Environmental Technician

• Join a leader in mining & metals offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities

• Competitive salary and benefits.

• 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 an Environmental Technician to join Resolution Health, Safety, Environmental and Security team.

This role provides support for ongoing Resolution Copper Environmental activities with a focus on air compliance through Clean Air Act (CAA), site specific policies and procedures for Resolution Copper Company. In addition, the role will support field sampling, field inspections and/or data collection for Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Clean Water Act (CWA) which includes Aquifer Protection Permit (APP), Arizona Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (AZPDES) Permit, Recycle Water Permit and Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) (stormwater) compliance.

Role Responsibilities

• Install, calibrate and maintain meteorological stations, troubleshoot issues as well as order and install necessary equipment and parts.
• Maintain EPA method 9 certification for field observations, conduct inspections, conduct NESHAP (asbestos) sampling and assist with reporting for compliance purposes.
• Install, calibrate and maintain site telemetry stations, troubleshoot issues as well as order and install necessary equipment and parts.
• Maintain, calibrate and troubleshoot water sampling equipment, collect regular water samples, conduct regular monthly inspections and assist with data organization for compliance purposes.
• Assisting with collecting waste samples, conduct weekly inspections, facilitating waste shipments for universal, hazardous and non-hazardous environmental wastes and assist with data organization for compliance purposes.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including all site departments.

The Environmental Technician is required to maintain annual training refreshers for:

•  HAZWOPER
• RCRA/DOT
• Asbestos building inspector
• EPA Method 9
• MSHA

About you

• Commitment to safety, teamwork, and operational excellence
• High school diploma or equivalent
• 3+ years of environmental technician experience
• Current valid driver’s license
• Be a team player who contributes and works with others to accomplish quality results

What we offer 

We are committed to providing our employees with a generous benefits package. Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking, your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress, we provide:

•  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 which cover all moments that matter in life: 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; to help in addressing educational opportunities, addiction treatment, depression, stress, domestic issues, financial management, and legal concerns.
• Our team and industry experts are here to support and work with you to explore your learning potential and career goals

Where you will be working

Resolution Copper has the potential to supply nearly 25% of the US copper demand and create several thousand direct and indirect jobs in the Pioneer Mining District of Arizona, with an economic value of several billion dollars over the estimated mine life.

The project will rely on a technique called block caving to extract the deposit that lies more than 2,000 meters deep. This technique uses gravity to help remove the ore and is the most viable way to recover the resource.

Resolution Copper will continue underground development, conduct extensive drilling and orebody testing, plus maintain the permitting and public engagement process.

About Rio Tinto

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. 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.

Respect and Inclusion

Rio 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.

We 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.

Rio Tinto participates in E- Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.ucis.gov/ for more information.

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