H-1B1 Chile Visa Scheduler Jobs
Scheduler jobs in the U.S. require coordinating complex timelines across teams, contractors, and systems, skills Chilean professionals bring from construction, logistics, healthcare, and manufacturing. The H-1B1 Chile visa gives you direct consulate access with no lottery and no USCIS petition, making sponsorship faster to arrange than most work visas.
Find H-1B1 Chile Visa Scheduler JobsOverview
Showing 5 of 16+ Scheduler jobs
See all Scheduler Jobs
Sign up for free to unlock all listings, filter by visa type, and get alerts for new Scheduler roles.
Get Access To All JobsScheduler, Concentrator Technical
- Play a key role in optimizing an integrated mining value chain (mine, plant, logistics)
- Influence operational decisions through data-driven insights and scenario analysis
- Join a collaborative technical team focused on safety, reliability, and performance
- Permanent role based in Salt Lake City, Utah
At Rio Tinto, we are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace where everyone feels safe, respected, and able to succeed. We actively encourage applications from women and from people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We know that great technical capability comes in many forms, and we’re focused on building teams that reflect the communities we operate in and support each other to do their best work.
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 Scheduler, Concentrator Technical to join our Concentrator Technical team at Kennecott Utah Copper. In this role, you will develop and optimize production schedules that support safe, reliable, and efficient operations while connecting planning across the value chain.
This is a great opportunity for a collaborative and analytical professional to contribute to operational performance and continuous improvement in an integrated mining environment.
Reporting to the Manager, Concentrator Technical and working in a collaborative community, a challenging and exciting environment, a diverse team, within the Concentrator & Tailings department you will be:
- Develop and maintain short- and medium-term production schedules aligned with operational priorities
- Integrate inputs across mining, processing, maintenance, and logistics to optimize performance
- Balance production targets, grade, recovery, and inventory considerations to maximize value
- Perform scenario analysis to assess risks, opportunities, and operational constraints
- Deliver performance insights through reconciliation and variance analysis to support decision-making
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align plans and improve outcomes
About you
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgy, Mining Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field
- Minimum 3+ years’ experience in mining, metallurgical processing, or production planning
- Strong understanding of the mining or industrial value chain
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
If you’re interested in this role and believe you can contribute, we would be delighted to receive your application, even if your profile does not match 100% of the qualifications.
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
Our Kennecott mine is a world-class, fully integrated copper mining operation, including a concentrator, smelter, and refinery, located just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. We produce copper, precious metals including gold and silver, molybdenum, and sulfuric acid. Kennecott has been mining and processing minerals from the rich ore body of the Bingham Canyon Mine since 1903 and is one of the top producing mines in the world, comprising approximately 11 percent of U.S. annual copper production.
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
Rio Tinto is committed to equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel safe, respected and valued. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome but are essential to our success. We treat all our people fairly and with dignity.
Rio Tinto participates in E-Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.ucis.gov/ for more information.
Scheduler, Concentrator Technical
- Play a key role in optimizing an integrated mining value chain (mine, plant, logistics)
- Influence operational decisions through data-driven insights and scenario analysis
- Join a collaborative technical team focused on safety, reliability, and performance
- Permanent role based in Salt Lake City, Utah
At Rio Tinto, we are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace where everyone feels safe, respected, and able to succeed. We actively encourage applications from women and from people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We know that great technical capability comes in many forms, and we’re focused on building teams that reflect the communities we operate in and support each other to do their best work.
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 Scheduler, Concentrator Technical to join our Concentrator Technical team at Kennecott Utah Copper. In this role, you will develop and optimize production schedules that support safe, reliable, and efficient operations while connecting planning across the value chain.
This is a great opportunity for a collaborative and analytical professional to contribute to operational performance and continuous improvement in an integrated mining environment.
Reporting to the Manager, Concentrator Technical and working in a collaborative community, a challenging and exciting environment, a diverse team, within the Concentrator & Tailings department you will be:
- Develop and maintain short- and medium-term production schedules aligned with operational priorities
- Integrate inputs across mining, processing, maintenance, and logistics to optimize performance
- Balance production targets, grade, recovery, and inventory considerations to maximize value
- Perform scenario analysis to assess risks, opportunities, and operational constraints
- Deliver performance insights through reconciliation and variance analysis to support decision-making
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align plans and improve outcomes
About you
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgy, Mining Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field
- Minimum 3+ years’ experience in mining, metallurgical processing, or production planning
- Strong understanding of the mining or industrial value chain
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
If you’re interested in this role and believe you can contribute, we would be delighted to receive your application, even if your profile does not match 100% of the qualifications.
