2022 Graduate Program Metallurgical Engineering
- Employer
- Rio Tinto
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- Jun 23, 2022
- Closes
- Jun 27, 2022
- Ref
- 452160614
- Category
- Engineering, Mill & Metallurgy
- Work Term
- Permanent
- Work Load
- Full Time
- Language
- English
2022 Graduate Program - Metallurgical Engineering
What if from day one you didn't just watch things happen, you made things happen?
What if you didn't just make an impression, you created a legacy?
What if you didn't just start a job, you transformed an industry?
From day one, our graduates help us transform the way we do things, making a better tomorrow for all of us. We love fresh ideas and new thinking and our graduate program gives you the tools to innovate and invent -- to pioneer progress for you and us.
We're looking for graduates from a range of degrees for different areas across our business. This requisition is for a role in Metallurgical Engineering based at Rio Tinto Kennecott in Salt Lake City, Utah.
As a Graduate Metallurgical Engineer, your role will include collaborating with Mine Schedulers, Ore Body Knowledge, Asset Management, Operations, and Metals/Minerals Integrated Operations teams to optimize the ore delivery and mineral processing strategies. The role also involves analysing plant metallurgical performance and contributing to site metallurgical and safety projects.
Eligibility:
What you'll also bring
What's on offer
Our global Graduate Development Program is designed to prepare the leaders of the future through a series of engaging, progressive and future skills activities. Visit our webpage for a detailed overview of our program.
In addition, here is just a glimpse of our industry leading rewards package:"
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.
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.
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
Rio Tinto participates in E-Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.uscis.gov/ for more information.
Please note, in order to be considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.
Applications close on Friday June 10th (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date). Applications received will be assessed over the following weeks.
All progress begins with pioneers - at Rio Tinto, it begins with you.
#Graduate
What if from day one you didn't just watch things happen, you made things happen?
What if you didn't just make an impression, you created a legacy?
What if you didn't just start a job, you transformed an industry?
From day one, our graduates help us transform the way we do things, making a better tomorrow for all of us. We love fresh ideas and new thinking and our graduate program gives you the tools to innovate and invent -- to pioneer progress for you and us.
We're looking for graduates from a range of degrees for different areas across our business. This requisition is for a role in Metallurgical Engineering based at Rio Tinto Kennecott in Salt Lake City, Utah.
As a Graduate Metallurgical Engineer, your role will include collaborating with Mine Schedulers, Ore Body Knowledge, Asset Management, Operations, and Metals/Minerals Integrated Operations teams to optimize the ore delivery and mineral processing strategies. The role also involves analysing plant metallurgical performance and contributing to site metallurgical and safety projects.
Eligibility:
- Bachelor or master's degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Minerology, Geology, or related field - completed in 2020, 2021 or by May 2022
- Less than two years of relevant work experience (local and international)
- Project Management and technical language considered an asset
- Right to work in the USA
- Valid driving license
What you'll also bring
- Demonstrated passion for metallurgy, with interest in collaborating with multiple stakeholders to help move initiatives forward
- Willingness to learn and to make an impact
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Enthusiasm to collaborate with different teams in unique environments
What's on offer
Our global Graduate Development Program is designed to prepare the leaders of the future through a series of engaging, progressive and future skills activities. Visit our webpage for a detailed overview of our program.
In addition, here is just a glimpse of our industry leading rewards package:"
- 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
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.
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.
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
Rio Tinto participates in E-Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.uscis.gov/ for more information.
Please note, in order to be considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.
Applications close on Friday June 10th (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date). Applications received will be assessed over the following weeks.
All progress begins with pioneers - at Rio Tinto, it begins with you.
#Graduate