Quality Expediter

Quality Expediter

• Opportunity to develop your career and work for a global company
•  Contribute to the success of Rio Tinto by applying your technical and professional leadership expertise
•  Join a company with a world class reputation for safety and a culture that supports inclusion and diversity –Boron, CA

About the role

We are looking for a Quality Expediter - This role will work closely with the Quality and R&D departments to protect the historic reputation of U.S. Borax’s products by interfacing with local and global stakeholders to ensure the Quality clearance processes run smoothly. Reporting to the Quality & R&D Superintendent, you will be:

• Clear Quality approved products for shipment
• Fulfill certificate of analysis requests
• Lead the safety and quality culture in the Quality and R&D Departments
• Assist with the duties of the Quality Laboratory and R&D Supervisors
• Ship and receive special laboratory samples
• Support the smooth operation of the Quality and R&D departments
• Assist with analytical method review
• Deploy logic to resolve the root cause of issues

What you’ll bring

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

• High School Diploma or GED
• Basic computer skills
• Ability to work autonomously
• Must have current and valid state civil driver’s license

Nice to have

• ISO9001 experience is an asset

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

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with
a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe.  
Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Where you’ll be working

Rio Tinto Borates is a global leader in industrial mineral supply and science. We supply approximately 25% of the world’s demand for refined borates, minerals essential to life and modern living. We seek to create mutual value by working closely with our investment partners and host communities. Our 20 Mule Team Borax brand pays tribute to our first borates mining operation in Death Valley in 1872.

Every Voice Matters

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.

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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