotating shifts with alternating weekends in a large industrial setting.

You’ll mentor apprentices, document work clearly and uphold safety standards while contributing to continuous improvement and core values of care, courage and curiosity.

Qualifications

• Interprovincial Red Seal certification as a Heavy‑Duty Equipment Technician.
• Valid provincial Class 7 driver's license.
• Ability to inspect, maintain, troubleshoot and repair mobile equipment safely and effectively.
• Ability to communicate maintenance findings and document completed work accurately across shifts and teams.
• Commitment to Rio Tinto’s values of care, courage and curiosity.

Responsibilities

• Promote a safety-first culture by identifying hazards, speaking up, and supporting safe work practices across the team.
• Participate in safety meetings, hazard identification, and incident investigations to support continuous improvement.
• Inspect, maintain, troubleshoot and repair mobile equipment in line with work plans, quality expectations and site standards.
• Complete repairs efficiently while protecting equipment integrity, reliability and operational readiness.
• Maintain clean and organized work areas in accordance with site safety and environmental standards.
• Document completed work accurately to support effective communication across shifts and teams.
• Review equipment to verify compliance with site standards and operational requirements.
• Support apprentice development by sharing knowledge, coaching, and assigning tasks that build capability.

Skills

Safety leadership

Maintenance & repair

Troubleshooting

Communicating findings

Apprentice coaching

Education

Interprovincial Red Seal (Heavy‑Duty Equipment Technician)

Class 7 driver's license

Tools

Linde

Mecfor

Caterpillar

Techmo

Job description

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.

• Play a key role maintaining mobile equipment that supports safe, reliable and efficient aluminum production.
• Build your experience across a diverse fleet in a large-scale industrial operation, working alongside an experienced Mobile Maintenance team.
• Join us in a permanent, full-time role in Kitimat, British Columbia, with short commutes and year-round access to the mountains, forests and coast.

About The Role

We are looking for Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians to join our Mobile Maintenance team. In this role, you’ll inspect, maintain and repair a range of mobile equipment, helping keep operations across the smelting site safe, reliable and efficient. You’ll work within a collaborative, safety-focused group and contribute technical knowledge that supports equipment integrity and apprentice development.

This is a great opportunity for qualified mechanics who enjoys troubleshooting, varied equipment and practical problem-solving in a large-scale industrial setting.

The Mobile Maintenance team operates a variety of schedules, including 12-hour rotating day and night shifts and day‑shift‑only opportunities. All schedules include alternating weekends. This role is not offered on a fly-in‑fly-out basis.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Promote a safety-first culture by identifying hazards, speaking up, and supporting safe work practices across the team.
• Participate in safety meetings, hazard identification, and incident investigations to support continuous improvement.
• Inspect, maintain, troubleshoot and repair mobile equipment in line with work plans, quality expectations and site standards.
• Complete repairs efficiently while protecting equipment integrity, reliability and operational readiness.
• Maintain clean and organized work areas in accordance with site safety and environmental standards.
• Document completed work accurately to support effective communication across shifts and teams.
• Review equipment to verify compliance with site standards and operational requirements.
• Support apprentice development by sharing knowledge, coaching, and assigning tasks that build capability.

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, we encourage you to submit an application.

Required for Success

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Interprovincial Red Seal certification as a Heavy‑Duty Equipment Technician.
• A valid provincial driver’s license, minimum Class 7, or an equivalent license from another province.
• Demonstrated capability to inspect, maintain, troubleshoot and repair mobile equipment safely and effectively.
• Ability to communicate maintenance findings and document completed work accurately across shifts and teams.
• A commitment to Rio Tinto’s values of care, courage and curiosity, demonstrated through respect for others, speaking up on safety and a willingness to learn and improve.

Helpful for Success

• Experience troubleshooting and diagnosing Linde, Mecfor, Caterpillar and/or Techmo mobile equipment.
• Experience coaching apprentices or sharing technical knowledge in a maintenance environment.

Applications close on Sunday, 8 November 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.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• A competitive hourly pay rate of $63.953 per hour in accordance with the Unifor 2301 Collective Labour Agreement
• Ongoing access to family‑friendly health and medical programs
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Optional sabbatical program
• Defined benefit pension plan (CAAT)
• Exclusive employee discounts

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, 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.