Hydrologist

• Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and metals company where safety comes first
• Competitive Salary and benefits
• Kennecott Utah Copper has the potential to offer career advancement opportunities within Rio Tinto - Salt Lake City

About the role

We are looking for a Hydrogeologist/Hydrologist to support and participate in all open-pit and underground hydrogeology and dewatering operations essential to the safe execution of open pit and underground mine plans.

This role is a great opportunity to work in a challenging and exciting environment. Reporting to the Superintendent Hydrology and Water Services and working within the Mine Execution team, you will be:

• Day-to-day surveillance of open pit hydrogeological infrastructure (piezometers, wells, drains, and surface water) performance, evaluation, troubleshooting, and optimization
• Support integration of surface water management plan with Mine Planning and Operations teams
• Day-to-day integration with the open pit and underground Geotechnical teams to ensure hydrogeological priorities are managed
• Day-to-day surveillance of the underground drainage gallery dewatering system (development, drains, piezometers, and wells) performance, evaluation, troubleshooting, and optimization
• Integration of Hydrology/Mine Water Service/Underground infrastructure with the short and mid-range Mine Planning/Operations teams
• Coordinate with the Mine Planning and Operations teams to optimize mine plans that will protect Hydrogeologic infrastructure and reduce costs
• Hydrogeological support of open pit and underground infrastructure installations (piezometers, wells, and drains) and drilling operations (core, rotary, horizontal, and underground drilling)
• Selection of open pit and underground piezometer installation depths and well plans based on available hydrogeological data (geology, geophysics, drilling information, etc.)
• Plan and analyze open pit and underground airlift/pump testing to determine appropriate downhole instrumentation
• Coordination of on-site contractor hydrogeologists for open pit and underground infrastructure installations
• Review of open pit and underground drilling conditions in order to provide recommendations to ensure borehole targets are achieved
• Analyze and evaluate both open pit and underground hydrogeological data

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Bachelor degree in engineering, hydrology or water resource management
• At least 3 years of Surface Mining experience
• Basic understanding of pumping infrastructure, wells and piezometers
• Strong project management skills, including time management
• Strong report writing skills

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Post graduate qualification in engineering, hydrology or water resource management
• Understanding of fractured rock hydrology

What we offer

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

• A competitive salary with significant opportunity to grow
• Quarterly incentive program
• 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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