Underground Network Specialist

Underground Network Specialist

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Join a leading global company
• Temporary employment
• Located in Salt Lake City, UT

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an Underground Instrumentation Specialist, to be responsible for performing planned and breakdown installation and maintenance on assigned equipment in the Underground in a safe, environmentally friendly and cost-effective manner to ensure that equipment availability is maximized.

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 programs that are industry-leading and recognize 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 Engineer - Underground Technology, and working in an exciting environment, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring network administration and maintenance processes are followed as per policies set for each function.
• Primary focus on Underground related network design and implementation activities including proactive capacity analysis.
• Understanding and complying with all IT/OT policies, standards and procedures
• Planning and execute network capacity and device software/version upgrades as required.
• IP address management and allocation.
• Change management for network devices configuration and commissioning
• Liaising with vendors and support groups.
• Working with Mine providers, consultants, and suppliers to increase reliability, efficiency, and productivity of network instrumentation.
• Providing technical review and support for mining equipment implementation and installations.
• Assisting in the efficient commissioning of new installations and modifications, ensuring the network instrumentation has been fully tested prior to operational implementation.
• Keeping work areas clean and free of safety hazards on a continuous basis and conduct safety audits as per company policy, providing written reports to the supervisor as required.
• Working and promoting safety within the processing plant.
• As required, help develop communication technicians, including delegating tasks or projects that will assist with their skill development, so the individual can provide greater support.

What you’ll bring

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

• College/University Education: Bachelor’s degree in information systems & technology or relevant field
• At least three years of related experience
• Strong knowledge and experience in Network field, especially IP Network
• Identify, troubleshoot, solve, and document network connectivity and performance issues
• Resolve day to day problems related with underground network and end user issues
• Other Qualifications: Firewall, IPS, Router, L3 and L2 Switches, Cisco Certifications (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE)
• Ability to identify root causes to network automation and instrumentation failures and implementing solutions to prevent reoccurrence of issues.
• Experience working as an underground/heavy industry network engineer
• Knowledge of network systems for heavy industry
• Knowledge of industry design practices, control systems, and safety standards
• Knowledge of computer programs including common office software
• Ability to use sound and prudent judgment when troubleshooting while working with mine operations and personnel
• Strong planning, organizational, management and communications skills

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’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.

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 situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice Matters

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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We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be 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.