Rio Tinto Hiring for Scheduler – Minerals at Salt Lake City, UT Full Time

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Metallurgical or Chemical Engineer Engineer to join the Rio Tinto Kennecott Minerals Productivity and Scheduling team to support the business and operations through technical analysis, operations scheduling and collaborating with multiple teams and sites on process improvement projects.

This role is a great opportunity to develop your mining and metallurgist skills. Reporting to the Superintendent – Concentrator Scheduling and Projects Team, primarily you will be:

Collaborating with Mine Schedulers, Ore Body Knowledge, Asset Management, Operations, and Metals/Minerals teams to optimize the ore delivery and mineral processing strategies

Identifying opportunities for improvement in mineral processing strategies

Generate and publish mineral processing strategies in both the daily and weekly space

Secondarily you will be asked to,

Assist with plant metallurgical performance projects and analysis

Support safety projects and incident management efforts

Prepare reports to display team KPI’s

Conduct financial analyses for capital requests/approvals

Additional opportunities will be provided while in role, such as:

Actively engage in learning diverse aspects of mining and mineral processing

Identifying and executing cost savings initiatives and improvement projects

Supervising contractors executing improvement projects

What you’ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent Tertiary studies in Metallurgy, Mineral Processing or Chemical Engineering

5+ years’ experience working in mine environment as metallurgist or similar position

Strong safety mentality and familiarity with safety systems

Proven ability to operate independently and in small multi-discipline teams

Experience working in technical teams, contributing to projects, and an ability to build collaborative relationships

Well-developed analytical skills and technical competencies

Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with employees at all levels of the organization

Intermediate to Advanced proficiency in MS Office

A valid driver’s license

It will also be beneficial if you have:
Knowledge of Grinding and Flotation principles

Knowledge of copper ore processing

Knowledge of maintenance or production planning

Experience writing technical papers

Ability to lead small teams.

Project Management skills

What we offer

Here is just a glimpse of our industry leading rewards package:

A safety-focused and inclusive working environment

A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees

Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions

Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs

Excellent retirement plan including 6% defined company contribution

Generous 401k matching program

A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays)

Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter

Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

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.

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.

Where you will be working

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. 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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