Field Engineer(S) – Rehabilitation Projects

RITM9979028

Field Engineer(s) – Rehabilitation Projects

• Excellent opportunity to manage rehabilitation projects for a large/complex mining operation
• Work in a diverse, collaborative, and supportive environment
• Begin your career with Rio Tinto today! - Salt Lake City, Utah

About The Role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for 2 x Project Field Engineer to manage a variety of moderate to major-sized Rehabilitation & Closure projects and studies across the Salt Lake City, Kennecott Copper business. These roles support the Senior Engineers for their projects as well.

This role is a great opportunity to join a truly global mining organization and be involved in the planning and delivery of rehabilitation projects from initiation to completion, and is focused on achieving objectives through managing resources, budgets, schedules, changes, and risks. Typical responsibilities and accountabilities for this position

• Leading, planning, and coordinate the study or implementation stages of projects, including the management of all functional areas.
• Manage project daily reports and project documentation.
• Planning and delivering relevant safety requirements into all activities, tasks, and projects based on assessed hazards, identified critical risks, and mitigating actions.
• Coordinate day-to-day work scope between other contractor teams and active operations.
• Accountable for safely and successfully delivering the project and business case by ensuring the results meet technical, quality, cost, and schedule requirements as per the lifecycle stages.
• Assisting with resourcing, procurement, contract management, and progress reporting
• Rehabilitation projects typically include civil work to reclaim mine waste dumps, tailings impoundment cap and close, demolition, environmental-based projects, and ESG-related endeavors.
• Assisting with proper project governance and stage gate approvals. Presenting reports, requesting funding, and public speaking.
• Quality assurance by reviewing plans, quality of executed work, and corrective actions as required.
• Assisting the project manager with a variety of projects and technologies that will require you to leverage engineering, business, and cross-functional team management skills
• Track construction as-builts and work progress via applications, reports, and technical reviews. Coordination of Pre-commissioning and commissioning activities.

What You’ll Bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have

• Advanced degree in engineering, construction management, earth science, rehabilitation, or project management.
• 3 – 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in projects with experience in heavy industry, mining, or related fields.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience with computer system applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project

It will also be beneficial if you have

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or other relevant related experience in Project Management or a related field.
• Broad understanding of program management, project management, project controls, business improvement, contract management, risk management & change management.
• Schedule development and management experience.
• Experience with operational personnel coordination and ability to work with cross-functional teams. This includes strong communication and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to read and understand complex mechanical, structural, and civil engineering plans and specifications.
• Knowledge of Project-based software tools and systems.
• Critical Risk Management and practices to mitigate safety risks associated with construction work.
• Quality assurance, pre-commissioning, and commissioning experience are a plus.

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

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

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 and meet opportunities.

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.

Every Voice Matters

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.

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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