Supervisor – Mine Operations

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Exposure to multiple groups within Kennecott
• Work for a global company with broad opportunities - Salt Lake City

About the Role

We are looking for a Supervisor - Mine Operations to join the Rio Tinto Kennecott Mine Operations team to maximize the potential of our mining equipment, resources, and the safety of our teams.

This role is a great opportunity to progress your career into a leadership role in one of the world's leading mining operations. Reporting to the Superintendent - Operations, you will be:

• Ensuring a high level of leadership in safety standards and procedures
• Executing mine production plans in a safe and cost-effective manner to ensure targeted quantities are consistently delivered
• Responsible for the allocation of operational resources and directing work of outside consultants and contractors
• Responsible for ongoing training, safety compliance and departmental scheduling and productivity
• Communicating with multiple stakeholder groups working in and around the mine facility
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of the mine and lowering of costs by identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation

About You

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A high school diploma or equivalent, bachelor’s degree preferred
• 3+ years of experience in mining, processing, manufacturing or a related field
• Ability to lead and prior experience leading medium to large teams
• Strong problem solving and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels
• Prior Blasting exposure/experience

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Prior supervisory experience in mining operations and/or exposure to mine planning systems
• Intermediate computer competency (Excel, Word, SAP, etc.)

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.

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.

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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