Senior Engineer, Electrical Projects

Senior Engineer, Electrical Projects

- Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

- Build your career with Rio Tinto, a global leader in mining and metals

- Work in a diverse, collaborative, rapidly evolving industrial environment

- Support a modern mining, smelting, and refining operation with world‑class technology

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Engineer, Electrical Projects to support plant operations and lead critical electrical projects that maintain and enhance our electrical, instrumentation, and control system infrastructure.

In this role, you’ll combine hands‑on technical expertise with end‑to‑end project leadership. You’ll partner closely with operations and maintenance teams, independently leading complex projects from early scoping through commissioning and handover. Always with safety, reliability, and quality at the forefront.

This is an opportunity to solve meaningful problems, drive lasting improvements, and directly contribute to safe, profitable, and sustainable copper production.

What you’ll be doing

- Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables aligned with business needs

- Develop and manage project estimates, budgets, schedules, and execution plans

- Lead projects through the full lifecycle, from initiation and planning to commissioning and handover

- Coordinate contractors, consultants, and project team members to deliver work safely and efficiently

- Track progress, manage change, and report performance across safety, schedule, cost, quality, and risk

- Provide engineering support for electrical, instrumentation, and control systems, including troubleshooting and reliability improvements

- Build a strong understanding of plant systems and processes to support sound technical decisions

- Maintain required maintenance, compliance, and engineering documentation

- Conduct engineering investigations and develop practical recommendations to reduce risk and improve performance

- Integrate safety into every stage of design, planning, and execution

- Identify hazards and critical risks, and support effective mitigation strategies

- Ensure compliance with Rio Tinto engineering standards and governance requirements

- Support Management of Change (MOC) processes for system modifications and upgrades

- Develop and maintain engineering standards, drawings, specifications, and installation practices

- Stay current with industry standards, legislation, and emerging technologies

- Contribute to asset management systems that connect people, processes, technology, and performance

- Participate in root cause and corrective action investigations

- Identify and lead improvement opportunities that increase efficiency and reduce downtime

- Collaborate with operations, maintenance, and leadership to maintain a prioritized project portfolio with a two‑year outlook

- Communicate clearly with stakeholders and manage dependencies and expectations effectively

- Champion safety as a core value in everything you do

- Model inclusive, respectful, and ethical behaviors with employees and contractors

- Support disciplined planning and execution to maximize value

- Demonstrate Rio Tinto values: Care, Courage, and Curiosity

What you’ll bring (Minimum Requirements)

- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, or a related field

OR equivalent experience (8+ years) managing complex electrical or instrumentation projects

- PMP certification or significant experience in plant, equipment, maintenance, engineering, operations, or project roles

- At least 3 years of experience in industrial electrical engineering

- Solid understanding of project management practices and tools

- Experience with risk assessment and change management processes

- Knowledge of industrial electrical and instrumentation systems, standards, and codes

- Ability to interpret electrical schematics, P&IDs, loop sheets, single‑line diagrams, and control logic

- Strong problem‑solving, communication, and collaboration skills

- Confidence leading projects independently while working closely with others

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.

Respect and Inclusion

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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