Senior Engineering Manager
- Employer
- Rio Tinto
- Location
- Superior, AZ, US
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- Oct 23, 2021
- Closes
- Nov 10, 2021
- Ref
- 236239351
- Category
- Engineering
- Work Term
- Permanent
- Work Load
- Full Time
- Language
- English
Senior Engineering Manager - Resolution Copper
About the role
All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join the Resolution Copper Team. As the Engineering Manager for the Resolution Project, you are the Rio Tinto (RT) Owner's Representative for managing the detailed engineering scope for the Resolution multi-billion-dollar Copper project located in Arizona, USA. You will be responsible for managing a team of discipline engineering leads within the Owner's Team along with the respective Engineering Service Provides delivering engineering for the project.
The project scope includes an underground mine, ore concentrator, tailings storage facility, and required non-processing infrastructure to support a large-scale, green fields copper mine. The role reports directly to the GM Engineering within RT Projects group with a dotted line reporting structure to the Resolution Project Director.
Key accountabilities of the role are:
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.
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 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.
- Make your mark on the future of a major US-based underground copper mine project
- Guide the life of mine studies and execution for a multi-billion-dollar project
- Project site located in Superior, outside Phoenix Arizona, USA
About the role
All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join the Resolution Copper Team. As the Engineering Manager for the Resolution Project, you are the Rio Tinto (RT) Owner's Representative for managing the detailed engineering scope for the Resolution multi-billion-dollar Copper project located in Arizona, USA. You will be responsible for managing a team of discipline engineering leads within the Owner's Team along with the respective Engineering Service Provides delivering engineering for the project.
The project scope includes an underground mine, ore concentrator, tailings storage facility, and required non-processing infrastructure to support a large-scale, green fields copper mine. The role reports directly to the GM Engineering within RT Projects group with a dotted line reporting structure to the Resolution Project Director.
Key accountabilities of the role are:
- Developing the execution plans and strategy for detailed engineering based on the scope requirements and schedule
- Applying disciplined governance and quality assurance across all aspects of the engineering function for the Resolution project.
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to drive a culture of collaboration, participation, and improvement.
- Managing and developing the performance of the team in line with Rio Tinto's company values, to achieve objectives, including Zero Harm.
- Manages the performance of key Engineering Service Providers (ESPs) to ensure engineering is prioritized and delivered to meet the agreed construction schedule
- Identifying and mitigating key project risks and maximizing opportunities for the project.
- Proactively manage the project's compliance-related activities related to the engineering function.
What you'll bring
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- Experience in engineering management is critical. Ideally, the candidate's background will be in large-scale copper or other base metal - mining operations.
- Underground mining experience is highly desirable but not a prerequisite.
- It is critical that the candidate can quickly digest the significant body of engineering that has been completed to date and take responsibility for the management of the remaining engineering which is in excess of 1.3 million hours.
- Strong influencing and negotiation skills and business acumen
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- An ability to liaise with external and internal stakeholders at all levels in within a major corporation effectively while delivering business growth in a safe sustainable way.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- Would consider Engineering Management skills from other non-base metal mining operations are accepted if the candidate had extensive UG experience but not base metal concentrating.
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 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.