Specialist – Control Room

Job title:

Specialist – Control Room

Company

Rio Tinto

Job description

Specialist – Control Room (Smelter)

• 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, Utah

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Specialist – Control Room (Smelter) 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.

This role is a great opportunity to joins the ranks of management at one of only two copper smelters in the USA.

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.

Reporting to the Senior Coordinator and working in a challenging and exciting environment, 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’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• 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 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 favourable 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, 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 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.

Expected salary

Location

Salt Lake City, UT

Job date

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 23:44:24 GMT

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