Planner/Scheduler Underground

Rio Tinto Group
Salt Lake, UT Full Time
POSTED ON 4/27/2023 CLOSED ON 5/10/2023

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Planner/Scheduler Underground position at Rio Tinto Group?

Planner/Scheduler Underground

  • The success of this project will influence future U/G mining projects at RTK.
  • Join a global mining organisation with an exceptional safety culture.
  • Excellent opportunity for career development of technical expertise in a major Metro Area - Salt Lake City

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Planner/Scheduler Underground to oversee the on-going maintenance and operation of the fixed/mobile assets for RTK Underground. The RTK Underground consists of underground workings and critical asset infrastructure to support surface and underground workings. This role is a great opportunity to implement your technical skills while focusing on safe operations and executing a plan to deliver Rio Tinto Kennecott objectives. Reporting to the Superintendent – Underground Asset Management, you will:

  • Improving productivity of people, equipment and work quality by eliminating potential delays and obstacles to efficient work execution
  • Responsible for maintenance work by producing weekly maintenance plans which are practical with all the resources identified with accurate estimates and all necessary materials
  • Ensuring safety needs are given a top priority in work planning
  • Providing KPI data showing maintenance performance to various departments
  • Recommending system and design changes to improve the processes
  • Leading follow-up meetings to capture learnings from the workforce to capture improvements in plant and procedures
  • Oversee MS Project resource loaded schedules
  • Develop area maintenance budgets that align with the operating plan
  • Fulfill Underground Safety Standard requirements as needed
  • Support other team members with their roles and responsibilities.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

  • Minimum 3 years of industrial maintenance experience
  • Previous maintenance planning and scheduling experience
  • SAP experience
  • Previous project experience.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

  • Strong organizational and time management skills preferred
  • Ability to manage solid and dotted line accountabilities
  • Advanced computer skills including Microsoft Office software skills and database management
  • Microsoft Project experience.

What we offer

We are committed to providing our employees with a generous benefits package. Be recognized for your contribution, you’re 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

About Rio Tinto 

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive. We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities  

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 

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. 

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