Senior Adviser, Process Safety

Job Title: Senior Advisor, Process Safety

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Employment Type: Permanent

Schedule: Monday-Friday

About the Role

As a Senior Advisor, Process Safety, you will lead and support complex process safety initiatives across capital projects and operational activities. You’ll play a critical role in ensuring compliance with Rio Tinto’s process safety standards, conducting risk assessments, and driving continuous improvement in process safety performance. This role requires strong technical expertise, stakeholder engagement, and a proactive approach to managing process risks

Key Responsibilities

- Adhere to all Rio Tinto health and safety standards, policies, and procedures; report process safety hazards and risks appropriately.

- Lead qualitative (HAZID/HAZOP) and semi-quantitative risk assessments for capital projects and operational activities.

- Coordinate Facility Siting Studies and Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA) with internal teams or third parties.

- Support Risk and Control Owners with risk mitigation planning and ALARP studies.

- Communicate risk assessment outcomes to stakeholders and develop Bow Tie diagrams for high-severity scenarios.

- Identify and monitor Critical Controls, assess their health, and recommend improvements.

- Manage the site’s occupied building risk program, including temporary surveillance and consequence-based siting evaluations.

- Support process safety elements in sustaining capital projects and operational activities, including MOC and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews.

- Assist sites with implementation and certification of Management of Change (MOC) procedures.

- Ensure Process Safety Information (PSI) is current, accurate, and accessible; integrate safety elements into operating and maintenance procedures.

- Participate in audits, inspections, and turnaround planning to ensure safe startup/shutdown of units.

- Coordinate EPA Risk Management Planning activities and ensure compliance with 40 CFR Part 68.

- Lead investigations of process safety events and facilitate process improvement initiatives with stakeholders and regulatory agencies.

- Conduct and coordinate process safety training and communicate performance measures to internal and external parties.

- Support strategic planning and continuous improvement efforts across sites.

What You’ll Bring (Minium Qualifications)

- Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, Safety Engineering, or related field

- Experience in a fixed plant or MEM (Mobile Equipment Maintenance) environment preferred.

- Ability to work collaboratively in small teams and independently with adaptability.

- Experience with Defect Elimination and Root Cause Analysis methodologies.

- Proven track record in delivering Continuous Improvement initiatives and projects.

- Understanding of budget preparation and asset criticality.

What we offer

- Be recognized for your contributions, innovative thinking and dedication, and leave each day 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 Personify Health 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

Where you’ll be working

Our Kennecott mine is a world-class, fully integrated copper mining operation, including a concentrator, smelter and refinery, located just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. We produce copper, precious metals including gold and silver, molybdenum, tellurium and sulfuric acid. Kennecott has been mining and processing minerals from the rich ore body of the Bingham Canyon Mine since 1903 and is one of the top producing mines in the world, comprising approximately 11 percent of U.S. annual copper production.

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

Rio Tinto is committed to equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel safe, respected and valued. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome but are essential to our success. We treat all our people fairly and with dignity.

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