Drilling Coordinator - Underground Operations

Rio Tinto • Salt Lake City, UT

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Drilling Coordinator supports safe and efficient underground drilling operations at Kennecott Underground. The role combines extensive exploration drilling experience with coordination, contractor oversight, and technical coaching to deliver quality drilling data for future underground characterisation, geotechnical modelling, and ore body knowledge. The coordinator works across Geology, Geotechnical, Engineering, and Operations to align drilling priorities, with safety as the top priority.

The position reports to the Underground Drilling Superintendent and works collaboratively with operational and functional teams. It is based on a residential basis in the Salt Lake City area, with no travel requirements, and involves significant time underground monitoring drilling activities.

Requirements

• Commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Extensive experience in underground exploration drilling.
• Ability to identify and assess drilling issues, determine root causes, and implement practical solutions and corrective actions.
• Ability to identify and mitigate foreseeable and unforeseen operational and HSEC risks.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across departments to resolve drilling issues and align priorities.
• Experience managing contract partners through consistent coaching and accountability.
• Ability to prioritise deliverables and projects while balancing available resources, budget, and time to achieve milestones.

Nice To Haves

• Strong exploration drilling background with experience across multiple drilling methods.
• Supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Spend significant time underground monitoring drilling activities.
• Work with drilling and support contractors to plan, monitor, and execute drilling programs supporting drilling definition and characterisation.
• Collaborate with geologists, mine engineers, hydrologists, geotechnical engineers, and contract partners on drilling projects.
• Monitor and present technical and project milestones and metrics.
• Stay current with technological advancements and improvements to support industry-leading drilling practices.
• Audit contractor safety systems and equipment to ensure they meet Business Unit drilling standards, and align drilling activities with Rio Tinto HSEC standards.
• Coach and train less experienced team members and departments in drilling technical expertise.
• Implement Rio Tinto CMS to monitor contract deliverables against Rio Tinto standards.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary reflective of skills and experience, with an annual incentive bonus.
• Family-friendly health programs, including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage, as well as voluntary benefits.
• Retirement plan with up to 6% defined company contribution and a 401(k) matching program.
• Share ownership plan.
• Paid time off, paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
• Parental leave policy.
• Leisure discount programs.
• Virgin Pulse wellbeing incentives.
• Employee Assistance Program providing confidential counselling or expert guidance for employees and their families.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed