Specialist(s) - Control Room

Specialist(s) - Control Room (Metals)

• Challenging role requiring performance under pressure, critical problem solving, and prioritization
• Interface with different teams and individuals across the entire Kennecott Value Stream
• Opportunity to assist in establishing best practices for HMI processes - Salt Lake City 

The Opportunity

 We are looking for Multiple Specialist - Control Room (Metals) to manage and optimize the smelter processes. This includes verbal management of area personnel via radio and accountability for optimizing area resources to safely meet production targets from the central control room. The Specialist’s focus is to lead the safe, efficient, and sustainable production of copper.

At Rio Tinto we have operations across the globe including a range of open pit and underground mines that supply copper and diamonds. Our copper operations supply products in China, Japan and the US which plays an important role in almost every home, office and vehicle. We are also one of the world's leading diamond producers and the largest producer of natural colored diamonds.

What the role entails

 This role is a great opportunity to joins the ranks of management at one of only two copper smelters in the USA. Reporting to the Senior Coordinator, you will be:

• Driving zero harm behavior as a safety leader at the smelter while ensuring the quality and accuracy of Control Room Logs and Reports
• Effectively communicating and coordinating with peers from within the team, different departments, and different parts of the value stream to safely meet production and quality targets
• Identifying areas for improvement within the control systems and process to maximize efficiency
• Taking ownership over efficient/effective problem solving, decision making, and action at the right levels and for escalating when appropriate
• Responsibility for fielding calls to the emergency phone and directing resources to respond to incidents
• Closely monitoring control systems to optimize performance and ensuring the operating strategies are clearly communicated to the team for each shift

What you will need for this role

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A High school diploma or GED
• 3 years of experience in mining, processing, manufacturing or a related field
• Prior supervisory and control room experience
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• A Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Prior experience working in a Collective Bargaining Agreement environment

What do we Offer

We are committed to providing our employees with what they deserve. 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.
• A 6% of eligible pay Company contribution to save for your retirement needs 
• Generous 401(k) Company match program (company match dollar per dollar up to 6% of your base pay) up to defined limits 
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program, which allows you to purchase Rio Tinto stock in the form of ADRs and includes matching Company shares.
• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all moments that matter in life (vacation, short-term sick leave, paid holidays, paid bereavement leave).
• Regional and national discounts program for a multitude of leisure purposes and products
• 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 

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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