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.
Senior Advisor UG Technology – Underground
• Make a meaningful impact by contributing to the long-term design and stability of a world-class underground mine
• Join a global mining leader known for innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence
• Be part of a diverse, high-performing team in a dynamic and inclusive work environment with strong cross-cultural collaboration
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 for 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.
Discover more about Mongolia and Oyu Tolgoi
Mongolia’s 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 kilometres 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 about OT site, please check out this video.
As part of the Oyu Tolgoi Underground Mining Operations team, you’ll have the opportunity 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.
The Opportunity
We are looking for a Senior Advisor UG Technology to play a leading role in helping us define and achieve our underground mobile equipment technology strategy. The primary focus of this role is to establish and sustain the systems and capability needed to deliver value-adding technology and automation projects in the mobile equipment context.
Our vision is to build a world-class technology and automation capability, including people, processes, and technology, which will support underground mining performance and safety, and play a key role in achieving mining targets through the use of modern technology.
This role is a great opportunity for someone who loves working on challenging problems and applying their deep subject matter expertise to build teams, embed systems, and deliver value through targeted technology delivery.
The Mobile Technology Team focuses on the delivery of both technologies and capability, to ensure that the Oyu Tolgoi mine achieves world-class performance and safety outcomes in our mobile fleet.
What the role entails
This role is a great opportunity to take the next step in your career on a truly global project. FIFO to site or FIFO internationally on a 4 weeks on, 2 weeks off roster.
The role will be reporting to the Manager Mobile Maintenance.
• Guide the implementation of our underground remote and automated mobile equipment strategy.
• Support and mentor cross-functional teams of engineers, analysts, and third-party technology vendors, with particular focus on developing national talent.
• Establish partnerships that drive business value priorities, and pioneer technology solutions that will provide value.
• Build knowledge, understanding, and expertise in remote and automated equipment within the UG Operations team.
• Identify and scope potential projects – working from the initial concept, investigate the problem to be solved, the decision to be changed, the data and systems that underpin the business, and then architect, design, and deliver products that deliver the objective.
• Solve complex and challenging problems by working closely with operators, maintainers, engineers, and other subject-matter experts.
• Work to establish the roadmap, roles, capabilities, skills, and culture required for the success of remote and automated equipment within the underground mining organisation.
• Develop collaborative working relationships with various Rio Tinto Center of Excellence and Product Group teams and vendor partners, to gain broader business context and to facilitate collaborative success.
What you will need for this role
To succeed in this role, you will have:
• A tertiary qualification in Engineering or a related discipline (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent).
• Industry or vendor certification in relevant technologies, products, or systems.
• Functional safety engineer certification.
• Successful completion of recognized mining technology-related curriculum.
• Proven experience in mining technology design, development, implementation, and delivery.
• Experience in operational technology project delivery, maintenance, and support.
• Experience in mining or construction industry technology delivery.
• Experience in engineering or software development.
• 10+ years of work experience in Engineering or a related field, including 7 or more years working with mining automation or process control technology, or have worked in a related professional engineering discipline.
• Experience with current underground technologies used to support Automation and Remote Control, HSE, Vehicle Interaction Management CAS, and PD Systems.
• Experience with multiple mining technologies and functional areas.
• Experience in a Rio Tinto managed operation, including familiarity with standards, processes, and procedures.
• Exceptional engineering and technical skills.
• Exceptional leadership, time management, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Experience working in a complex, fast-paced environment.
• Positive attitude and willingness to take on challenges.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and the ability to work across disciplines to develop practical solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working in multicultural teams and a commitment to supporting national talent development.
About us
As pioneers in mining and metals, we produce materials essential to human progress.
Our long history is filled with firsts. We’ve developed some of the world’s largest and best quality mines and operations, and our people work in around 35 countries across six continents. We’ve led the industry in partnerships, with customers in new markets, and with local communities.
We’ve pioneered technological innovations, such as our Mine of the Future™ programme and our low-CO2 aluminium from hydropower. And we’ve paved the way in areas such as safety, tax transparency and legacy management.
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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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Nous exerçons nos activités depuis 150 ans, en nous appuyant sur les connaissances accumulées au fil des générations et sur les différents continents. Notre mission – trouver de meilleures façons de fournir les matériaux dont le monde a besoin – nous guide dans notre quête d’innovation et d’amélioration continue, dans le but de fabriquer des produits à faibles émissions et répondant aux bonnes normes environnementales, sociales et de gouvernance. Mais comme nous ne pouvons pas y arriver seuls, nous nous attachons à créer des partenariats nous permettant de résoudre des problèmes, de créer des situations mutuellement avantageuses et de saisir des occasions.
Nous sommes déterminés à créer un milieu inclusif où les employés se sentent à l’aise d’être eux- mêmes. Nous souhaitons de plus que chacun ait l’impression que sa voix compte, que toutes les cultures sont respectées et que les points de vue, aussi variés soient-ils, sont non seulement bienvenus, mais également essentiels à notre succès. Nous nous traitons mutuellement avec équité et dignité, sans égard à la race, au genre, à la nationalité, à l’origine ethnique, à la religion, à l’âge, à l’orientation sexuelle ou à tout autre aspect distinctif. Chez Rio Tinto, nous accueillons favorablement et encourageons les candidatures d’Autochtones, de femmes, de membres de la communauté LGBTQ2S+, de travailleurs âgés, de personnes handicapées et de représentants d’origines diverses.
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- 2022 – aujourd’huiChef de service, Projets, Développement énergétiqueBrisbane, Queensland, Australie
- 2021Surveillante principale, Centre des opérationsBrisbane, Queensland, Australie
- 2020Surveillante principale, Développement/Forage et dynamitagePilbara, Australie-Occidentale
- 2019Directrice de carrière adjointePilbara, Australie-Occidentale
- 2018Superviseure, DéveloppementPilbara, Australie-Occidentale
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