Senior Advisor Talent Acquisition

• Shape critical hiring outcomes across Copper & Minerals by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful work. 
• Influence talent strategy, deepen your market expertise, and partner with leaders across a global organization. 
• Permanent role based in Salt Lake City, Utah, within a collaborative, high-performing Talent Acquisition team.

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 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 Senior Advisor, Talent Acquisition to help our Copper & Minerals Talent Acquisition team attract and hire the talent needed to deliver business priorities. In this role, you’ll lead end-to-end recruitment across a range of corporate functions, build trusted partnerships with hiring leaders, and create an inclusive, high-quality candidate experience in a fast-paced global environment. 

This is a great opportunity for an experienced recruiter who enjoys thoughtful sourcing, evidence-based advice, and connecting people with meaningful careers. You’ll join a collaborative, high-performing team where curiosity, shared accountability, and continuous improvement shape how we work. 

What you’ll be doing 

Reporting to the Talent Acquisition Manager and working within the Copper & Minerals Talent Acquisition team, you will: 

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for corporate and specialist roles, from intake and sourcing through selection, offer, and pre-employment handoff. 
• Partner with hiring managers and business leaders to clarify immediate and future workforce needs, define success profiles, and shape practical recruitment plans. 
• Develop targeted sourcing strategies and build diverse talent pipelines for hard-to-fill and future-critical capabilities. 
• Provide market intelligence, talent insights, and recruitment guidance that support informed, inclusive hiring decisions. 
• Deliver a consistent and respectful candidate experience through clear communication, timely follow-up, and well-managed recruitment processes. 
• Use Workday and recruitment metrics to track activity, identify trends, and improve hiring outcomes and stakeholder visibility. 
• Coordinate recruitment activity across regions and time zones while maintaining strong relationships with candidates, leaders, and HR partners. 
• Support a smooth transition from accepted offer to onboarding by coordinating with candidates and internal teams. 

About you 

We’re looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements below. You do not need to meet every “helpful for success” item to apply, if you bring relevant experience and are excited by the opportunity, we encourage you to submit an application. 

Required for Success 

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team. 
• Demonstrated experience leading full-cycle talent acquisition for U.S.-based roles in a complex organization. 
• Experience translating business needs into recruitment strategies, success profiles, and targeted sourcing plans. 
• Proven ability to source and engage candidates for hard-to-fill roles and build talent pipelines for future demand. 
• Experience advising hiring leaders using talent-market insights, recruitment data, and inclusive hiring practices. 
• Hands-on experience using an applicant tracking system to manage recruitment workflows, reporting, and candidate records. 

Helpful for Success 

• Experience using Workday Recruiting. 
• Experience recruiting for unionized roles and supporting hiring within a unionized work environment.
• Experience recruiting for mining, resources, heavy industry, or another safety-critical environment. 
• Experience supporting recruitment across multiple regions or time zones in a global organization.

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.