HR Team Lead

Rio Tinto•Salt Lake City, UT

17h•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for an HR Team Lead, who will drive operational excellence and team performance. You are responsible for fostering a culture of accountability, managing complex labor relations, and ensuring seamless cross-departmental collaboration. This is a great opportunity for an organized, collaborative HR team lead to provide support to the business across a range of HR processes and policies.

Requirements

A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
Proven experience leading and developing HR teams in a fast paced, high performance environment
A strong background working with unionized workforces, including interpreting and applying CBAs consistently and fairly
Advanced, hands-on experience using Workday, SAP, and ServiceNow for HRIS management and case tracking
Confidence navigating grievance processes, investigations, and labor management discussions with professionalism and sound judgment
A data driven approach to identifying trends, anticipating workforce needs, and improving HR operations
A collaborative mindset with the ability to build strong relationships across Operations, L&D, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, and Benefits
A proactive approach to identifying process gaps, mitigating risks, and driving continuous improvement across HR operations

Responsibilities

Leading, coaching, and mentoring the HR team, fostering a high-performance culture where constructive discomfort drives growth, continuous improvement, and excellence.
Setting clear expectations, performance metrics, and development goals; regularly assess progress and hold team members accountable for outcomes, behaviors, and professional growth.
Serving as a strategic partner to company and union leadership, cultivating a productive, transparent, and solution-oriented labor relationship.
Ensuring consistent, fair, and compliant application of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) across all departments and operational areas.
Collaborating closely with Payroll and Benefits partners to ensure data accuracy, process integrity, timely execution, and adherence to the CBA, company policy, and applicable labor and employment laws.
Partnering with department and operational leaders to align HR strategies and initiatives with broader business objectives and workforce needs.
Overseeing day-to-day HR operations, ensuring seamless coordination with Operations, Learning & Development, and Talent Acquisition (as example, not limited to).
Analyzing HR metrics and workforce data to identify trends, anticipate challenges, and implement proactive, data-driven solutions that support business performance and employee engagement.

Benefits

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.
A work environment where safety is always the number one priority.
Competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive bonus.
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.
Attractive share ownership plan.
Comprehensive leave policies which cover all the moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
A generous parental leave policy, which ensures you’re able to spend quality time with your new family.
Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing.
Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which provides confidential counselling or expert guidance for you and your family to help get through life’s challenges.