Administrative Assistant

Administrative Assistant

• Join our global leading businessoffering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion - Boron, California

• For California based roles the expected annual salary is $68,640 - $94,380

About the Role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an Administrative Assistant to lead purchasing, invoicing, processing mail, maintaining files, data base management, regulatory reporting. Along with internal and external correspondence, special/capital project planning and implementation, community contacts, meeting facilitation, communicate with local agencies and organizations.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry's best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

This is a great opportunity to drive operational excellence while fostering a culture of safety and continuous improvement.

Reporting to the Owen Lakes Superintendent and working in a collaborative community you will be:

• Purchasing, invoicing, processing requisitions, payments and purchase order

• Process daily incoming and outgoing mail to insure that deadlines and time limits are met

• Maintain a safe and clean workplace

• Maintain complete and accessible files that meet company and governmental standards

• Maintain environmental programs including NEPT membership, ISO 14001 certification and DMRP

• Data base management. (Ellipse, Kronos, SEART, SIDB)

• Mandatory reporting. (MSHA quarterly, SMARA, SPCC)

• Assist or independently generate internal and external correspondence

• Special / Capital project planning and implementation

• Public Relations duties, community contacts, meeting facilitation, and communications with local agencies and organizations to promote a positive company image

What You'll Bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.

• Desirable to have a college degree

• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills for effective communication at all levels.

• Strong computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office, Excel, MS Project

• Computer system training

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive bonus
• 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
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all the moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave
• A generous parental leave policy, which ensures you're able to spend quality time with your new family
• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which provides confidential counselling or expert guidance for you and your family to help get through life's challenges

Where you'll be working

Rio Tinto Borates is a global leader in industrial mineral supply and science. We supply approximately 25% of the world's demand for refined borates, minerals essential to life and modern living. We seek to create mutual value by working closely with our investment partners and host communities. Our 20 Mule Team Borax brand pays tribute to our first borates mining operation in Death Valley in 1872.

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.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V
Rio Tinto participates in E-Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.uscis.gov/ for more information.

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.