Intern | Mine Dewatering | Winter

at  RIO Tinto

IRON ORE COMPANY | LABRADOR CITY, NL

Mine Planning – Dewatering Engineer
Internship or COOP
If you want to drive real change, we have just the place to do it. Our Internship Program is an opportunity for you to shape Rio Tinto from the inside out. We want you to be part of our team to help take us forward by solving the emerging challenges of our time. At Rio Tinto, we believe the best ideas come from bringing people together with different perspectives to work toward a common goal - to create a better tomorrow.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are offering a 4-month (January to April) Mine Planning - Dewatering internship based in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador at our Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) operations. Relocation to Labrador City is required for this role. Accommodation and relocation assistance to Labrador City and return upon end of internship will be provided.
This internship will allow you to have direct exposure to mine engineering work on an active mine site. You will support different activities relating to IOC’s dewatering planning process.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Assisting dewatering and mine planners with developing and communicating short, medium and long range dewatering plans that are consistent with the dewatering strategy and 5 year dewatering plans
• Field visits to identify dewatering priorities, task planning and drill and blast issues
• Performing dewatering weekly reconciliation
• Supporting with pumping requirements, pump setups, sump and well designs
• Support with discharge pipe designs
• Support with environmental compliance and long range environmental permitting requirements
• Support with inventory management and future requirements
• Support with efforts to upgrade and purchase new equipment as required for Dewatering planned work
• Contributing to continuous improvements initiatives related to dewatering
• Coordinate maintenance of all dewatering equipment and updating through the asset management system
• Create/maintain accurate layouts of all mine dewatering infrastructure through Vulcan
• Participating in HSE related programs, including safety talks and field observations

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