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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 and meet opportunities.
About Rio Tinto Lithium: On 5 March 2025, Rio Tinto completed the acquisition of Arcadium Lithium and combined it with its Rincon asset to form Rio Tinto Lithium, establishing Rio Tinto as a global leader in the supply of energy transition materials and one of the world’s top lithium producers.
Position Summary: This position works in all the areas within the Logistics department, including: shipping, receiving, plant stores, ETS, hazardous waste corral and the track area. Responsible for loading, unloading, stacking, shipping, transporting, receiving, and issuing materials at BC site facility. Operates forklifts, yard tractors, dok-loks, power tools, specialize equipment meeting the requirements outlined in standard operating procedures in shipping, receiving, plant stores, ETS, hazardous waste corral and the track area. This position will promote a culture of continuous improvement, act on key performance indicators, and ensure customer expectations are meet - both external and internal customers.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Champion Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) culture
- Input material information into SAP and other databases are required
- Complies with DOT regulations and other regulatory requirements.
- Provides written documentation of material transfers, cycle counting, physical inventories, picking list, bill of lading, packing slips, material issues/returns, and equipment check sheets.
- Counts, sorts, and/or weighs incoming articles to verify receipt of items on packing slips and against purchase orders.
- Examines stock to verify conformance to specifications.
- Completes XRF inspection of incoming parts composed of exotic materials.
- Receives, issues, and transfers materials into SAP computerized system, generate and affix stock tags on materials and store in bins, on floor, in pallet racks, or on shelves, according to their designated location in SAP.
- Processes material requisitions, reservations and maintenance orders and issue eturn from o stock.
- Processes daily MRP to ensure that material counts are correct in SAP and that needed materials are placed on reorder.
- Processes all received RAPs in accordance to company policies.
- Receives and process all express packages and daily UPS shipments. Call andor email employees informing them of the deliveries and availability for pickup.
- Participates in the Plant Stores cycle counts as instructed.
- Ensures that the work area and surrounding grounds are in accordance with housekeeping standards.
- Locates and retrieves stock materials through knowledge of the Plant Stores location system.
- Conducts and documents daily inspections of the site hazardous waste corral
- Assists carriers with preparation/loading of solid hazardous waste shipments
Shipping Function
- Stretch wraps all palletizes materials for shipment or prior to placing in drive through racks.
- Cleans, stretch wraps, labels, placards, block/braces dangerous goods shipments in accordance to 49 CFR, IATA, and IMDG regulations.
- Captures, records and saves all electronic images of full truck load shipments.
- Reports incoming and outgoing wood packaging materials (WPM) in accordance to International Plant Protection Convention’s (IPPC) International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM)15.
- Offloads inbound containerized and truckload shipments and places in designated bin locations and double/triple stack where required.
Track / ETS operations function
- Monitors delivery and pick up of rail cars by Norfolk Southern to both the main plant and SO sites
- Completes and files all required paperwork supporting railcar activities
- Spots railcars at bulk offloading stations as required using the Track mobile
- Ensures that the work area and surrounding grounds are in accordance with housekeeping standards.
- Completes all required permits in support of area activities
- Monitors the wastewater stream to ETS process and directs to appropriate tanks
- Adjusts pH of wastewater as required using H2SO4
- Coordinates wastewater shipments as required
- Completes manifests for wastewater shipments as required
- Works overtime/weekends/holidays as required to meet the business needs.
Education and Experience:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required. Two-year degree desired.
- Location-based in Bessemer City, NC
Knowledge and Skill Requirements:
- Skilled in operating all area equipment
- Certified to operate power industrial trucks
- Experience with SAP, SIMS, MOC, CPAR, QSA
- Experience with MS Word, Excel, Power Point, MS Outlook and VMX
- Understands requirements of 49 CFR, IATA, and IMDG regulations
- Knowledge of DOT requirements
- Action Oriented
- SAP knowledge
- Command Skills
- Building Effective Teams
- Problem Solving
- Managing Through Systems
- Customer Focused
Safety Requirements: (position and location specific) All employees are expected to carry out their work functions in a healthy and safe manner, to encourage and support safe work practices at all times, and to report and/or rectify any unsafe conditions that may come to their attention immediately.
Physical Demands: (position and location specific) The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; climb or balance and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to [10] pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.
Work Environment: (position and location specific) The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Personal Protective Equipment – (position specific) Must wear PPE as required based on job duties or when traveling to locations where PPE is essential.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
RIO TINTO LITHIUM employs people across a broad range of occupations in locations across the world. We are looking for people to join us in creating, developing, and improving our products, our processes, and our markets. Employees enjoy competitive compensation, a menu of work/life benefits and opportunities to continue developing their skills and building their career.
RIO TINTO LITHIUM is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EEO, AAE, MFDV and supports a drug free workplace.
