Principal Advisor – Underground Infrastructure

• Key role in a diverse and global organization
• Continuous supply chain improvements leveraging on technology/streamline processes
• Excellent opportunity for career development of technical expertise

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Principal Advisor – Underground Infrastructure, residentially based in Salt Lake City, Utah, to join the underground team. The candidate will oversee the delivery of the surface and underground infrastructure engineering included in the Integrated Skarns Project scope of work.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the responsibilities of this role include:

• Provide oversight and management of the engineering service provider to ensure the various work packages are completed on time, on budget and to the required specifications;
• Monitor and report on engineering progress;
• Manage the engineering budget to align with the study objectives as well as execution project requirements.
• Liaise between the execution team, the study team, and engineering service provider to ensure stakeholder alignment; and
• Support and promote adherence to Rio Tinto’s safety tools, policies and procedures.

What you’ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in mining, electrical, civil or mechanical engineering
• 10-15 years of experience in the mining or construction industry with at least five years in an underground mining environment;
• Project engineering experience with demonstrated experience in mine infrastructure engineering;
• Demonstrated experience and working knowledge in mine electrical, pumping, compressed air and process water systems;
• Experience in preparing engineering specifications, scopes of work and tender evaluations;
• Highly developed communications skills that enable effective interaction between the execution team, the study team and engineering service providers with the ability to foster stakeholder relationships;
• Relationship building skills and can collaborate to build and sustain enduring relationships with key stakeholders based on trust and integrity;
• Excellent computer skills with high competence in the Microsoft Office suite;
• Demonstrated leadership that strives towards the commitment to Safety in Design and Zero Harm.

It will also be beneficial if you have

• Professional Engineering registration;
• Project Management Professional certification;
• Familiarity with ventilation shaft development, backfill and shotcrete systems in underground mining
• Experience in cost estimation and project scheduling

What we offer

We are committed to providing our employees with a generous benefits package. Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking, your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress, we provide:

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• Advantageous salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.
• Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program, which allows you to purchase Rio Tinto Company shares.
• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
• A favorable child-caregiver leave program (Up to 100% salary top-up)
• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing
• Ongoing Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family; to help in addressing educational opportunities, addiction treatment, depression, stress, domestic issues, financial management, and legal concerns.
• Our team and industry experts are here to support and work with you to explore your learning potential and career goals

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. Pioneers.

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.

Borates are a key ingredient in fertilizers, glass manufacture, and household construction products. Lithium will help electrify the world.

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.

Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper

Our Kennecott mine is a world-class, fully integrated copper mining operation, including a concentrator, smelter and refinery, located just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. We produce copper, precious metals including gold and silver, molybdenum and sulfuric acid. Kennecott has been mining and processing minerals from the rich ore body of the Bingham Canyon Mine since 1903, and is one of the top producing mines in the world, comprising approximately 11 percent of U.S. annual copper production.

Every Voice Matters

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

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We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable being 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.