Underground Shift Coordinator - QAQC Supervisor

About the role

Help shape the future of underground mining at Kennecott, contributing to a major investment that will define copper production for generations.

Join a highly skilled underground team delivering safe, disciplined operations, where experience, teamwork, and innovation come together underground.

Responsibilities

• Championing Rio Tinto Kennecott's safety standards and ensuring permits, controls, and work practices are understood and followed to support a safe workplace.
• Coinciding daily underground activities across construction, operations, and contractor teams to ensure safe and efficient execution.
• Integrating work plans between surface and underground operations while managing interfaces across multiple active work areas.
• Conducting workplace inspections to support safety, quality, compliance, and operational excellence.
• Coordinating pre-commissioning and commissioning activities to support the successful delivery of underground projects.
• Providing oversight of contractor activities and supporting compliance with HSE, permitting, and contractor management requirements.
• Maintaining accurate daily reports, project documentation, scopes of work, execution plans, and quality assurance records.
• Collaborating with operational and project teams to deliver work safely, share knowledge, and support continuous improvement.

Requirements

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience working in underground mining environments.
• Experience supporting or leading teams in an operational or supervisory capacity.
• Exposure to underground development, stope mining, and/or underground construction activities.
• Experience with underground dewatering and electrical distribution systems.
• Strong planning and coordination skills, with the ability to support safe work execution across multiple teams and work areas.
• Sound judgement, adaptability, and the ability to work effectively across rotating shifts in complex or high-risk operational environments.

Qualifications

• Competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive bonus.
• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.
• An excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program.
• An attractive share ownership plan.
• A comprehensive leave policies which cover all the moments that matter in life PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
• An attractive parental leave policy, which ensures you’re able to spend quality time with your new family.
• A generous parental leave policy, which ensures you’re able to spend quality time with your new family.
• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing.
• An Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which provides confidential counselling or expert guidance for you and your family to help get through life’s challenges.

Benefits

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority.
• What We Offer

Pay

• Competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive bonus.

Schedule

• Rotating shift schedule including days, nights, weekdays, and weekends.