Rio Tinto

Senior Integrated Planner & Scheduler

Rio Tinto$90K — $120K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering, Project Controls, or related discipline
  • Valid driver's license
  • Certifications in planning, scheduling, or project controls preferred
  • Extensive on-site underground experience
  • Proven expertise in underground mine planning and scheduling for large-scale operations
  • Strong skills in integrated schedule development across multiple workstreams
  • Advanced knowledge of scheduling tools like Primavera P6 and MS Project

Responsibilities

  • Develop integrated underground mine schedules and forecasts
  • Align production, infrastructure, and project schedules into one cohesive plan
  • Coordinate with Operations, Technical Services, Engineering, and Contractors
  • Lead planning and scheduling meetings to review progress
  • Monitor schedule performance and propose risk mitigation strategies
  • Conduct analysis and optimize schedules for operational decisions
  • Manage schedule changes through formal processes

Benefits

  • Safety-focused and inclusive working environment
  • Access to comprehensive health programs including medical and dental insurance
  • Excellent retirement plan with defined company contributions
  • Generous employee share purchase program
  • Comprehensive leave policies including PTO and paid holidays
  • Child-caregiver leave program with salary top-up
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for personal and family support
Full Job Description
  • Work in an underground project located near Superior, Arizona.


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About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Integrated Planner & Scheduler to support the safe, efficient, and disciplined delivery of underground mining activities. This critical role is responsible for developing, integrating, and maintaining short-, medium-, and long-term underground mine plans and schedules, ensuring alignment across operations, technical services, projects, and contractors.

Reporting to the Sr. Manager Underground Development, you will play a key role in driving schedule integrity, performance visibility, and integrated decision-making across the underground mine.

Role Responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain integrated underground mine schedules (weekly, 21-day, monthly, and rolling forecasts)
  • Integrate development, production, infrastructure, and project schedules into a single aligned plan
  • Coordinate closely with Operations & Maintenance, Technical Services, Engineering, Projects, and Contractors
  • Facilitate planning and scheduling meetings (weekly and monthly schedule reviews)
  • Track progress against plan, identify schedule risks, and recommend mitigation actions
  • Conduct scenario analysis and schedule optimization to support operational and project decisions
  • Ensure schedule changes are managed through formal change and governance processes
  • Produce clear planning and performance reports, dashboards, and schedule narratives
  • Maintain schedule quality, logic, and data accuracy in line with planning standards
  • Support budget, cost, and resource alignment with integrated schedules
  • Mentor and provide guidance to planners and schedulers within the team


About you

  • Tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering, Engineering, Project Controls, or a related discipline
  • Valid driver's license
  • Relevant planning, scheduling, or project controls certifications are desirable
  • Extensive on-site underground experience preferred
  • Proven experience in underground mine planning and scheduling, ideally in large-scale or complex operations
  • Strong experience developing integrated schedules across multiple workstreams
  • Advanced skills in scheduling and planning tools such as Primavera P6, MS Project, Deswik, or similar
  • Solid understanding of underground mining methods, development sequencing, and constraints
  • Experience working with contractors and multidisciplinary teams
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
  • Ability to translate complex schedules into clear insights for operational leaders
  • High attention to detail with a strong focus on safety and risk management


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

You will be joining Resolution Copper at a pivotal moment in the project's history. With the Resolution Copper Land Exchange now complete, the project is advancing its next phase of technical work, community engagement, and state permitting activities.

Resolution Copper has the potential to supply nearly 25% of total U.S. copper demand and generate several thousand direct and indirect jobs in the Pioneer Mining District of Arizona, delivering an economic value of several billion dollars over the life of the mine. The project will rely on block caving, a proven underground mining method that uses gravity to extract ore from a deposit located more than 2,000 meters below the surface. This technique is the most viable way to safely and efficiently recover the resource.

As development continues, Resolution Copper will expand its underground operations, conduct extensive drilling and orebody characterization, and maintain both the permitting process and ongoing public engagement with Native American tribes, local communities, and stakeholders.

The Resolution Copper project is vital to securing America's energy future, infrastructure needs, and national defense by providing a domestic supply of copper and other critical minerals. Once operational, it has the potential to become one of the largest copper mines in the United States, contribute approximately $1 billion annually to Arizona's economy, and create thousands of local jobs in a region with more than a century-long mining heritage.

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto Group is a British-Australian multinational mining and metals corporation. The company was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in London, England. Rio Tinto operates in over 35 countries and is one of the largest mining companies in the world. The company produces a wide range of commodities, including aluminum, copper, diamonds, gold, iron ore, and uranium. Rio Tinto is committed to sustainable mining practices and has been recognized for its efforts in this area. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Australian Securities Exchange.
Learn more about Rio Tinto
Size
49,000 employees
Market Cap
$116.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$9.7 billion
5 Year Trend
+13.5%
Revenue
$44.6 billion
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