Maintenance Manager – Asset Integrity team

RioTinto; Kitimat; On-site; CAD 148,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global mining company is seeking a Maintenance Manager for its Asset Integrity team in Kitimat, BC. This permanent, full-time position involves overseeing maintenance at the aluminium smelter, ensuring safety, reliability, and compliance while fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Ideal candidates will have an engineering degree, significant experience in heavy industry, and strong leadership capabilities.

Benefits

Relocation assistance

Competitive salary package

Career development opportunities

Health and retirement benefits

Qualifications

• 8–10 years in heavy industry maintenance.
• 3–5 years in a management role.
• Knowledge of Canadian building, electrical, and safety codes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement maintenance programs for smelter.
• Lead planning of plant shutdowns with minimal production impact.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations and standards.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Safety awareness

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering

Tools

SAP PM

Maximo

Job description

Maintenance Manager – Asset Integrity team

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Work with the latest technology and innovation, in an environment where we challenge you to drive positive change
• This permanent, full-time, role is based in Kitimat, BC. The perfect place to live and work, combining the tranquility of a small community with an unrivaled love for the great outdoors. Relocation provided.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Maintenance Manager to join the Asset Integrity team to be responsible for the safe, efficient, and cost-effective maintenance of all assets within the aluminium smelter. Operating within Canadian regulatory frameworks and industry best practices, this leadership role ensures the reliability and performance of plant infrastructure, including potlines, cast house equipment, utilities, and environmental control systems. The Maintenance Manager drives proactive maintenance strategies and fosters a culture of continuous improvement and safety excellence.

Reporting to the Asset Integrity Director and working on a Monday to Friday schedule, you will :

Maintenance Planning & Execution

• Develop and implement preventative and predictive maintenance programs tailored to the needs of the smelter.
• Lead the planning and coordination of scheduled plant shutdowns, ensuring minimal impact to production.
• Oversee maintenance activities across mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and automation disciplines.

Leadership & Supervision

• Lead and mentor a multi-trade unionized and non-union workforce in alignment with Canadian labour laws and site agreements.
• Foster a safety-first culture, ensuring all work complies with Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (OHSA/OHSR) and CSA Group standards.
• Collaborate with HR and operations to drive workforce engagement, skills development, and succession planning.

Asset & Reliability Management

• Manage and improve asset reliability using techniques such as Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM).
• Monitor and analyze maintenance KPIs such as MTBF, MTTR, and maintenance cost per tonne of aluminium.
• Maintain and improve asset records in CMMS (e.g., SAP PM or Maximo).

Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure compliance with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) requirements, provincial Ministry of Environment regulations, and relevant ISO standards (e.g., ISO 14001, ISO 45001).
• Support internal and external audits related to safety, environment, and asset integrity.

Budget & Resource Management

• Develop annual maintenance budgets and manage costs within targets.
• Oversee procurement of parts and services, ensuring alignment with company sourcing strategies and Canadian suppliers where possible.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with production, engineering, EHS, and capital projects teams to align maintenance activities with plant priorities.
• Support capital project execution from a maintenance readiness and commissioning standpoint.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering; or a relevant trade with extensive supervisory experience.
• Minimum 8–10 years in heavy industry maintenance, with at least 3–5 years in a management role.
• Experience in an aluminium smelting or primary metals processing facility strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of Canadian building, electrical, and safety codes.
• Familiarity with unionized environments and experience with collective agreements.
• Proficient with CMMS systems (e.g., SAP PM, Maximo) and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Valid Class 5 driver’s licence (or provincial equivalent).
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Safety and environmental stewardship.
• Strategic thinking with hands-on problem-solving ability.
• Financial and cost management acumen.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Assets :

• Maintenance Management Professional (MMP) certification from PEMAC or equivalent.
• First Aid, WHMIS, and other site-specific certifications.

Applications close the 17th of July 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

Please note: Fly-in-fly-out arrangements are not available, but we do offer relocation assistance to help you settle in and thrive. Join our team and become an integral part of our vibrant community.

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 $148,800 - $223,200 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
• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• Career development to further your ambitions
• Competitive salary package
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support
• Exciting multicultural working environment

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 65 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 60 years. To learn more about our Aluminium Operations, check out this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=25&v=CTp1jkRKeBI

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.

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.

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.

Chaque voix compte
Chez Rio Tinto, nous accueillons favorablement et encourageons les candidatures d’Autochtones, de femmes, de membres de la communauté LGBTQ2S+, 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.