Coordinator – Underground Fixed Plant Maintenance

• Join Kennecott Underground at an exciting period of change and opportunity, with new fixed assets continuing to come online and a key role in supporting their safety, reliability and performance.
• Build your career in the Salt Lake City combining access to a major metropolitan area with the benefits of a residential role.
• Make a direct contribution to the safety, reliability and availability of critical underground equipment while supporting production targets.

At Rio Tinto, we are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace where everyone feels safe, respected, and able to succeed. We actively encourage applications from women and from people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We know that great technical capability comes in many forms, and we’re focused on building teams that reflect the communities we operate in and support each other to do their best work.

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide the materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role

We are looking for a Coordinator – Underground Fixed Plant Maintenance to coordinate fixed assets, people and daily field activities across Kennecott Underground. You will play an important role in maintaining safe, efficient and reliable operations while supporting production targets and equipment availability. Bringing practical fixed plant knowledge, maintenance coordination capability and the ability to lead through influence, you will help support the performance of existing assets while new fixed assets are introduced over the coming years.

Reporting to the Superintendent – Underground Fixed Plant Maintenance and working collaboratively with operational and functional teams, you will be responsible for:

• Promoting safety standards, policies and procedures and supporting compliance with MSHA regulations and site requirements.
• Participating in hazard assessments, risk reviews and incident investigations.
• Coordinating scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities for underground equipment.
• Ensuring work orders are planned, assigned and completed efficiently.
• Working with Operations to balance maintenance demands with production needs and minimize equipment downtime.
• Supporting planners with maintenance material forecasting and critical spare-parts requirements.
• Coordinating with distribution, procurement and OEM teams to support parts availability when breakdowns occur.
• Providing technical guidance when troubleshooting fixed equipment, including pumps, valves, conveyors and mixing plants.
• Coordinating equipment, personnel and daily field activities to support safe, efficient and reliable operations.

About you

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Experience leading hourly employees and contractor workforces.
• Experience working with fixed equipment such as pumps, valves, conveyors or mixing plants.
• The ability to lead and achieve outcomes through influence.
• Knowledge of MSHA regulations, site requirements and safe maintenance practices.
• Experience coordinating scheduled, unscheduled and breakdown maintenance activities.
• The ability to plan and coordinate work while balancing maintenance requirements with production needs.
• Experience supporting maintenance materials, critical spare-parts requirements and coordination with relevant supply teams.
• Technical troubleshooting capability for fixed asset equipment and advanced English-language capability.

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority.
• Competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive bonus.
• 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.
• Attractive share ownership plan.
• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all the moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
• A generous parental leave policy, which ensures you’re able to spend quality time with your new family.
• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which provides confidential counselling or expert guidance for you and your family to help get through life’s challenges.

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.

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 situations and meet opportunities.

 

Respect and Inclusion

Rio Tinto is committed to equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel safe, respected and valued. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome but are essential to our success. We treat all our people fairly and with dignity.

Rio Tinto participates in E- Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.ucis.gov/ for more information.