Control Room Specialist
Rio Tinto Kennecott | Smelter | Salt Lake City, Utah | 12-hour rostered shift
We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide the materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values, care, courage and curiosity, guide how we work and how we treat each other.
About the role
We are looking for multiple Control Room Specialists to manage and optimize copper smelting processes from the central control room. You will monitor control systems, communicate operating strategies and coordinate with the operations team and other partners to support safe, efficient and sustainable copper production.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced industrial operations professional who can maintain situational awareness, prioritize changing needs and make sound decisions under pressure. Working a 12-hour rostered shift, you will help operating teams safely achieve production and quality targets while contributing to process-control improvements and best practices.
Reporting to the Control Room Supervisor and working collaboratively across the Smelter and wider Kennecott value stream, you will be:
What you’ll be doing
About you
To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
Role requirements: The successful candidate must be able to access operational areas of the Smelter. Required Smelter-access and respirator training will be provided through the Learning and Development team.
Even if your experience does not align with every preferred qualification, we encourage you to apply. Relevant transferable skills and industrial operating experience are valued.
What we offer
Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you have helped the world progress.
Where you’ll be working
Rio Tinto Kennecott is a fully integrated mining operation located just outside Salt Lake City, Utah. For more than 120 years, Kennecott has mined and processed minerals from the Bingham Canyon ore body. The operation extends from the Bingham Canyon Mine at the south end of the Salt Lake Valley to the smelter and refinery at the north end. This role is based at the Kennecott Smelter.
Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to the posting end date.
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.
Respect and Inclusion
Rio Tinto is committed to equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel safe, respected and valued. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome but are essential to our success. We treat all our people fairly and with dignity.
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Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.
Open job postingAbout the company
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC is a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, operating one of the largest copper mines in the world.