General Manager Concentrator & Logistics

General Manager Concentrator, IT & Logistics

• Working for a world class Copper operation in a unique location – Ulaanbaatar.
• Great opportunity to work for a global company at the forefront of mining.
• Dynamic work culture and great exposure to multicultural teams.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced and values-driven General Manager – Concentrator & Logistics to lead the safe, reliable, and cost-effective performance of the Oyu Tolgoi concentrator and associated concentrate logistics.

This is a fixed-term assignment of 24 months, with a clear mandate to drive the concentrator to its full potential, embedding strong safety leadership, cost discipline, and continuous improvement while building capability and confidence across the leadership team.

Purpose of the Role

• Provide strong, visible leadership to a large and complex processing and logistics organisation.
• Unlock and sustain concentrator performance through disciplined operating practices, reliability, and improvement.
• Embed a culture of care, accountability, and inclusive leadership, with safety as a non-negotiable priority.
• Contribute to Oyu Tolgoi’s operational excellence.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the safe operation of the concentrator and concentrate logistics, role-modelling strong safety leadership and coaching leaders to reinforce safe behaviours.
• Drive cost leadership and continuous asset performance improvement.
• Deliver annual and longer-term business plans aligned to site aligned with the business strategy.
• Build strong, inclusive leadership teams and develop future capability.
• Ensure robust risk, compliance, and environmental performance in line with standards.
• Strengthen collaboration and relationships with internal and external stakeholders including Rio Tinto and contractor partners.
• Partner effectively with internal stakeholders and external contractors, OEMs, and logistics providers

What you will bring:

• Post-graduate qualification in Metallurgy or a relevant Engineering discipline (Process, Chemical, or equivalent).
• Minimum 15 years’ experience in metallurgical or processing operations, with the last several years in senior leadership roles.
• Deep understanding of concentrator operations, processing optimisation, and production systems.
• Strong knowledge of commercial contracts, supply chain, and logistics in complex operational environments.
• A strong safety mindset, with demonstrated ability to coach, influence, and embed safe behaviours through leaders.
• Proven experience leading diverse, multi-disciplinary teams and building inclusive, high-performing cultures.
• Track record of delivering performance improvement through people, systems, and disciplined execution.
• Confidence operating at enterprise level across functions and engaging other SMEs and leaders across the Group.
• Established networks within the Rio Tinto business or comparable global resources organisations.
• Credibility engaging with external stakeholders including contractors, partners, and service providers.
• Commercially astute, with the ability to balance value, risk, and long-term sustainability.

Why This Role

• A time-bound, high-impact leadership assignment with a clear performance mandate.
• Opportunity to lead one of the most significant concentrator operations globally.
• Access to enterprise expertise and networks across the Rio Tinto Group.
• The chance to leave a lasting legacy in safety, capability, and performance at Oyu Tolgoi.

What we offer:

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

• A time‑bound, high‑impact leadership assignment with a clear performance mandate
• Opportunity to lead one of the most significant concentrator operations globally
• Access to enterprise expertise and networks across the Rio Tinto Group
• The chance to leave a lasting legacy in safety, capability, and performance
• Excellent career opportunity one of the world's leading mining organizations

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 March 27, 2026

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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

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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