{"id":2969982,"url":"https://alion.io/job/rio-tinto-principal-advisor-technical-due-diligence-mine-optimisation-2","title":"Principal Advisor, Technical Due Diligence & Mine Optimisation","company":{"id":183,"name":"Rio Tinto","domain":"riotinto.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/rio-tinto","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":3,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":17,"computed_at":"2026-11-02T06:13:15Z"}},"role":"Sales","role_family":"Sales","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Salt Lake City, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":106000,"max_usd":251000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":1084},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-20T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-20","last_verified_at":"2026-11-02T15:03:01Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":13,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":13},"description":"Shape risk-informed investment decisions across acquisitions, partnerships, joint ventures, studies and major growth opportunities. \nApply technical judgement to challenge reference cases, identify material risk and unlock mine-development value.\nCoordinate multidisciplinary expertise and strengthen a scalable Technical due diligence capability across Rio Tinto Copper based in Salt Lake City, Utah\nWe’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide the 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.\nAbout the role\nWe are looking for a Principal Advisor, Technical Due Diligence & Mine Optimisation to strengthen a rapid, scalable and decision-focused technical due diligence capability within Rio Tinto Copper’s Surface Mining and Strategic Production Planning team.\nThis influential individual-contributor role sits at the intersection of technical excellence, commercial decision-making and risk management. Working through technical credibility, collaboration and influence, you will bring together multidisciplinary expertise and turn incomplete information into clear, decision-useful insights for senior leaders and investment teams.\nYou will challenge reference mine plans, test credible alternatives and connect technical uncertainty to implications for value, execution, schedule and optionality. You will also help establish practical methods, tools and ways of working that improve the consistency, pace and quality of due diligence across the opportunity portfolio.\nReporting to the General Manager, Surface Mining and SPP, you will:\nFrame material investment questions and determine the appropriate depth of technical analysis, from rapid screening to deeper strategic optimisation.\nCoordinate multidisciplinary technical reviews and integrate findings into concise, evidence-based advice.\nChallenge vendor, partner, study and internal assumptions, clearly separating facts, assumptions, uncertainty, material risks, opportunities and residual exposure.\nInterrogate mine plans and development cases, including scale, sequencing, cut-off strategy, mining rate, capital timing, operating constraints and expansion pathways.\nDevelop central, downside and upside cases and test alternative mine-development strategies where these may materially change value or risk.\nWork with Business Analysts so that key technical assumptions, ranges and sensitivities are appropriately reflected in valuation models.\nStrengthen Technical DD methods, templates, lessons learned and capability across the broader technical organisation.\nShape digital and AI-supported workflows that improve speed, evidence management and traceability while preserving professional judgement.\nCommunicate complex technical issues in clear commercial language and provide constructive challenge to senior technical, commercial and business stakeholders.\nWhat you'll bring\nA bachelor’s degree in mining, engineering, geoscience or another relevant field associated with mining or other asset-intensive industries.\nSignificant senior experience across mining, project development, operations, engineering, technical studies, strategic planning or related disciplines.\nExperience in technical due diligence, project evaluation, technical assurance or investment assessment for complex opportunities.\nBroad understanding of mine-development value drivers and the ability to integrate mining with geotechnical, water, tailings, processing, infrastructure, environmental, closure and execution considerations.\nDemonstrated ability to challenge mine plans and technical assumptions, frame credible alternatives and connect technical findings to valuation and investment decisions.\nSound judgement in risk, uncertainty and opportunity assessment, including the ability to match analytical effort to decision materiality.\nProven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary expertise and influence outcomes across organisational boundaries.\nExceptional communication skills, high integrity and confidence to provide balanced, independent and constructive challenge.\nWhere you will be working\nThe Surface Mining and SPP team helps shape the future of Rio Tinto Copper. The team works across a diverse portfolio of growth opportunities and partners with Growth and Development, Business Development, Technical Studies, Legal, Finance, Commercial, operations and external advisors to assess investment opportunities, manage risk and support disciplined capital allocation.\nThis role is based in Salt Lake City and reports to the General Manager, Surface Mining and SPP. It offers the opportunity to influence high-value decisions, work across global teams and strengthen how Rio Tinto Copper identifies technical risk and creates value from future opportunities.\nAbout Rio Tinto\nRio 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.\nWe 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.\nRespect and Inclusion\nRio 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.\nWe 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.\nRio Tinto participates in E- Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.ucis.gov/ for more information.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6245,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Growth opportunities"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Mining","Iron Ore","Non-ferrous Metals"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-21T01:52:23Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":66,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.876,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":13,"expected_fill_days":17,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:late","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-02T06:13:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/rio-tinto-principal-advisor-technical-due-diligence-mine-optimisation-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/rio-tinto-principal-advisor-technical-due-diligence-mine-optimisation-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-02T23:08:04Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":32524,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-03T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":183},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=183"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Frio-tinto-principal-advisor-technical-due-diligence-mine-optimisation-2"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Frio-tinto-principal-advisor-technical-due-diligence-mine-optimisation-2"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Frio-tinto-principal-advisor-technical-due-diligence-mine-optimisation-2"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/rio-tinto-principal-advisor-technical-due-diligence-mine-optimisation-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Frio-tinto-principal-advisor-technical-due-diligence-mine-optimisation-2"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":2969982}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"riotinto.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":2969982},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}