Technician Process

Rio Tinto; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Safety-first culture

Career development

Annual incentive program

Health & pension plans

Share ownership plan

Paid leave

Employee discounts

Job summary

Rio Tinto’s Strathcona Production Plant in Edmonton seeks a Process Technician to drive safe, reliable operations and environmental compliance across the site. You’ll lead process optimisation and coordinate with operations and technical teams to improve safety, quality, yield and cost performance.

The role offers opportunities to grow in process operations, with technical leadership and continuous improvement initiatives in a heavy industrial setting.

Qualifications

• Commitment to safety of yourself and team.
• Ability to interpret process data and identify performance trends.
• Experience in large-scale industrial environments (processing/manufacturing).
• Diploma in Process Technology or related disciplines.
• Experience using Excel, PI ProcessBook, HMI for performance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Optimize process performance across plant operations.
• Monitor conditions and collect data to support stability and improvements.
• Investigate deviations and implement reliability improvements.
• Analyze data and prepare reports for decision-making.
• Improve process designs and operating practices while ensuring SOPs.
• Deliver technical training to operators and maintenance staff.
• Coordinate assurance activities for licensing, testing and monitoring.
• Support scoping, commissioning and start-up with laboratory performance focus.

Skills

Safety commitment

Data interpretation

Industrial process experience

Process data analysis

Education

Post-secondary diploma in Process Technology

Chemical Technology

Chemical Engineering Technology

Industrial Operations

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PI ProcessBook

Human Machine Interface (HMI)

Process monitoring systems

Job description

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.

• Play a key role in producing anode grade calcined coke that supports Rio Tinto's global aluminium value chain.
• Build your technical expertise in a complex processing environment while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Permanent, full-time opportunity based in Edmonton, Alberta, offering the benefits of city living and a Monday to Friday work schedule.

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 a Process Technician to help the Strathcona Production Plant deliver safe, reliable and compliant production outcomes. In this role, you'll coordinate process optimisation and environmental compliance activities across the site, contributing to improvements in safety, quality, yield, cost performance and operational reliability. Working as part of a collaborative operations and technical team, you'll provide technical leadership, support continuous improvement initiatives and play a key role in maintaining the performance and compliance of a complex industrial processing facility.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys solving technical challenges in a heavy industrial environment and wants to grow their expertise in process operations and optimisation.

What You’ll Be Doing

Reporting to the Strathcona Manager, you will

• Optimize process performance by identifying opportunities to improve cycle time, yield, unit cost, product quality, safety and regulatory compliance across plant operations.
• Monitor process conditions, instrumentation and critical equipment, collecting and analyzing operational data to support process stability and continuous improvement.
• Investigate process, instrumentation and control system deviations, identifying root causes and implementing solutions to improve reliability and performance.
• Analyze operational and laboratory data, preparing reports, trend analyses and recommendations that support informed decision-making and plant performance objectives.
• Improve process designs, operating practices and facility utilization while maintaining compliance with standard operating procedures and quality requirements.
• Deliver technical training and guidance to operators and maintainers on process-critical systems and environmental abatement equipment.
• Coordinate technical assurance activities that support operating license compliance, including stack testing, groundwater monitoring, soil monitoring, water management and waste management programs.
• Support project scoping, operational assurance, commissioning and start-up activities while providing technical assurance for laboratory performance and reporting.

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.
• Ability to interpret process data, identify performance trends and contribute to process improvement initiatives.
• Advanced experience in processing, manufacturing, refining, smelting, petrochemical, energy or another large-scale industrial environment.
• Post-secondary diploma in Process Technology, Chemical Technology, Chemical Engineering Technology, Industrial Operations or a related discipline.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, PI ProcessBook, Human Machine Interface (HMI) and process monitoring systems to analyze performance, identify trends and support operational decision-making.

Helpful for Success

• Knowledge of statistical analysis, process control principles or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Exposure to programming, automation or process control systems.

Applications close on Sunday the 4th 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.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts

Where you’ll be working

Rio Tinto’s Strathcona Production Plant is a part of the Atlantic Operations of the Aluminum product group.

Our Alberta facility is focused on results and for over 50 years we have been playing a part of the global aluminum industry. This facility is responsible for turning byproducts from oil refineries into key ingredients for one of our widely used metals. High quality green petroleum coke (GPC) is purchased from our partners and turned it into anode grade calcined coke for use in the aluminum smelting process.

Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. This inland city offers a lot of exciting year-round activities and events indoor and outdoor. From prime shopping to farmer’s markets, skiing, and arts & culture.

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, du 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.