💼 Full-Time Position

Principal Geotechnical Engineer – Underground

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RioTinto
📍 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Location
Salt Lake City, United States
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Posted
June 19, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

  • Join a global organisation at the forefront of mining innovation
  • Excellent work environment where people are valued and respected
  • Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
  • Permanent role based in Salt Lake City with periodic international travel

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 a Principal Geotechnical Engineer – Underground to provide technical expertise to the Rio Tinto Copper assets and studies including the Resolution Project, Kennecott Underground and Oyu Tolgoi Mine. This is a pivotal role in helping Rio Tinto’s realise its vision to become the World’s Best Operator. The role will see you representing the Central Technical function to support operational, study an...