Engineer - Process

• Opportunity to work with as a process engineer in a world class smelting and refining operation
• Exposure to multiple groups within Rio Tinto Kennecott Utah Copper
• Process engineering opportunities in multiple unit operations - Salt Lake City

About the role

We are looking for a Engineer - Process to join the Rio Tinto Kennecott Metals Operations Technical Support Team to support the Metals Group day to day process control support, process improvements, risk mitigation, safety improvements, and technologically innovative solutions.

This role is a great opportunity to apply and develop your process engineering skills. This role reporting to the Principal Engineer, Process as part of the Metals OTS team Reporting to the Principal Engineer - Feed, you will be:

• Daily process support including monitoring, trouble shooting, and optimization
• Identifying gaps between past performance and plans and implementing solutions to close the gaps
• Implement (operationalize) Process Safety Management practices in Metals Group
• Reporting of data for process control, production planning, and process optimization
• Technical support for 24/7 operation
• Identify and implement cost reductions and production improvements

What you'll bring

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

• Bachelors degree in Metallurgical or Chemical Engineering or other discipline with relevant experience
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience in processing or heavy industry
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience in process control logic and distributed control systems
• Skills in statistical and data analysis
• Experience working in technical teams and leading projects

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Knowledge of copper processing principles
• Knowledge of high temperature processes
• Knowledge of electrochemical processes

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 aluminum - 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.

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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We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable being 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.