Graduate - Metallurgy

Nuton Rio Tinto Venture | Arizona, USA

Metallurgical Engineering

Graduate role – 2025

If you want to drive real change, we have just the place to do it. Our Graduate Development Program is an opportunity for you to shape Rio Tinto from the inside out. We want you to be part of our team to help take us forward by solving the emerging challenges of our time. At Rio Tinto, we believe the best ideas come from bringing people together with different perspectives to work toward a common goal - to create a better tomorrow.

About the role

We look for graduates from a range of degrees for different areas across our business. This requisition is focused on Metallurgical Engineering based at Johnson Camp Mine (JCM) outside Tucson, Arizona and reporting to the Deployment Principal Advisor. The Heap Leach Metallurgist is responsible for planning and operating metallurgical testwork in on-site labs and pilot scale equipment.

As a Graduate Metallurgist, your role will include:

You will be accountable for:

What you’ll bring

To be eligible for the Graduate program, you must have completed your studies within the last two years (2023, 2024) or working towards graduation in April/May 2025.

What we offer

Our global Graduate Development Program is designed to prepare the leaders of the future through a series of engaging, progressive and future skills activities. Visit our webpage for a detailed overview of our program.

In addition, here is just a glimpse of our industry leading rewards package:

Where you will be working

Nuton™ is an innovative Rio Tinto venture founded on extensive copper leach technology research. Although our research is vast, our ambition has been focused from our beginning – producing better copper with a smaller environmental footprint. The first commercial scale deployment of the Nuton technology is currently under construction at Gunnison’s Johnson Camp Mine located 1 hour outside Tucson, Arizona.

You will join a team of pioneering heap leach experts working on site at Johnson Camp Mine to help bring the technology to life. Learn more at nuton.tech

Next steps…

Please note, in order to be considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings as there is enough applicants, therefore, if you are interested in applying for this vacancy, please submit your application as soon as possible.*

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About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

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