Principal Adviser Process & Functional Safety

Rio Tinto•Salt Lake City, UT

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

Guiding the global deployment of the Rio Tinto D7 Functional Safety Standard across all product groups. Developing plans for developed and execution of FS within product groups, ensuring alignment with corporate and international standards. Provide strategic guidance to senior leaders and the Global Practice Lead on emerging FS risks, trends, and performance. Act as a global FS advisor, reviewing complex system architectures, safety functions, and SIL assessments across mining and processing operations. Lead and participate in Functional Safety Assessments (FSA 1–5), management of change reviews, and validation audits. Review FS lifecycle implementation across Rio Tinto operations and major capital projects in North America and Europe. Develop corporate tools, guidance documents, training, and audit protocols to support consistent with FS lifecycle execution. Build internal FS capability through structured programs, coaching, and compliance gap closure. Develop corporate training program and tailored trainings to engineering and operational teams. Mentor Principal and Senior Advisors across product groups. Facilitate cross-discipline collaboration between electrical, control systems, and asset management engineering teams. Represent Rio Tinto in industry forums and external engagements related to FS development and compliance. Monitor and report FS performance indicators, incident investigations, and lessons learned at the global level. Lead FS community-of-practice initiatives to drive knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across the business.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computing, Management Information Systems, or a related field, and 8 years of related work experience.
8 years of experience in Functional Safety Engineering in Mining and/or Mineral Processing
8 years of experience in Functional Safety Engineering and Operation
8 years of experience in HazOp and LOPA risk assessment
5 years of experience in Control System Engineering
5 years of experience in Functional Safety Governance and Audits
5 years of experience in Incident investigation for Functional Safety
3 years of experience in training engineers and operators in functional safety
Functional Safety Qualification from Exida or TUV

Responsibilities

Guiding the global deployment of the Rio Tinto D7 Functional Safety Standard across all product groups.
Developing plans for developed and execution of FS within product groups, ensuring alignment with corporate and international standards.
Provide strategic guidance to senior leaders and the Global Practice Lead on emerging FS risks, trends, and performance.
Act as a global FS advisor, reviewing complex system architectures, safety functions, and SIL assessments across mining and processing operations.
Lead and participate in Functional Safety Assessments (FSA 1–5), management of change reviews, and validation audits.
Review FS lifecycle implementation across Rio Tinto operations and major capital projects in North America and Europe.
Develop corporate tools, guidance documents, training, and audit protocols to support consistent with FS lifecycle execution.
Build internal FS capability through structured programs, coaching, and compliance gap closure.
Develop corporate training program and tailored trainings to engineering and operational teams.
Mentor Principal and Senior Advisors across product groups.
Facilitate cross-discipline collaboration between electrical, control systems, and asset management engineering teams.
Represent Rio Tinto in industry forums and external engagements related to FS development and compliance.
Monitor and report FS performance indicators, incident investigations, and lessons learned at the global level.
Lead FS community-of-practice initiatives to drive knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across the business.