Principal Mechanical Engineer 

• Provide governance for mechanical projects managed via an engineering provider.
• Excellent work environment where people are valued and respected.
• Permanent full-time role based in Salt Lake City.

About the role 

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Principal Mechanical Engineer to lead an engineering provider as company representative for an array of underground mining related projects from initiation through to execution.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Engineering Project Manager and working in a collaborative, supportive environment within the underground mining Integrated Skarns Project you will:

• Oversee the scope for Order of Magnitude, Pre-Feasibility, Feasibility, and Implementation stages of mechanical projects.
• Provide guidance and technical leadership on mechanical safety, standards, design, installation and commissioning related matters for mechanical equipment on capital projects.
• Provide the subject matter expertise for the complexities of executing mechanical projects in brownfield environments.
• Have strong multidisciplinary awareness and understanding particularly in civil, structural, and piping fields.
• Provide project governance and ensure company Project Management Framework is applied.
• Review and assesses project timelines and cost, report on project resourcing to the Manager to ensure project delivery in a timely manner.
• Implements, refines, and improves project delivery methods and standards.
• Ensure compliance with standardized project processes, systems, and tools across projects.
• Manage project vendors including performance against contract deliverables.
• Provide detailed review and feedback on engineering deliverables.
• Ensure effective stakeholder engagement across projects.
• Monitor, manage and report all relevant project performance indicators to meet business requirements.
• Maintain relationships with key stakeholders to drive a culture of collaboration, participation, and improvement.
• Experience working on underground mining scopes either project or operations is highly desirable.
• Experience with underground electrical, dewatering, crushing, material handling and ventilation systems is highly desirable.

What you’ll bring 

• A strong commitment to the safety of yourself and the team. 
• Deep knowledge and experience across Mechanical Engineering & Project Management.
• Experience from an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) project environment is desirable.
• Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering.
• Professional Engineering accreditation is desirable.
• Ability to lead a team and influence key stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills to build credibility and support collaboration.
• Ability to work in a global, multi-cultural organization.

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

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, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds. 

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

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