Underground Shift Coordinator

• Join a global mining organisation with an exceptional safety culture.
• Foster a collaborative team environment built on strong work ethics
• Excellent opportunity for career development of technical expertise in a major Metro Area - Salt Lake City

About The Role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an Underground Shift Coordinator to oversee the on-going construction and day-to-day operation of the Underground Mine. The role will work closely with and in support of the Underground Team and various contractor groups. This role is on a rotating schedule for dayshift/nightshift weekdays/weekends and requires flexibility to work all shifts.

Reporting to the Superintendent – Underground Operations, you will be responsible for

• Fulfill Underground Safety Standard requirements as needed.

• Oversee and coordinate underground related work activities

• Execution of planning and integration with surface and underground operations

• Oversite of the Underground Mine Contractors

• Ensure proper permitting

• Quality assurance through daily inspections

• Coordination of pre-commissioning and commissioning activities

• Coordinate day to day work scope between other contractor teams and active operations

• Manage project daily reports and project documentation

• Support other team members with their roles and responsibilities

• Ensure successful and safe execution of RTK Underground projects through detailed planning and execution of scopes of work in compliance with the following

  • RTKC HSE standards and programs
  • RTKC Contractor Management standards
  • RTKC Permitting processes
  • Construction Contract scope, schedule, and cost
  • Engineering and Design specifications and quality

• Support RTK Underground team in the development and execution of the following

  • RTKC HSE and Contractor Management documentation
  • Scope of Work documents
  • Project Execution Plan documents
  • Quality Assurance/Commissioning execution and documentation

What You’ll Bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 7+ years’ experience in an underground mining capacity
• 2+ years’ supervisor experience
• Underground development and stope mining experience
• Underground construction experience
• Problem solving skills
• An uncompromised commitment to working safely and creating a Zero Harm working environment.
• Computer proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word processing, Spreadsheet management, E-mail management).
• Prior use of SAP

It will also be beneficial if you have

• Experience in Critical Risk Management
• Strong communication and conflict resolution skills – incident management
• Quality assurance, pre-commissioning, and commissioning experience
• Schedule development and management experience

What We Offer

Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• 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

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.

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