- Lead a frontline maintenance team focused on safe execution, equipment availability and reliable field performance.
- Build your leadership capability through team development, work planning and continuous improvement.
- Live and work in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, on a 7 days on, 7 days off rotating roster of 12-hour day and night shifts; relocation assistance may be available, while fly-in fly-out arrangements are not available.
At Rio Tinto IOC, we are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace where everyone feels safe, respected, and able to succeed. We actively encourage applications from women, Indigenous Peoples, and people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
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
Finding better ways™ to provide the materials the world needs.
About the Role
We are looking for a Supervisor - Field Maintenance to lead maintenance crews and coordinate shift activities safely and cost-effectively. In this role, you’ll oversee planned and scheduled work as well as breakdown repairs that improve equipment availability and reliability. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys frontline leadership and wants to strengthen team capability and maintenance performance in a dynamic maintenance department.
Leading on the frontline is one of the most important jobs in our business. You will motivate and support your team, reinforce safe work practices, and help ensure people go home safe and well after every shift.
In Labrador City, you’ll find a close‑knit northern community where quality of life and genuine connection come naturally.
Enjoy the outdoors year-round; camping, fishing, hunting, hiking and boating throughout the summer and fall seasons. Winter thrills include groomed snowmobile trails, snowshoeing trails, alpine and cross-country skiing, including night skiing, often beneath the Northern Lights.
What you'll be doing
Reporting to the Field Maintenance Superintendent and working with maintenance and operational teams, you will:
- Lead field maintenance crews in the safe execution of planned, scheduled, emergency and breakdown work.
- Model safe behaviours and actively participate in safety observations, group safety talks, planned inspections and incident investigations.
- Coordinate work sequencing and assignments based on priority, equipment availability and team capability.
- Partner with the Maintenance Planner to confirm job scope, materials and readiness, and provide clear feedback on completed and rescheduled work.
- Coach team members, establish clear expectations, arrange training and address day-to-day performance or employee relations matters.
- Work with operational customers and team members to resolve maintenance issues and improve productivity, quality and equipment reliability.
- Provide accurate and timely information in work management, payroll and reporting systems.
- Contribute relevant information to upcoming work plans and maintain a continuous improvement focus across field maintenance activities.
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.
To be successfully considered for this role, you will demonstrate a commitment to personal and team safety and bring the following experience and capabilities:
Required for Success
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
- High school diploma or equivalent, together with a tradeor technical qualification, or equivalent practical experience in a relevant field.
- Demonstrated leadership experience supervising maintenance or production teams in mining, processing, manufacturing or another safety-critical industrial environment.
- Experience coordinating planned maintenance, work execution and breakdown response in a unionized operational environment.
- A valid Class 5 provincial driver’s license.
Helpful for Success
- Experience with shovel and drill maintenance.
- Experience using SAP, Microsoft Office applications and maintenance history or work feedback to improve equipment reliability and work quality.
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
We are a leading North American producer and exporter of premium iron ore pellets and high-grade concentrate with average iron grades greater than 66%. With a team of over 2,700 employees, IOC is committed to providing value and continuity for our customers, employees, communities and shareholders through our unique mine to port approach, taking advantage of our full integration and wholly owned infrastructure to deliver our high-quality concentrate and pellets to our customers across the globe.
IOC’s operations include a mine with five operational pits, a concentrator and a pelletizing plant located near Labrador City in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. We also operate a wholly-owned 418 km railway, the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway (QNS&L), that links our Labrador operations to Company-owned port facilities in Sept-Iles.
Working at Rio Tinto also means choosing to be part of a company recognized one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers in 2026 and one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People in 2025.
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, 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.
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.
