Senior Project Engineer - Shutdown project

Senior project engineer- Shutdown project

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits, based in Salt Lake City.
• Fixed term 2-year contract

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

We are looking for a"¯ Sr Project Engineer who will be acting as an expert on analyzing and solving problems without clear precedent. This is a great opportunity to lead a team of dedicated project coordinators, and external contractors in the successful development and support of projects as part of the Projects & Engineering Smelter shutdown team.

We are an open, connected international team of technical specialists using some of the most exciting data and tools on the planet. We are the world leader in automation and smart mining. We have technical development programmes that are industry-leading and recognise the unique nature of your role. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills

Reporting to the Sr. Project Manager and working in a collaborative community, within the Projects & Engineering Smelter shutdown team, you will be:

• Be part of a dynamic and high performing team, executing large and complex industrial shutdowns/turnarounds
• Manages a warehouse team and other functions within the organization's logistics department
• Creates and administers to a documented Logistics Execution Plan for the coordination of logistical operations including inventory management, warehousing and transportation, to ensure sufficient supply of goods and products
• Implements project plans to maximize efficiency while minimizing cost
• Ensures logistics' concepts, practices, policies and procedures are followed.
• Interacts with functions which have commercial impact of the complete range of activities from source, inventory control, transport, warehousing and customer service
• Responsible to ensure legal compliance and control to government rules and regulations and company policy
• Regularly working with key stakeholders to drive a culture of collaboration, participation and continuous improvement

What you'll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Engineering degree or a bachelor's degree in business, systems engineering or supply chain management is preferred, although other relevant combinations of education and experience will be considered
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in leading people and executing work safely.
• A minimum of 5 years in heavy industry
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and stakeholder engagement
• Proactive and self-driven, able to handle multiple tasks while maintaining accuracy and flexibility
• Experienced in developing and maintaining collaborative relationships and provide team coaching
• Strong decision-making, and process management skills and a collaborative and team-oriented management style

What we offer

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
• Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
• Excellent retirement plan including 6% defined company contribution
• Generous 401k matching program
• A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays)
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
• 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

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.

Every Voice Matters

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.

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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