The posting
- Build broad project experience by supporting capital work across a large, complex and fully integrated mining operation.
- Enjoy a residential opportunity near Salt Lake City, with primarily local travel between Kennecott assets.
- Contribute to safe, high-impact projects while collaborating with Operations, Asset Management, Technical, Finance and contractor teams.
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.
At Rio Tinto, 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 and from people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We know that great technical capability comes in many forms, and we’re focused on building teams that reflect the communities we operate in and support each other to do their best work.
About the role
We are looking for a Project Advisor to support the safe planning and delivery of capital projects and surface mine activities across Rio Tinto Kennecott. Working closely with project managers, operational teams and contractors, you’ll help coordinate work from initiation through commissioning while maintaining a strong focus on safety, quality, cost, schedule and project governance. This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys bringing people and technical work together in a complex operating environment and wants to build experience towards future opportunities in project management or consumables.
What you’ll be doing
Reporting to the Superintendent of Projects and working in a safety-led, collaborative environment within Capital Projects, Surface Mine Planning and Geosciences, you will be:
- Supporting project managers in the planning and delivery of capital projects involving civil works, pumping, pipework, electrical substations and heavy mining equipment.
- Coordinating implementation activities and day-to-day work between contractor teams, consumables activities and active mining operations.
- Managing contractors working on site and supporting the safe delivery of agreed project scope, quality, cost and schedule requirements.
- Integrating relevant safety requirements into project activities based on assessed hazards, critical risks and identified controls.
- Supporting project governance, funding requirements and stage-gate approvals throughout the project lifecycle.
- Reviewing plans and completed work, identifying quality issues and coordinating corrective actions when required.
- Maintaining daily project reports, documentation, construction as-builts and work-progress records using relevant applications and technical reviews.
- Coordinating pre-commissioning and commissioning activities while working with Operations, Asset Management, Technical, Finance, governance and project teams.
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.
Required for Success
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- A high school diploma or equivalent.
- Demonstrated experience in projects or operations within heavy industry, mining, project management, construction or a related field.
- Experience coordinating operational personnel and working effectively across cross-functional teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong stakeholder-management and conflict-resolution skills.
- The ability to read and understand complex mechanical, structural and civil engineering plans and specifications.
- Experience supporting or coordinating projects within a complex operational environment.
- The ability to work constructively through ambiguity while balancing safety, risk, quality, timing, cost and deliverability.
Helpful for Success
- A degree in engineering, construction management, earth science, project management or a related discipline.
- Knowledge of Critical Risk Management practices and controls associated with construction work.
- Knowledge of safety systems, standards and MSHA regulations relevant to mining operations.
- Experience with project-based software tools and systems.
- Experience with project governance, investment approvals or capital-project documentation.
- Quality-assurance experience, including reviewing executed work and coordinating corrective actions.
- Pre-commissioning or commissioning experience.
- Schedule-development and schedule-management experience.
- Practical knowledge of surface mining operations, including roads, haulage and the interaction between operational teams.
What we offer
- A work environment where safety is always the number one priority.
- Competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive bonus.
- 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.
- Attractive share ownership plan.
- Comprehensive leave policies which cover all the moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
- A generous parental leave policy, which ensures you’re able to spend quality time with your new family.
- Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which provides confidential counselling or expert guidance for you and your family to help get through life’s challenges.
Where you’ll 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.
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
Rio Tinto is committed to equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel safe, respected and valued. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome but are essential to our success. We treat all our people fairly and with dignity.
Rio Tinto participates in E- Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.ucis.gov/ for more information.
