Advisor - Business Improvement

Advisor – Business Improvement

• Key role in a diverse and global organization
• Continuous improvements leveraging technology/streamlining processes
• Excellent opportunity for career development of technical expertise
• Role-based in Salt Lake City, UT

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an Advisor, Business Improvement to be responsible for supporting and leading productivity improvement projects to ensure sustainable value is created at the Kennecott Utah Copper. Working with key business stakeholders this position drives, coaches, and supports operational leaders in the implementation and embedding of business improvement initiatives to realize the value streams full potential. 

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Manager BI, you will be responsible for: 

• Leading business improvement projects to deliver sustainable value;
• Deploying the use of business improvement methods and tools, in line with the business improvement strategy/plan;
  • Supports compliance with standardized processes, systems, and tools.
  • Developing and maintaining effective relationships with leaders and employees;
  • Delivers training for business improvement tools and methodologies using training standards and material.
• Providing informal guidance to less experienced staff.

What you’ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• A strong safety mindset;
• A demonstrated ability to lead a team through practical problem-solving exercises using Lean Six Sigma practices.
• Minimum 3 years of working experience in a similar role for a mining, manufacturing, or heavy industrial company;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, translating technical information for the target audience;
• Proficiency with MS Office, skilled at developing & managing spreadsheets, graphing, and ability to learn new software; 

Preferred skills include:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and/or Business Administration
• Experience in applying Lean, Six Sigma, or other business improvement methodologies. 

What we offer  

We are committed to providing our employees with a generous benefits package. Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking, your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress, we provide: 

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment 
• Advantageous salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
• 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 
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program, which allows you to purchase Rio Tinto Company shares. 
• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
• A favorable child-caregiver leave program (Up to 100% salary top-up) 
• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing 
• Ongoing Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family; to help in addressing educational opportunities, addiction treatment, depression, stress, domestic issues, financial management, and legal concerns.
• Our team and industry experts are here to support and work with you to explore your learning potential and career goals

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 and meet opportunities

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 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.

Every Voice Matters

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable being 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.

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

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