Senior Advisor – Mine Planning
About the role
We are looking for a Senior Advisor – Mine Planning to join our Integrated Planning team at Rio Tinto's Bingham Canyon operation. The Integrated Planning team is responsible for developing integrated plans that support the entire value chain, from mining and processing through to refining. In this role, you will contribute to the development of mine plans and strategies that maximize the long-term value of the Bingham Canyon resource while supporting safe, sustainable, and efficient operations.
Working closely with technical and operational stakeholders, you will help ensure alignment across planning horizons and business functions, enabling informed decision-making and proactive risk management.
This role offers the opportunity to contribute to annual and life-of-mine planning activities, including production forecasting, mine design, scheduling, fleet requirements, and cost estimation. You'll collaborate with teams across the business to develop practical, value-driven plans that support both current operations and future growth.
What you'll be responsible for
What you'll bring
Preferred Qualifications
While not required, experience in any of the following areas will be highly valued:
What we offer
Here is just a glimpse of our industry leading rewards package:
Where you will 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.
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We're finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. Iron ore for steel. Low carbon aluminium for electric cars and smartphones. Copper for wind turbines, electric cars and the pipes that bring water to our home. Borates that help crops grow and titanium for paint.
