Rio Tinto

Underground Training Advisor

LocationSalt Lake City, UT
Job TypeFull-time

About This Job


Job Title: Underground Training Advisor

Location: KUC Mine site, Salt Lake Valley, UT


Job Type: Permanent


Shift: 5/2 (40hrs a week)


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About the Role

At Rio Tinto Kennecott, we are dedicated to finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. We are seeking an Underground Training Advisor to ensure our training programs are identified, developed, and deployed effectively. This role is crucial for supporting our underground project and the transition to steady-state underground operations.


Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Execution: Assess training needs for various roles within the Workforce Plan, focusing on safe and efficient mining operations.
Training Development: Create and implement training solutions addressing cultural, leadership, and professional development needs.
Compliance: Develop an MSHA-approved training plan in accordance with MSHA Part 48 regulations and deliver MSHA Underground miner training.
Program Management: Maintain the site training needs analysis and matrix, ensuring clear communication with all stakeholders.
Continuous Improvement: Support the operations team in enhancing operator performance and implement performance appraisal systems.
Safety Standards: Participate in gap training needs analysis to establish and meet safety standards and improvement targets.
Advisory Role: Provide training and development advice to site leaders and employees, participate in audits and assessments, and manage training documentation.


Required Skills/Experience

Experience: 3+ years in metalliferous underground mining.
Safety Commitment: A dedication to the safety of yourself and your team.
Stakeholder Engagement: Excellent relationship-building and communication skills at all levels.


Preferred Skills/Experience

Regulatory Knowledge: Understanding of MSHA Part 48 regulations and MSHA certification.
Technical Proficiency: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Power BI, Articulate Storyline, and Rise 360.


Health and Safety

Authority & Responsibility: You will have the authority and responsibility to maintain a safe and efficient working environment.
Standards Compliance: Abide by Company Health and Safety standards and report any unsafe acts or conditions to a supervisor or a member of the management team.
Safety Equipment: Ensure the proper use of all safety equipment, including lanyards, warning signs, and labeling, according to company rules and applicable legislation.
Personal Protective Equipment: When performing work in a mine environment, personal protective equipment is required, including a hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and, as needed, a respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves, and any other protective equipment.
Regulatory Knowledge: Must have knowledge of OSHA and MSHA legislation and know how to effectively use Safety Data Sheets (SDS). MSHA Certification is required by site.
Risk Assessments: Complete Risk Assessments/JHA for each new and unusual task to ensure safety standards are met.


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 Virgin Pulse 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


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.



Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

Rio Tinto participates in E-Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.uscis.gov/ for more information.


We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.


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