Mine Operations Supervisor II

Mine Operations Supervisor II – Haulage

• Join a world leader in mining & processing offering outstanding personal development & career opportunities
• Outside industry experience. Add diversity to our team!
• Permanent Role Based in Salt Lake City, Utah

 About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a highly motivated candidate to join our team at the Rio Tinto Kennecott Bingham Canyon Mine as a Supervisor II – Haulage. This role acts as front-line supervisor, responsible for the direct supervision of operating employees and deployment of equipment to meet production and safety requirement.

This role is a great opportunity to work in a challenging and exciting environment, you will be responsible for:

• Recommending and/or initiating actions involving establishing job expectations, providing direction or work priorities and methods of performing tasks
• Scheduling staff for appropriate work shifts and maintaining desired levels of productivity, quality, costs, and service
• Implementing production operation plan to maximize productivity while minimizing cost and environmental impacts
• Coordinating the assignment of people and equipment to safely, effectively and efficiently accomplish the plan
• Contributing the continuous improvement of the mine and lowering of costs by identifying and implementing opportunities for improvement and innovation
• Collaborating with other functions in the performance of duties
• Completing shift reports, timesheets, incident reports, monthly reports and other required reports
• Ensuring compliance with safety standards and procedures
• Assuming all legal responsibilities as required by local mining legislation

What you will bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Show commitment to our values of Safety, Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, and Excellence
• A High school diploma or GED, bachelor’s degree is desirable
• Five+ year of mining, or heavy construction experience. Experience in the mining industry isn’t essential – we will consider transferable skills from other industries
• Prior roads experience in a mine or construction setting preferred
• Understanding and knowledge of roads equipment such as loaders, graders, dozers, track hoes
• Ability to execute a daily plan, and able to make adjustments as needed
• A good understanding of operations and the ability to instill good operational work practices in their team.
• Previous / Current frontline leadership Experience
• Passion and enthusiasm to continually improve – safety, production, and quality
• A genuine interest in people and people development, someone who can authentically communicate and bring out the best in people
• A strong work ethic, dedication to their teams, peers, and business objectives
• Adaptable, flexible, and resilient
• Excellent communication skills to lead a team of operators, and liaise between operations / maintenance / operational control and integration

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Demonstrated commitment to your own personal development
• Experience in the mining industry
• Have been part of or led high performance work teams
• Experience with MSHA regulations
• Familiarity with heavy mining equipment and processes i.e., shovels, haul trucks, drills, dozers, and blasting

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 favorable 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

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

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable being 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.