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Engineer I - ROV & Automation

Employer
Rio Tinto
Location
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Oct 7, 2022

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Category
Computer etc., Engineering
Work Term
Permanent
Work Load
Full Time
Language
English

Job Details

Engineer I - ROV & Automation
  • Exposure to a truly global company
  • Opportunity to build/enhance your professional skill set
  • Work with diverse and challenging systems in an industrial setting - Salt Lake City

About the role

We are looking for an Engineer I - ROV & Automation to join the Kennecott Data Technology & Automation team. This role will be responsible for the processing of Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) collected data including photogrammetry and LiDAR data, to improve productivity through: improving the data processing workflow, research and development of data processing software and workflows, data analytics, low level software script development, software deployment and support of new or proven technology. Collecting, analyzing and distributing data obtained from ROV operations will greatly supplement teams including; survey, Geology, GeoTech, asset management, operations, environmental, Incident investigation and recovery.

Reporting to the Principal Advisor - Technology Integration you will:
  • Perform all ROV collected data processing including photogrammetry and LiDAR data
  • Work hand in hand with ROV and software vendors to ensure the highest quality and most efficient methods are used to process ROV data.
  • Support RTKC customers with practical knowledge and experience in specialized or new proof of concept data processing software.
  • Coordinate data processing with multiple pilots across RTKC.
  • Consult on routine ROV data processing with the RTKC ROV team to optimize use of cloud and on-prem processing power.
  • Coordinate major upgrades or repairs to processing systems with IS&T and vendor's technicians.
  • Recommend and implement changes in software or hardware as needed to keep our systems up to date and efficient.
  • Interface with customers to ensure that existing ROV processing systems are providing the necessary capabilities.
  • Ensure that engineering, design, and technical principles are applied within own sector of activities.

What you'll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
  • Associates or Bachelor's degree in technical field preferred
  • Deep knowledge of photogrammetry and LiDAR data collection and processing technology and how to implement, maintain, troubleshoot and repair them
  • Mid - level competence in Microsoft desktop products specifically Excel, Word and Outlook.
  • Must have strong interpersonal skills and be able to work with all levels of management and professionals with diverse backgrounds.
  • Entry level understanding of scripting languages such as Python, R, C++
  • FAA Part 107 Pilot's license preferred but not required

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. This role will be located at the Mine administration area just inside the open pit mine.

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

Company

We are curious and creative, ingenious and hard-working. We are pioneers – exploring the boundaries of everything we do. The materials we produce are essential to human progress, and we see that progress driven by our people. Working at Rio Tinto means touching people’s lives: from exploring new materials to finding ways to tackle climate change. 

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. And 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. 

Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

Company info
Website
Mini-site
Rio Tinto
Telephone
+44 20 7781 2000
Location
6 St James's Square
London
London
SW1Y 4AD
Australia

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