Principal Advisor Engineering

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Make your mark setting up our new, intelligent mine
• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Based at Superior, AZ

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

Studies on this multi-billion dollar project are progressing and we are looking for a Principal Advisor Engineering to join our team.

This role is a unrivalled opportunity to join a world class study team. Reporting to the Manager, Mine Design, you will be part of a highly skilled team spearheading the mine design and shaping the future of the project. Your will be to:

• Lead a team of mining engineers and consultants to execute safe and practical mine designs, while supporting their development and growth
• Develop opportunities to improve safety and value, utilizing the latest technology to establish a highly efficient operation
• Work closely with all other engineering disciplines to deliver an integrated design and ensure best for project decisions
• Foster strong stakeholder relationships both internally and externally
• prepare and deliver on a schedule of work which is practical, considering key interactions, and ensuring adequately resourcing
• Establish and refine production scheduling and improve mine scheduling processes and ways of working

What you'll bring

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Bachelor's in Mining Engineering with more than 15 years of varied mine design and planning experience.
• Demonstrated skills and experience in designing large underground mines
• Deep understanding of production planning systems and mine design software packages
• Experience with underground mine development processes, specifically cave development and construction
• Experience requisite to be a Competent Person or Competent Person in Training under JORC.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Experience in delivery of significant mine development studies
• Experience in underground mining construction.
• Sound knowledge of mine ventilation systems

What we offer

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

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees
• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
• Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan
• Wellbeing benefits
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters
• Leave for all of lifes reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

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 worlds 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 youll be working

The Resolution Copper project is a proposed underground mine 60 miles east of Phoenix, Arizona, near the town of Superior. The project is a joint venture owned by Rio Tinto (55%) and BHP (45%). The ore deposit lies nearly 7,000 feet below the earth's surface. It represents one of the most significant untapped copper deposits today, with an estimated copper resource of 1.787 billion metric tonnes at an average grade of 1.5% copper. The mine has the potential to supply nearly 25% of US copper demand.

The mine will create several thousand direct and indirect jobs, with an economic value of several billion dollars over the estimated mine life. Resolution will also serve as an engine for economic growth, and use best practices to create a safe, sustainable, and environmentally friendly operation. The copper from the mine will be used to produce vital products that modern society depends upon, such as electric vehicles, smartphones, and MRI scanners.

Permitting is well-underway, and the public plays a significant role in planning and approving the project.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we value diversity and inclusiveness at our workplaces. We welcome 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

Rio Tinto participates in E-Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.uscis.gov/ for more information.

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.