Superintendent - Maintenance Engineering - Mine

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Rio Tinto's Kennecott Utah Copper (KUC), a world-class mining and mineral processing company, in Salt Lake City, Utah is searching for a Mine Maintenance Engineering Superintendent at its Bingham Canyon Mine for the Mine Asset Management team.

 

Bingham Canyon Mine is a technically complex large open pit poly-metallic mining operation with over 100 years of mining history.  The mine is the sole source of supply for the downstream concentrating, smelting and refining operations, delivering over 50M tons of ore each year to the in-pit crusher.  In addition the mine removes over 140M tons of waste per year to uncover future ore supply containing copper, molybdenum, gold and silver.  The mine operates over 200 pieces of heavy equipment on a 24 hour operating schedule with over 800 employees.

 

The Mine Maintenance Engineering Superintendent is a critical leadership role within the Mine Asset Management team.  The Mine Asset Management team is a diverse group of over 220 employees comprising the Mine Maintenance Teams and the Mine Asset Management Support teams.  Reporting directly to the mine asset management manager there are four (4) distinct Mine Asset Management areas, namely:

• Mobile Maintenance - All haul truck maintenance
• Field Maintenance - All shovel and drill maintenance
• Support Equipment - All support equipment maintenance
• Maintenance Planning - All maintenance planning in the asset management group

The Mine Maintenance Engineering Superintendent provides support in each respective area through defect elimination, project management, and close interaction with each area to safely attain the goals of the business.

 

The successful candidate will:

• Establish a safe, transparent, and constructive maintenance culture that rewards good behavior and performance using sustainable safety, organizational effectiveness and business improvement processes.
• Analyze and communicate maintenance performance, monitor and sustain business systems, implement continuous improvement solutions to reduce costs, and improve performance against asset management metrics & other department objectives.
• Establish and report against expense budget.  Monitor and drive value from Project Center and other business improvement systems.
• Coach and mentor staff to deliver safety, efficiency & results.
• Manage shutdown project initiation, planning, execution and review. 
• Promote and support collaboration across the site and business units.
• Provide direct line leadership and performance feedback to the Mine Asset Management department.
• Maintain effective working relationships with peers to deliver on Mine Asset Management goals.
• Maintain headcount at approved levels, initiate and complete recruiting as required.
• Deliver on cost performance by monitoring cost performance and completing annual planning and quarterly forecasting requirements.

• Drive positive Zero Harm Culture. Ensure compliance with KUC safety, health and environmental standards and procedures.
• BS Engineering Degree required at a minimum.
• 10 years experience in associated field with at least 5 years in a maintenance leadership role with increasing responsibility.
• Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP)
• MSHA trained or willing to be trained.
• Advanced knowledge of CMMS (Ellipse, SAP) systems and financial modeling software.
• Advanced knowledge of Word, Excel, Project and other Microsoft Office applications.

Rio Tinto is a global mining and metals group, dedicated to the smartest discovery, extraction and processing of the earth's natural resources.  From our operations to our community involvement, everything we do is done with the future firmly in mind.  We're committed to the most sustainable, most efficient and most forward-looking ways to do business and deliver results.  So we reward our employees with a responsible, open and diverse culture of opportunity - a working environment in which they can go further. Learn more at www.riotinto.com

  

Position open until Filled 

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminum, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa. Learn more at www.riotinto.com.

 

Providing approximately 15% of the domestic copper demand, Kennecott Utah Copper LLC (KUC), a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, is the second largest copper producer in the United States.  The copper is mined, concentrated, smelted and refined at KUC's facilities west of Salt Lake City and delivered to our customers by rail.  In an industry marked by boom and bust in business cycles, KUC has reliably provided copper to its customers for over one hundred years.  KUC's Bingham Canyon Mine is the world's largest man-made excavation and the first open-pit - about ¾ of a mile deep and 2 ¾ miles across at the top.  After demolition, the low grade ore - about 0.6% - is scooped up by electric shovels up to 98 tons at a time, crushed in the pit and then sent on a five mile journey by conveyor belt to KUC's Copperton Concentrator.  For more information about Kennecott Utah Copper, LLC and to see our video "From Ore to More", please visit www.kennecott.com.

 

As Utah's capital, Salt Lake City lies at the foot of the Rocky Mountains within minutes of recreational activities such as hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, rock climbing, camping, fishing, and rafting.  In winter months, numerous mountain resorts offer "the greatest snow on earth" for skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing and sledding as showcased hosting the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.  Rich in family-oriented communities, residents also enjoy multi-cultural events, fine dining, museums, theater, and the Sundance Film Festival in nearby Park City, Utah.  For more information about Salt Lake City, please visit www.visitsaltlake.com.   

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