- 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 highly capable
Manager – Integrated Operational Planning to lead the development, integration, governance and continuous improvement of operational planning across all time horizons. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this role sits on the Operational Leadership Team and has high visibility across the business.
Purpose of the Role
The Manager - Integrated Operational Planning ensures Oyu Tolgoi’s operating and execution plans are aligned across the full value chain and represent best-for-business outcomes while remaining aligned to strategy. The role leads a team of planners and coordinators accountable for integrating production and work plans across Open Pit and Underground mining, Concentrator, Logistics, and Sales & Marketing.
Key Accountabilities
- Manage and coordinate safe, executable and optimised integrated plans and schedules across the value chain.
- Support the Operational Leadership Team narrative on production outcomes, forecasts, risks and opportunities.
- Identify alternative planning options, incremental value and associated trade-offs and risks.
- Lead planning integration outcomes including Annual Planning Reviews and Long-Term Planning.
- Ensure plans are fit-for-purpose to meet internal and external commitments.
- Maintain a system-wide view of capability and performance against plan, including root cause analysis of deviations.
- Implement and embed best-practice planning processes, tools and governance.
- Coordinate end-to-end reconciliation of actuals against plan across the value chain.
- Lead complex analytical deep dives related to production performance and system optimisation.
- Lead all internal and external production reporting outcomes.
Key Stakeholder Interfaces
- Operations Leadership Teams
- Operations and Maintenance Teams
- Technical and Planning Teams
- Finance and Business Planning
- Asset Management
- Business Improvement
- Copper Product Group Teams
What You Will Bring
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in an engineering discipline is preferred.
- Tertiary level qualifications in Mine planning/ Engineering or complementary mining related field.
- MBA preferred.
- Strong analytical thinking, technical background, and hands on skills on troubleshooting and carrying out data analysis that improved planning
- Strong experience in integrated operational or production planning within a complex operational environment.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders without direct authority.
- High analytical capability with the ability to lead complex system-level analysis.
- Exceptional communication skills to translate complexity into clear decision-ready insights.
- Proven experience leading and developing high-performing planning teams.
- Strong willingness to work across the business to deliver value.
It is also beneficial if you have
- Experience in working globally across diverse cultures;
- Previous experience working with multiple stakeholders/management across multiple regions and time-zones.
What We Offer
Be recognized 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
- Excellent career opportunity one of the world's leading mining organizations
- A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive program
- Private health insurance for employees
- Attractive share ownership plan
- Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
- Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
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.
Job application closes on March 23, 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.
