Senior Advisor - Environmental Permitting

• A great opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual seeking their next challenge
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Collaborative and supportive team
• Develop a program for the management of physical assets for future underground mining operations located near Superior, Az

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Advisor - Environmental Permitting with a focus on land management to work independently within a small team contributing information and providing support to the permitting team function.

This role is a great opportunity to work within an interdisciplinary team responsible for ensuring compliance with existing state and federal plans of operations and associated biological resource and cultural resource management under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as well as management of all aspects of baseline data, NEPA impact assessments, state permitting and management of land tenure. Support alignment of RCML with internal Rio Tinto and BHP-B requirements with external government and stakeholder environmental assessments and permitting and other agreed to requirements. Working Monday to Friday and reporting to the Principal Advisor, Permitting & Approvals, you will :

• Interface with planning, engineering, environmental, legal in planning and acquiring proper approvals for land management activities
• Analyze and act upon local, state, and federal statutes and regulations to determine impacts on land rights and property management activities
• Support communication of land and environment priorities for contractors and employees.
• Maintain land related permits and land database for timely submittals and accessibility
• Maintaining geospatial databases for use in studies and to evaluate environmental planning and land management
• Creating and maintaining maps and related geospatial documentation.
• Manipulating and interpreting maps including isolating terrain features, objects of interest, and identifying spatial coordinates.
• Track and maintain the land and mineral status associated with the Resolution base case project, for the various alternatives, private lands and other strategically acquired lands in support of the project NEPA or other federal Permitting (CWA404).
• Lead the effort and work closely with consultants, legal and the pre-feasibility/feasibility group to meet the future project operational permitting requirements.
• Work with regulators on any project plan updates
• Support projects for ongoing studies and analysis.
• Develop and work closely with consultants and legal to maintain the strategic land mitigation plan in support of federal permitting and NEPA.
• Help RCML to build and maintain good relationships with key agencies and stakeholders (most critical are TNF, Pinal County, ADEQ, environmental NGOs and American Indian Tribes).

About You

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Bachelor's degree in geology/biology/anthropology/environmental sciences/Geography/GIS or related fields
• 7+ years of environmental work related to mining companies including maintaining compliance with existing permits, permitting, water, air, waste, plan of operations and NEPA.
• Demonstrated experience working with federal and state agencies on permitting and environmental issues and regulations.
• Great written and verbal communication skills and ability to quickly develop positive and robust relationships with stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving, organization and analytical skills coupled with an ability to think on your feet and make quick rational decisions
• Working knowledge of a relevant GIS applications (preferably ESRI ArcGIS or MapInfo)

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Basic knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS)
• Good computer skills (MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of MSHA and OSHA regulations

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

Where you will be working

Resolution Copper has the potential to supply nearly 25% of the US copper demand and create several thousand direct and indirect jobs in the Pioneer Mining District of Arizona, with an economic value of several billion dollars over the estimated mine life.

The project will rely on a technique called block caving to extract the deposit that lies more than 2,000 metres deep. This technique uses gravity to help remove the ore and is the most viable way to recover the resource.

In 2019, the project achieved a significant milestone - the release of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) by the US Forest Service (USFS). In anticipation of the Final EIS in 2020, Resolution Copper will continue underground development, conduct extensive drilling and orebody testing, plus maintain the permitting and public engagement process.

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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