Sr. Manager - Permitting & Approvals
- Employer
- Rio Tinto
- Location
- US
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- Jul 24, 2021
- Closes
- Jul 27, 2021
- Ref
- 473799627
- Category
- Audit & Legal
- Work Term
- Permanent
- Work Load
- Full Time
- Language
- English
Senior Manager Permitting & Approvals
About the role
All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.
We are looking for a Senior Manager Permitting and Approvals that will drive the critical path work for Resolution Copper tied to permitting and cultural heritage for all future infrastructure on Federal, State and private land.
This is a great opportunity to demonstrate the importance of building a credible and effective relationships with state and federal agencies, local communities, CSO's and Native American Consulting tribes. Aspects of Resolution Copper's permitting and approvals must deliver tangible, consistent, and visible benefits to Native American Consulting Tribes, local Copper Triangle and the State of Arizona. This will require robust consultation and partnership with agencies, communities, local government, Native American Consulting Tribes and CSO's.
Leading on the frontline is one of the most important jobs in our business and comes with a huge amount of responsibility. We need you to motivate, inspire and keep your people safe and well.
With signature leadership training programmes, growing and developing is more than an opportunity it is something we actively plan and make happen. Every day our leaders grow, while our rosters are designed to help you live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family.
Reporting to the Project Director and working in a collaborative community within the Permits and Approval department, you will be:
What you'll bring
What we offer
Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress.
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'll 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.
- 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.
We are looking for a Senior Manager Permitting and Approvals that will drive the critical path work for Resolution Copper tied to permitting and cultural heritage for all future infrastructure on Federal, State and private land.
This is a great opportunity to demonstrate the importance of building a credible and effective relationships with state and federal agencies, local communities, CSO's and Native American Consulting tribes. Aspects of Resolution Copper's permitting and approvals must deliver tangible, consistent, and visible benefits to Native American Consulting Tribes, local Copper Triangle and the State of Arizona. This will require robust consultation and partnership with agencies, communities, local government, Native American Consulting Tribes and CSO's.
Leading on the frontline is one of the most important jobs in our business and comes with a huge amount of responsibility. We need you to motivate, inspire and keep your people safe and well.
With signature leadership training programmes, growing and developing is more than an opportunity it is something we actively plan and make happen. Every day our leaders grow, while our rosters are designed to help you live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family.
Reporting to the Project Director and working in a collaborative community within the Permits and Approval department, you will be:
- Develop and submit all county, state and federal permit applications including all supporting studies.
- Lead the NEPA-EIS process for the Resolution Copper Project in support of federal permits and approvals.
- Manage and maintain relationships with state and federal agencies at local, regional and DC levels
- Manage all responses to agency comments and questions on time and per schedule.
- Develop the plan and detailed schedule for permit delivery.
- Work closely with RT legal team, RC Studies, RC Community and Social Performance Team and Washington DC office to ensure broader efforts are being utilized to support the all permitting and approvals needed for development of the Resolution Copper Project.
- Manage Cultural Heritage Regulatory Requirements
- Support Partner to Operate to build and maintain support for the project
- Manage and track compliance with all existing federal plans of operations and permits for exploration, grazing, reclamation and future infrastructure on federal lands and with federal agencies.
- Participate in other Rio Tinto assignments
What you'll bring
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field; proven federal permitting experience
- Proven successful experience at the Federal, State and Local level with permitting and approvals, preferable Arizona specific experience
- Significant positive political capital with state and federal agencies, CSO's and Native American Consulting Tribes.
- Training in Environmental laws and regulations
- Successful experience leading the development of state and federal permits and approvals for a wide range of projects, deep experience and knowledge of Native American cultural heritage and political permitting challenges within state and federal agencies across local, regional and DC levels.
- Must be able to work effectively and professionally with people at all levels within the company, Native American Consulting Tribes, Civil Society Organizations and state and federal agencies.
- Demonstrated project management skills.
- Technically competent to drive federal and state permitting process and understand, defend and promote the key regulatory, stakeholder, environmental and social issues related to the project.
- Political astuteness and community engagement to drive the land exchange and federal and state permitting process.
- Experience in leading a diverse team of professionals and multiple technical consultants with a broad range of skills covering all areas of cultural heritage, technical, environmental, and social in supporting state and federal permits and approvals.
- A superior and decisive problem solver, the successful candidate will bring not only issues, but workable, real world solutions to the table. Possesses a consistent, can do attitude and will never lose sight of the mission to successfully manage a large and highly critical project.
- Great ability to influence and manage change - able to convert and enable existing teams to work in a different way to deliver the vision
What we offer
Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've 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 life's 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 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'll 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.