Principal Advisor Mobile Maintenance

Oyu Tolgoi’s workforce today is more than 97 per cent Mongolian, and a major strategic focus for the company is to develop a skilled workforce that is continuously learning. We aim to attract the best talent, so that we can together deliver a safe and globally competitive copper business that contributes to the prosperity of Mongolia. 

Oyu Tolgoi LLC is operating a copper-gold mine in southern territory of Mongolia. The company aspires a vision ‘Natural wealth to enduring value, knowledge, and skill’, and pursues a mission, 'Together deliver a safe and globally competitive copper business that contributes to the prosperity of Mongolia' to build one of the largest copper-gold mines worldwide.
 

Principal Advisor UG Mobile Maintenance

• Make an impact and contribute to the development of a world-class project within a pioneering organisation
• Great opportunity to work for a global company at the forefront of mining
• Dynamic work culture and great exposure to multicultural teams

Join one of the world’s most exciting copper-gold mining projects

Oyu Tolgoi is one of the most exciting projects in copper and gold mining for several decades. It contains reserves and resources that make it one of the world’s largest known copper and gold deposits. The project, managed by Rio Tinto, is expanding underground. With a high demand of skills required to complete the project safely and successfully, Oyu Tolgoi is expected to be a significant contributor to Mongolia’s development and the prosperity of the Mongolian people.

The Opportunity

We are looking for Principal Advisor UG Mobile Maintenance to support the UG Mobile Maintenance Team by coaching and mentoring the national leaders in all aspects of UG mobile equipment asset management. This is a senior role that requires suitable background experience in large complex UG mobile fleet management.  The Principal Advisor UG Mobile Maintenance is responsible for providing expert guidance on asset management best practices, ensuring effective structures, processes, and systems for underground mining operations. This role involves strategic leadership, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration to enhance asset performance, compliance, and operational efficiency.

What the role entails

This role is a great opportunity to take the next step in your career on a truly global project with FIFO to site 4 weeks on and 2 weeks off reporting to the Manager Maintenance Reporting to the Manager UG Mobile Maintenance, you will be:

• Influencing the safety culture for the UG Mobile Maintenance team,
• Accountable for providing expert guidance on underground mobile equipment maintenance management, 
• Provide management support to the national leaders,
• Provide rotational coverage for the Manager Mobile Maintenance, coach and mentor the national leaders within the mobile maintenance team,
• Driving performance and providing leadership to the team,
• Overseeing and monitor the performance of large OEM service contractor(s), to ensure compliance with work management metrics and equipment performance metrics,
• Engaging stakeholders and contractors to ensure maintenance activities are performed safely and in accordance with Rio Tinto standards and procedures,
• Providing technical support and direction on UGHME maintenance execution, safety, strategy planning and equipment performance,
• Maintaining relationships with key stakeholders to drive a culture of collaboration, participation and improvement, and
• Liaising with and coordinating the interface between Mining operations team and the Mobile Maintenance teams.

What you will need for this role

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• An Engineering degree qualification or suitable experience with trade and asset management background
• Be highly respected as a Asset Management / UG mobile maintenance leader and subject matter expert.
• Have extensive experience leading maintenance teams, preferably in a variety of mine sites across commodities.
• Have a deep commitment and passion for developing people at the front line.
• Be a skilled coach, trainer and adviser.
• Have good understanding of, and proven skills in, work management process analysis and improvement.
• Have strong communication skills and proven ability to engage and build relationships across multiple layers of the organization from management to front line leaders and technicians and operators.
• Have strong organizational skills with the ability to effectively prioritise tasks and work both independently and as part of a team.
• You will be part of a high performance team dedicated to continuous improvement, your diversity of thought and practical experience will be highly valued.
• You will be empowered to enable higher performance through people and make a real difference to the performance of our business.
• Experience in the facilitation and implementation of improvement programs

What we offer:

Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking, and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Excellent career opportunity one of the world's leading mining organizations
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive program
• Private health insurance for employees
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

About us

Joining the Rio Tinto majority owned Oyu Tolgoi operations is a great opportunity to be part of one of the most exciting developments in copper and gold mining for several decades. The mine contains reserves and resources that make it one of the world’s largest copper-gold deposits.

This mega project is expected to be a major contributor to Mongolia’s development. As part of the Oyu Tolgoi Operations team, you have the ability to contribute to something significant and learn and develop both personally and professionally. We offer a collaborative, high-performing environment where success is achieved by working together.

Discover more about Mongolia and Oyu Tolgoi

Mongolia is increasingly becoming a destination for tourism and expatriate residents. As a rapidly developing city, Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar is seen as a comfortable, yet exciting place to live. With an array of cultural and social activities available and a growing network of international schools, housing options, and leisure facilities, its home to a growing community of international expatriates.

Located in the South Gobi Desert, just 80 kilometers from the Chinese border, the Oyu Tolgoi mine and camp is a large, well-run, and comfortable site with multiple amenities including recreational and sports facilities, a cinema, shops, restaurants, and bars catered to a growing community. For more information about the OT site, please check out this video.

Where you’ll be working

Oyu Tolgoi is an operating Copper / Gold open pit and underground mine. The site is located in the Gobi Desert region of Mongolia. The reserves case for the underground project is in the order of 0.5 billion tonnes of ore to be mined from the 95,000 tonnes per day Hugo North Lift 1 (HNL1) panel cave mine with a 20-year operations life. There is also the potential for 3 further block cave districts to increase mine life beyond 100 years. 

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.

Job application closes on Nov 10, 2025

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Respect and Inclusion

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.

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