• Job Description

  Req#: RITM9959632

  Mechanical Craftsperson – Mobile Maintenance (Mine)

  • Opportunity to develop your career and work for a global company
  • Contribute to the success of Rio Tinto by applying your technical and operational expertise
  • Join a company with a world class reputation for safety and a culture that supports inclusion and diversity – Salt Lake City, UT

  About the role
  
  We are looking for a Mechanical Craftsman – Mobile Maintenance (Mine) to join the Kennecott Asset Management department in a Heavy Equipment Maintenance role. This is a craftsman role based in Salt Lake City, Utah focused on improving availability, reliability, and processes around maintenance of heavy mobile equipment.
  
  This role is a great opportunity to work in a collaborative team environment and further develop your technical skill set. Working a 4 on 4 off roster and reporting to the Supervisor - Maintenance, you will be:

  • Actively engaging with employees in discussions and initiatives that keep everyone safe and promote the “Zero Harm” safety culture
  • Maintaining and troubleshooting mechanical components on large haulage trucks / support equipment in accordance with MSHA standards and standard work instructions
  • Working closely with Maintenance Support in developing safe and efficient standard work instructions, maintenance improvement efforts, and cost saving initiatives

  What you’ll bring
  
  To succeed in this role, you will have:

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • A constant commitment to approaching tasks safely and intelligently
  • Ability and commitment to work rotating 12-hour shifts (Both days and nights)
  • Relevant experience, preferably in heavy industry/mining or a mechanical trade
  • State welding/mechanical licensing or technical trade training/schooling
  • Competency in welding, basic hydraulics, and mechanical/electrical fundamentals and best practice

  What we offer

  Here is just a glimpse of our industry leading rewards package:

  • A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
  • Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
  • Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
  • Excellent retirement plan including 6% defined company contribution
  • Generous 401k matching program
  • A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays)
  • Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
  • Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

  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 will 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

  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

  Rio Tinto participates in E-Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.uscis.gov/ for more information.

• About the company

  Rio Tinto Group is an Anglo-Australian multinational and the world's second largest metals and mining corporation, behind BHP, producing iron ore, copper, diamonds, gold and uranium.

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