- Be part of the world's leading mining organization
- Champion safety, innovation, and operational excellence
- Lead strategic initiatives in a dynamic, technical environment – Salt Lake City, Utah
We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.
About The Role
We are looking for an Advisor – Operational Learning & Development, you will play a key role in shaping how capability is built and sustained across our operations. This role is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high‑quality learning solutions that enable safe, reliable, and productive work—moving beyond training delivery to measurable performance outcomes.
Working closely with operations, subject matter experts, and learning peers, you will translate real operational needs into clear, practical, and engaging learning products. You will ensure learning materials are fit‑for‑purpose, aligned to standards, and embedded into how work is performed on site.
You will be part of a connected, collaborative team with strong operational credibility, working on meaningful challenges that directly impact safety, capability, and productivity. As part of a global learning community made up of some of the industry’s best and brightest, you’ll be supported by competitive, performance‑focused remuneration, a broad range of benefits, and genuine opportunities to develop and grow your career across a global business.Reporting to the Manager – Operational Learning & Development, you will
- Design, deliver, and continuously improve new hire onboarding programs, ensuring employees are prepared to work safely and effectively in operational environments from day one.
- Develop and maintain learning solutions that uplift operator capability across safety, reliability, and productivity, aligned to operational standards and evolving business needs.
- Partner with frontline leaders, subject matter experts, and stakeholders to translate operational requirements into practical, fit‑for‑purpose learning content that supports how work is actually performed.
- Rebuild, update, and sustain training materials to reflect changes in equipment, processes, standards, and operating conditions, ensuring learning remains current and relevant in a dynamic operational environment.
- Support compliance tracking and training completion, working closely with leaders to ensure required learning is completed, recorded, and embedded into normal work practices.
- Monitor learning effectiveness and quality, applying a continuous improvement mindset to ensure training delivers measurable capability and performance outcomes.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of learning standards, frameworks, and governance that promote consistency, quality, and operational credibility across the site.
What You’ll Bring
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- Relevant tertiary qualifications or certifications in Learning & Development, Adult Education, Training & Assessment, Human Factors, or a related field.
- At least 3-5 years of experience designing and delivering learning solutions in operational or industrial environments, with a strong focus on safety, capability, and productivity outcomes.
- The ability to work effectively with frontline leaders and subject matter experts, translating real‑world operational requirements into practical, fit‑for‑purpose learning content.
- Experience supporting new hire onboarding and role‑based capability development, helping employees become safe, confident, and productive in their roles.
- A working knowledge of training compliance, tracking, and record‑keeping, with the ability to collaborate with leaders to ensure completion and sustainment.
- The ability to operate in an evolving operational environment, adapting learning content as processes, equipment, and standards change.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage across a range of stakeholders, from operators to leaders.
- A continuous improvement mindset, with an interest in understanding whether learning is making a real difference to performance, not just being delivered.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with training management systems, learning records, or compliance frameworks used to track completion and competency.
- Experience developing or maintaining role‑based learning pathways, onboarding programs, or refresher training in regulated or safety‑critical environments.
- Exposure to continuous improvement, quality systems, or performance management frameworks within an operational setting.
What We Offer
Here is just a glimpse of our industry leading rewards package
- A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
- A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
- Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
- Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
- Excellent retirement plan including 6% defined company contribution
- Generous 401k matching program
- A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays)
- Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters
- Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
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.
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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