Project Controls Graduate Engineer

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About the role

We are offering Graduate roles in Diavik Diamond Mines, Lac de Gras Mine Site, Northwest Territories.

Reporting to Project Controls Senior Advisor, the Project Controls Graduate Engineer will support the coordination of effective project controls systems (estimating, planning, cost engineering and risk management) to forecast and monitor major and minor projects.

The Project Controls Graduate will have an opportunity to provide planning, scheduling, cost and risk management functions for the progressive reclamation and closure feasibility works. The main responsibilities may include:

• Support the weekly schedule & monthly updates in Primavera P6.
• Support the review of actual and forecast project costs and key performance metrics
• Support Monthly financial transactions
• Support the project measurement system and commodity reports generation
• Support weekly and monthly reporting
• Support with the project risk register.
• Support with planning and control of Pre-Feasibility and Feasibility studies and schedules.
• Actively participate in site safety processes.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The schedule is a 2 weeks on /2 weeks off rotation that includes working weekends and holidays. The rotations will consist of 12-hour daily shifts. You will be flown in/out of the Diavik site from Yellowknife or Edmonton for your shifts and all accommodation and meals are included in camp.

What you will bring:

The Project Controls Graduate Engineer must have the following:

• Bachelor or master’s degree completed in 2021, 2022 or by August 2023 in CIVIL, CIVIL/GEOTECHNICAL or MINING ENGINEERING or related field

• Less than two years of relevant work experience (local and international)
• Right to work in Canada
• Previous experience or familiarity with Primavera P6 and project controls processes is an asset.
• Highly self-motivated.
• Outstanding organizational and participative skills.
• Excellent communication skills are required to liaise with consulting engineers, contractors, and management.
• Results oriented and committed with the team.
• Expert in Excel, V-lookups, Pivot Tables and Macros.
• An undergraduate level course in financial accounting and / or fundamentals of project management and / or construction planning and scheduling will be an additional asset.

Where will you be working

The Diavik Diamond Mine, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, is located on a 20 square kilometer island, called East Island, in Lac de Gras, a lake located 300 kilometers northeast of Yellowknife. It is 100 kilometers north of the tree line and 210 km south of the Arctic Circle. Workers at the mine site commute to the island by plane.

Our diamonds from Diavik are stunning white gems, produced to the highest possible standards of safety and integrity. At Diavik, the safety of our people is our number one priority. We will never compromise this. Having all of the people who come to our mine site return home to their families and loved ones at the end of every roster or visit is our number one goal.

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers –generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress. Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium –the world’s first to be certified “responsible” –helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities, and our boron helps feed the world and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Every Voice Matters

We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTI+ 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.

Next steps…

Join us and pioneer a career that will not only build your future, but drive progress for us all, apply today.

Please note, in order to be considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

• Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings as there is enough applicants, therefore, if you are interested in applying for this vacancy, please submit your application as soon as possible.

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