Technology Transfer Mechanical Engineer – Nuton^TM

• Join a new team pioneering Rio Tinto’s latest heap leaching technology.
• Build a more sustainable future as you grow and develop your career.
• Experience why Utah is the best overall state to live and work. (Utah Ranked #1 U.S. News and World Report)

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Technology Transfer Engineer, to play a crucial role in ensuring the Nuton technology and know-how will be realized in the designs and equipment selection throughout the execution phase of the project.

This is a great opportunity for a mechanical engineer to use all your practical experience in establishing a new pioneering technology. You will be accountable for validating that the plant designs and equipment will achieve the technology requirements including constructability, operability and maintainability.

Our new venture Nuton is a suite of technologies built on nature-based alchemy. These bio-heap leaching technologies offer the potential to unlock new sources of the much-needed metal while also producing it in a more sustainable way. To find out more visit our Nuton Website

Reporting to the Technology Transfer Manager, and working in a challenging and exciting environment you will be:

• Working closely with the Project’s EPCM to provide counsel before making key decisions that affect the technology
• Reviewing and validating plant designs and equipment selections
• Establishing and maintaining a process to ensure technical risk is understood and the proposed design manages that risk
• Reviewing compliance of designs to site, project and Rio Tinto Engineering Standards
• Collaborating with the technical team and facilitating reviews with the Nuton technical experts during design development
• Collaborating with the Independent Technical Assurance Group highlighting points of design contention for further assessment
• Ensuring adequate change management is carried out when material changes to the Nuton technology are proposed
• Supporting fabrication, operational readiness, commissioning, start-up and performance guarantee testing 
• Managing technical query and requests for information between the EPCM and Nuton technical teams

What you’ll bring

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

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• A bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering
• Experience in engineering management at an operations plant, processing facility or mining site
• Demonstrated experience in equipment and plant design development complemented by experience in the field to ensure operability and maintainability
• Ability to manage and facilitate creative thinking to optimize design outcomes

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, aluminum, 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

The role will be based in Salt Lake City, Utah. There will be some domestic travel and minimal international travel required.

Every Voice Matters 

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. 

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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