Senior Project Manager

• Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and metals company where safety comes first
• Kennecott Utah Copper has the potential to offer career advancement opportunities within Rio Tinto
• Permanent role-based in Salt Lake City, Utah

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. 

An excellent opportunity exists for a Senior Project Manager- Shutdown to manage projects and work closely with and in support of the Project Team and Operations Team. Oversee and coordinate project work activities in the execution of capital approval, engineering, planning, integration with operations, construction, permitting, quality assurance, pre-commissioning, and commissioning. Coordinate day-to-day work scope between other contractor teams and active operations and manage direct reports. Projects will be primarily focused on maintaining and/or upgrading the Smelter’s hot metals and materials handling areas.

This role is a great opportunity to demonstrate your project management leadership and technical skills. Work hours are Monday -Thursday 10 hour days with Friday’s off during the planning phases. For two months during the bi-annual shutdown work hours are subject to change.

Reporting to the Principal Engineer – Hot Metals Shutdown you will be responsible for:

• Ensure projects are implemented safely
• Be part of a dynamic and high performing team, executing large and complex industrial shutdown/turnaround projects
• Ensure successful and safe execution of projects through detailed planning and understanding of the Hot Metals and Material Handling areas by creating scopes of work in compliance with the following:
• HSE standards and programs
• Contractor Management standards
• Permitting processes
• Project Framework including the development of CAPEX & OPEX presentations and approvals through project execution
• Construction Contract scope, schedule and cost
• Engineering and Design specifications and quality
• Support the project team in the development and execution of the following:
• HSE and Contractor Management documentation
• Scope of Work documents
• Project Execution Plan documents
• Quality Assurance/Commissioning Execution Plan documents
• Quality Assurance/Commissioning forms and documentation
• Construction, Pre-commissioning, and Commissioning Schedules

• Suggest opportunities for improvements, innovations, and introduce new technologies
• Regularly working with key stakeholders to drive a culture of collaboration, participation, and continuous improvement
• Manage and provide guidance and assistance to personnel, who have no prior plant experience, to plan, prepare and implement shutdown/turnaround projects safely and efficiently
• Use standard and specialized Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE) including full and half face respirators and FR clothing.

What you’ll bring

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Engineering degree is preferred, although other relevant combination of education and experience will be considered
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in leading people and executing work safely.
• A minimum of 5 years in heavy industry
• Experience in electrical and controls projects in industrial facilities
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder engagement
• Proactive and self-driven, able to handle multiple tasks while maintaining accuracy and flexibility
• Experienced in developing and maintaining collaborative relationships and providing team coaching
• Regulated work area procedures and standards
• Critical Risk Management and practices
• Experience in Project Management, Construction, Quality Assurance, Pre-commissioning and Commissioning

Desired Skill Sets:

• Experience with operational personnel coordination
• Complex organization solving with process and construction solutions
• Industrial construction work management; Piping, pumps, structural steel, furnaces, conveyors, baghouses, civil, mechanical, with emphasis in electrical and controls. etc.
• Strong communication and conflict resolution skills – incident management
• Construction, quality assurance, pre-commissioning and commissioning experience
• Experience preparing capital expenditure authorizations, and justification strategies to support project viability
• High level of schedule development, scope development, and management experience
• Word processing, Spreadsheet Management, Email management (Microsoft products)

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

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Kennecott is a fully integrated mining operation located just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, US. Kennecott is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto. For more than 110 years, Kennecott has been mining and processing minerals from the rich orebody of the Bingham Canyon Mine. Kennecott is a strong economic driver and strives to be a valuable community partner through strategic partnerships, charitable giving and sustainable development practices.

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. 

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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