Maintenance Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Engineer - Maintenance

• Work for a company that places the health and safety of all employees above all else
• Be a part of one of the largest copper mining operations in the world.
• Continue to build your career with opportunities for future advancement - Salt Lake City, Utah

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an Engineer - Maintenance to support the delivery of business objectives through the application of defect elimination, root cause analysis, project management, and technical support of on-site maintenance execution, operations and project teams.

This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated individual to make significant contributions to the safe and reliable operation and maintenance of critical assets in order to meet production requirements at the Rio Tinto Kennecott Smelter.

We are an open, connected international team of technical specialists using some of the most exciting data and tools on the planet.

We are the world leader in automation and smart mining.

We have technical development programmes that are industry-leading and recognise the unique nature of your role. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills.

Reporting to the Reliability & Maintenance Engineer Manager and in a collaborative community, you will be :

• Engineering and troubleshooting support of maintenance execution and operations teams
• Identification, ownership and implementation of initiatives to deliver improvements in safety, asset performance, and cost
• Capital project validation and delivery support
• Initiation and facilitation of root cause analysis to mitigate acute and chronic asset failures
• Reconciliation of production loss accounting data

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Bachelor degree in Engineering (Mechanical preferred), or 5 years of equivalent experience
• 2+ years of experience in engineering maintenance roles
• Demonstrated experience in delivering continuous improvement initiatives and projects
• Experience with Defect Elimination processes and Root Cause Analysis methodology
• Experience working in a fixed plant environment, failure analysis, and smelting
• Demonstrated knowledge of SAP or equivalent CMMS
• Lean Six Sigma methodology experience or Black Belt Certification

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 favourable 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.

Company Description

We're 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 almost 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is to find 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.

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

Our values care, courage, and curiosity guide how we work and how we treat each other.

Company Description

We're 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 almost 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is to find 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.

r n r nWe are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable being themselves. And 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.

r n r nOur values care, courage, and curiosity guide how we work and how we treat each other.