# Hydrogeologist

Help shape safe, sustainable mine development by identifying and managing surface-water and groundwater risks across Rio Tinto Kennecott operations. Grow your technical expertise through complex hydrogeology studies, drilling programs, data interpretation and multidisciplinary mine-development work. Join a close-knit technical team based in Salt Lake City, Utah, with the opportunity to work alongside experienced water-resources specialists. 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 Hydrogeologist to join the Hydrogeology team within Rio Tinto Kennecott in Salt Lake City, Utah. You will identify and characterize hydrologic risks affecting current operations and future mine development, then translate technical findings into practical guidance for site, study and project teams. The role spans surface-water and groundwater management from concept and feasibility through implementation and operations, with opportunities to contribute to open pit depressurization, drilling programs, data interpretation and project wor

- **Id**: 3988611
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/rio-tinto-hydrogeologist>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Salt Lake City, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T22:33:23Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T04:36:54Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7467
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Insurance coverage, Life insurance, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Mining, Iron Ore, Non-ferrous Metals

## Company

- **Id**: 183
- **Name**: Rio Tinto
- **Domain**: riotinto.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/rio-tinto>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 16
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T22:33:23Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 15 · green card filings: 2; Filings 12m: 15

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 16
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:57:19Z

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