Production Supervisor (Safety & People Leadership)
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We’re committed to Finding Better Ways™ and that starts with creating a safe, inclusive, and empowering environment for everyone.
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Benefits designed to make life better for you and your loved ones
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This permanent, full‑time role offers the chance to live and work in a close‑knit community with short commutes, outstanding access to the outdoors, and relocation support provided.
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 Production Supervisors to lead front‑line production and processing teams within our aluminum smelting operations, with accountability for safety, people leadership, and operational performance.
This is a great opportunity for safety‑driven and people‑focused leaders to coach a front-line team, build capability, and deliver safe, stable production outcomes. While schedules vary by department, most roles follow a predictable 12‑hour rotating day and night shift pattern (2 days on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 3 off).
Our operations include Wharf (logistics and material handling), Carbon (manufacturing and handling of carbon products used in smelting), Casting (controlled production and quality‑focused processing), and Reduction (large‑scale, aluminum smelting production). Experience from logistics, manufacturing, utilities, mining, oil & gas, pulp and paper, or other process‑driven manufacturing and production industries transfers well, especially strengths in safety, teamwork, coaching, problem‑solving, and working within structured operating procedures.
While we don’t offer fly-in-fly-out arrangements, we do offer domestic relocation assistance to help you settle in and thrive. Join us and become an integral part of our vibrant community. Located on British Columbia, Canada's northwest coast, Kitimat is a welcoming, family‑friendly community set between the mountains and the sea. Known for its strong local economy, modern amenities, short commutes, and endless opportunities for outdoor adventure, it’s an ideal place to build both a career and a life.
Reporting to the Superintendent and working in a diverse and collaborative environment, within Smelting or Service Operations, you will be:
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Role‑model and promote Health, Safety, and Environmental standards, contributing to a culture grounded in care, courage, and curiosity across all activities.
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Lead and support a unionized crew of operators and labourers, fostering respectful engagement, clear expectations, and positive working relationships.
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Partner with teams and peers to drive continuous improvement, strengthening standards, procedures, safety performance, and operational reliability.
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Communicate and collaborate effectively to ensure shared understanding of operating conditions, smooth shift handovers, and aligned performance expectations.
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Apply a thoughtful, structured approach to problem‑solving and decision‑making, involving the right stakeholders and enabling sustainable solutions.
About you
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A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
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A high school diploma or GED, and a valid driver’s license or equivalent
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People‑centred leadership capability, with the ability to set direction, prioritize work, communicate effectively, and engage team members
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Strong communication and organizational skills, with comfort using everyday digital tools such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel
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Experience leading, supporting, or influencing teams, ideally within an industrial, logistical, or operational environment (e.g., mining, processing, manufacturing, shipping).
If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100%, we still want to hear from you. Training and support are provided to help you build smelter‑specific knowledge.
We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.
Applications close on 31 of March (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.
The base salary range for this role is $90,560 - $135,840 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.
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A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
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Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
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Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
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Exclusive employee discounts
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 70 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 70 years.
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 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.
Respect and Inclusion
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.