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
Our Kennecott mine is a world-class, fully integrated copper mining operation, including a concentrator, smelter, and refinery, located just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. We produce copper, precious metals including gold and silver, molybdenum, and sulfuric acid. Kennecott has been mining and processing minerals from the rich ore body of the Bingham Canyon Mine since 1903 and is one of the top producing mines in the world, comprising approximately 11 percent of U.S. annual copper production.
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
Rio Tinto is committed to equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel safe, respected and valued. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome but are essential to our success. We treat all our people fairly and with dignity.
Rio Tinto participates in E-Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.ucis.gov/ for more information.
See all H-1B1 Chile Visa Scheduler Jobs
Sign up for free to unlock all listings, filter by visa type, and get alerts for new H-1B1 Chile Visa Scheduler Jobs.
Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Scheduler Jobs
Verify your degree aligns with scheduling
Scheduler roles qualify under H-1B1 visa as specialty occupations when tied to a relevant degree in industrial engineering, operations management, or project management. A general business degree may draw scrutiny if the job description doesn't emphasize technical coordination.
Pull prevailing wage data before negotiating
Your employer files a Labor Condition Application certifying your salary meets DOL wage levels. Run your target role and metro area through the OFLC Wage Search before accepting an offer so you know the floor your employer must meet.
Target industries with active LCA filing history
Construction general contractors, hospital systems, and logistics firms file LCAs for Scheduler roles regularly. Search Migrate Mate's H-1B1 Chile job board to see which employers have active sponsorship history for this occupation before you apply.
Request the DS-160 and LCA timeline upfront
Unlike H-1B visa, your H-1B1 Chile application goes directly to the consulate once your employer certifies the LCA with DOL. Ask your hiring contact before an offer is signed whether their HR team has filed an LCA before, since first-time filers sometimes underestimate DOL processing time.
Prepare a specialty occupation letter with project examples
Consular officers assess whether your Scheduler role genuinely requires a bachelor's degree. Bring a detailed employer support letter citing specific scheduling software, critical-path methodology, or cross-functional coordination duties that distinguish the role from a general administrative position.
Confirm the employer knows the 1,400-visa annual cap
Many U.S. employers have never sponsored an H-1B1 Chile visa and assume the H-1B lottery applies. Clarify that the H-1B1 Chile annual cap of 1,400 visas is rarely reached and that no USCIS petition or lottery is involved, which often removes the employer's main objection.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Scheduler role qualify as a specialty occupation under H-1B1 Chile?
Yes, if the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a directly related field such as industrial engineering, construction management, or operations management. Roles emphasizing project controls, critical-path scheduling, or Primavera and MS Project expertise are more straightforward to qualify than general coordination roles where the degree requirement is vague or optional in the job posting.
How does H-1B1 Chile differ from H-1B for Scheduler jobs?
H-1B requires an employer to file a USCIS petition and enter a lottery, which means a Scheduler role may not get approved for two years or more. H-1B1 Chile bypasses both: your employer certifies a Labor Condition Application with DOL, and you apply directly at the Chilean consulate. The annual cap of 1,400 visas has historically gone unfilled, so there's no selection risk.
How do I find U.S. employers actively sponsoring H-1B1 Chile visas for Schedulers?
Migrate Mate filters job listings by H-1B1 Chile sponsorship history, so you can identify employers who have filed Labor Condition Applications for Scheduler or project controls roles without cold-applying to companies unfamiliar with the visa. Construction firms, hospital systems, and large infrastructure contractors are the most active filers for this occupation.
What documents does my employer need to prepare for my H-1B1 Chile application?
Your employer must file and receive a certified Labor Condition Application from DOL before your consulate appointment. They should also prepare a job offer letter detailing your title, duties, salary, and start date, along with a specialty occupation support letter explaining why the role requires a relevant bachelor's degree. You'll need a certified copy of the LCA to present at the interview.
Can I change Scheduler jobs after arriving in the U.S. on H-1B1 Chile?
Yes, but each new employer must file a fresh Labor Condition Application with DOL and issue a new job offer before you can work for them. Unlike H-1B portability rules, H-1B1 Chile doesn't allow you to start with a new employer while a transfer petition is pending. Plan the timing with your new employer so the LCA is certified before your last day with the prior company.