Underground Strategy Lead: Life-of-Mine Value & Planning

Rio Tinto; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Safety-focused environment

Competitive salary with annual bonus

Top-tier health programs

Excellent retirement plan with 401k

Employee share program

Paid time off and holidays

Family support programs

Job summary

Rio Tinto Kennecott seeks a Senior Advisor Strategic Planning - Underground to develop safe, executable underground mining strategies that maximize value and enable profitable extraction of Kennecott’s assets. Reporting to Integrated Planning, you will shape long-term choices and provide decision-ready analysis for senior leaders.

You will lead studies, optimize life-of-mine plans, and integrate geology, geotechnical, hydrogeological, ventilation and processing inputs to deliver robust options

Qualifications

• Seven or more years of progressive mining experience with underground planning exposure.
• Experience supporting conceptual, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies and translating analysis into business recommendations.
• Strong understanding of underground mining methods, development sequencing, ventilation and backfill.
• Proficient in long-range life-of-mine planning and production scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and optimization of underground mining strategies and life-of-mine plans to maximize value.
• Evaluate mining methods, production rates, development sequences, cut-off strategies and infrastructure options.
• Integrate geology, geotechnical, hydrogeological, ventilation, backfill, processing and operations inputs into strategic mine plans.
• Lead trade-off studies, economic evaluations and business-case recommendations for leadership decisions.
• Guide study-level mine designs, schedules and technical work packages from concept to execution readiness.
• Identify and manage technical and business risks, opportunities and dependencies with traceability to value outcomes.
• Improve strategic planning processes, standards, scenario management and QA across horizons.
• Build cross-functional partnerships and provide clear reports, presentations and technical mentoring.

Skills

Mining experience

Underground planning

Long-range planning

Feasibility studies

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Safety leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

Deswik CAD

Deswik Sched

Job description

Rio Tinto Kennecott seeks a Senior Advisor Strategic Planning - Underground to develop safe, executable underground mining strategies that maximize value and enable profitable extraction of Kennecott’s assets. Reporting to Integrated Planning, you will shape long-term choices and provide decision-ready analysis for senior leaders.

You will lead studies, optimize life-of-mine plans, and integrate geology, geotechnical, hydrogeological, ventilation and processing inputs to deliver robust options