Senior Underground Mining Project Engineer

Rio Tinto•Salt Lake City, UT

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Rio Tinto Services Inc. is seeking a Senior Underground Mining Project Engineer in South Jordan, UT. This role involves overseeing underground mining projects through all stages, from Order of Magnitude to Implementation. The engineer will provide technical leadership on mining and mechanical standards, design, installation, and commissioning for capital projects. Expertise in the complexities of greenfield and brownfield environments, shaft hoisting equipment and systems, shaft sinking, design, and operations is crucial. The position requires ensuring project governance, adherence to the company's Project Management Framework, and timely project delivery by reviewing timelines, costs, and resourcing. This role also focuses on implementing and refining project delivery methods, ensuring compliance with standardized processes, managing engineering service providers and vendors, and providing feedback on engineering deliverables. Effective stakeholder engagement and monitoring of project performance indicators are key responsibilities. Maintaining relationships with stakeholders to foster collaboration and improvement is also expected.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering or a related field, and 8 years of related work experience.
Alternatively, a Master’s degree in Mining Engineering or a related field, and 6 years of related work experience.
4 years of experience in: Working on underground mining scopes (project or operations); Supervising and managing underground construction, commissioning and maintenance scope of works; Underground mining engineering and project management; Design and operation of typical underground equipment: Ventilation systems, dewatering systems, crushing, and conveying; Designing and operation of shaft hoisting equipment and systems; Understanding and applying Ontario, MSHA, and ISO Hoisting Regulations; Grouting design and grouting operations; and Shaft sinking design and day-to-day operations.
2 years of experience in: Functional Safety process safety; Participating and leading HAZID/HAZOP/CHAZOP risk assessments, bowties, and engineering design review processes; and AUTOCAD drafting.
1 year of experience in: Twin decline construction and day-to-day operations.

Responsibilities

Oversee the scope of Order of Magnitude, Pre-Feasibility, Feasibility, and Implementation stages of underground mining projects.
Provide guidance and technical leadership on mining and mechanical standards, design, installation and commissioning related matters for capital projects.
Provide subject matter expertise for the complexities of executing projects in greenfield and brownfield environments.
Design and operation of shaft hoisting equipment and systems.
Shaft sinking, design and operations.
Provide project governance and ensure company Project Management Framework is applied.
Review and assess project timelines and cost, report on project resourcing to the Manager and ensure project delivery in a timely manner.
Implement, refine and improve project delivery methods and standards.
Ensure compliance with standardized project processes, systems and tools across projects.
Manage project engineering services providers and vendors including performance against deliverables.
Provide detailed review and feedback on engineering deliverables.
Ensure effective stakeholder engagement across projects.
Monitor, manage and report all relevant project performance indicators to meet business requirements.
Maintain relationships with key stakeholders to drive a culture of collaboration, participation and improvement.