Technician, Logging & Core Shed

Rio Tinto • Salt Lake City, UT

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Rio Tinto is seeking a Core Technician to support the Geoscience and Mine Planning group by moving, preparing, sampling and storing drill core from Kennecott’s surface and underground operations. The work provides data for resource and waste evaluation, short-term mine planning, and assessment of the economic extraction of resources. The technician works with geologists, engineers, metallurgists and drill contractors and is expected to bring a safety-first mindset, practical equipment skills and willingness to learn.

Requirements

• Commitment to personal and team safety.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Good driving record and ability to drive safely around large equipment and in an open-pit mining environment.
• Good computer skills, including accurate entry of sample information and documentation of work processes for operational control protocols.
• Understanding of proper ergonomics and willingness to apply safe manual-handling practices.
• Ability, with or without reasonable accommodation, to repeatedly lift and stack items weighing up to 50 pounds, including split tubes and boxed core.
• Ability, with or without reasonable accommodation, to stand for long periods, walk through large warehouses and work outdoors in hot and cold seasonal conditions.
• Ability, with or without reasonable accommodation, to work on uneven ground and occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl, including working at heights from an elevated platform.
• Manual dexterity, close and colour vision, focus, distance judgement and hearing needed for machinery use and core handling.
• Practical troubleshooting skills and ability to repair machinery or mechanical parts.
• Effective English communication skills to analyse and respond to inquiries from clients and project staff.
• Willingness to learn new equipment and processes and consistently perform repetitive, hands-on work.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a core shed or with drill core.
• Welding experience.
• Electrical experience.

Responsibilities

• Operate core saws and related equipment, including the NTT core saw or tile saw, forklift, electric and manual pallet jacks, man lift and chop saw.
• Collect and transport drill core from surface and underground drill sites to core logging and storage facilities, driving the core truck in varying weather, lighting and ground conditions.
• Load and unload triple-tubed and boxed core; move core among trucks, carts, logging benches and storage areas; and handle freight pallets and crates with a forklift.
• Prepare core for logging and sampling by unwrapping triple tubes, placing boxed core on benches, washing core and periodically checking for marked fractures at the drill rig.
• Build core boxes; box, palletise and shelve logged core; and support long-term storage, including handling tubes and boxes weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Maintain warehouse maps and inventory, including barcode and inventory tracking, weighing assay samples and entering information into computer systems.
• Maintain clean and safe cutting, logging and warehouse areas, including the cutting-room drainage trench, and perform seasonal snow clearing with a shovel or snow blower.
• Support the core logging team with core movement, computer-based tasks and other operational needs while participating in the safety culture.

Benefits

• Annual incentive bonus.
• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision and life insurance coverage, plus voluntary benefits.
• Retirement plan with up to 6% defined company contribution and 401(k) matching.
• Share ownership plan.
• Paid time off, paid holidays and paid bereavement leave.
• Parental leave.
• Leisure discount programs.
• Virgin Pulse wellbeing incentives.
• Employee Assistance Program with confidential counselling and expert guidance for employees and their families.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED