Principal Advisor Emergency Services

Join a leader in mining & metals offering outstanding personal development and global career opportunities. Work in an underground project located near Superior, Arizona. 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 a Principal Advisor Emergency Services who is responsible for the development, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of emergency preparedness, mine rescue capability, and emergency response systems. The role ensures compliance with all applicable Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) regulations and company standards while maintaining a state of readiness to respond effectively to emergencies.

The Principal Advisor Emergency Services leads emergency planning, mine rescue operations, emergency response team development, incident command support, emergency exercises, emergency equipment readiness, and building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to help protect our employees, contractors, communities, and company assets.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve emergency response and mine rescue programs.
• Ensure mine rescue teams are fully staffed, trained, competent, qualified, and equipped.
• Ensure site emergency response plans comply with MSHA requirements and company standards.
• Lead emergency preparedness risk assessments and emergency scenario planning, integrating into the site planning processes.
• Develop emergency response procedures for fires, hazardous atmospheres, ground instability, flooding, entrapment, medical emergencies, and evacuation events.
• Facilitate incident command functions during emergency situations.
• Schedule and facilitate emergency drills, simulations, and mock rescue exercises.
• Provide technical guidance regarding rescue strategies, evacuation planning, ventilation impacts, atmospheric hazards, and emergency controls.
• Lead post-drill or incident reviews and lessons-learned processes, incident investigations, and corrective action development.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Emergency Management, Mining Engineering, Fire Science, or related field; or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 8-10 years of underground mining experience.
• Minimum 5 years of emergency response, mine rescue, or emergency services leadership experience.
• MSHA Mine Rescue Instructor certification.
• Experience leading mine rescue and emergency response teams.
• Incident Command System (ICS) experience.
• Strong knowledge of MSHA regulations and underground mining hazards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certification.
• Incident Commander training.
• Underground mining experience.
• Experience managing emergency preparedness programs at large-scale underground operations.

Benefits

• 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 covering 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; addressing educational opportunities, addiction treatment, depression, stress, domestic issues, financial management, and legal concerns.

About the Location

You will be joining Resolution Copper at a pivotal moment in the project’s history. With the Resolution Copper Land Exchange now complete, the project is advancing its next phase of technical work, community engagement, and state permitting activities. Resolution Copper has the potential to supply nearly 25% of total U.S. copper demand and generate several thousand direct and indirect jobs in the Pioneer Mining District of Arizona, delivering an economic value of several billion dollars over the life of the mine.

The project will rely on block caving, a proven underground mining method that uses gravity to extract ore from a deposit located more than 2,000 meters below the surface. This technique is the most viable way to safely and efficiently recover the resource. As development continues, Resolution Copper will expand its underground operations, conduct extensive drilling and orebody characterization, and maintain both the permitting process and ongoing public engagement with Native American tribes, local communities, and stakeholders.

The Resolution Copper project is vital to securing America’s energy future, infrastructure needs, and national defense by providing a domestic supply of copper and other critical minerals. Once operational, it has the potential to become one of the largest copper mines in the United States, contribute approximately $1 billion annually to Arizona’s economy, and create thousands of local jobs in a region with more than a century-long mining heritage.

About the Company

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. We focus on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations, and meet opportunities.