Principal Resource Geologist

Principal Resource Estimation

• Great opportunity to join a global mining organisation in a senior manager level role offering outstanding personal development & career opportunities.
• We offer competitive compensation, paid parental leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements.
• Permanent full-time role based in Salt Lake City

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. 

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We are looking for a Principal Resource Estimation to create and protect value across our copper portfolio by ensuring the resource risks, opportunities and uncertainties are identified and quantified where possible, and are managed to stakeholder expectations.

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.

This role is a great opportunity for a strategic thinking individual who enjoys collaborating with different stakeholder groups to deliver key business objectives. Reporting to the Chief Advisor Resource Development, Copper Technical, you will be required to:

• Work closely with project and operations teams to identify opportunities to find better ways to create value together through collaboration and partnership, including risk management and productivity improvements;
• Be accountable for generating and delivering geology and resource models using various interpolation and advanced geostatistical techniques;
• Develop a practical approach to resource estimation and work across the portfolio to benchmark and implement leading practises;
• Advise our growth strategy and project shaping, provide technical expertise, share best practises, anticipate current and future risks, and provide direction and guidance within the discipline;
• Improve mining efficiencies, accuracy of plans across various time horizons and delivery of those plans through reconciliation of model performance.

What you’ll bring 

To be successful in this role you will bring:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team 
• Strong leadership capability and competencies to lead a team of subject matter experts
• Bachelor degree in geoscience
• Extensive experience in resources estimation across different commodities
• Ability to mentor, train & develop on-site teams
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills and be able to successfully navigate a networked organisation

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Post graduate qualification
• Membership of a professional society

What we offer  

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

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ community, mature workers, Veterans and active-duty armed forces, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

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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.