Serdar Ergun

Geotechnical Leader | Mine Slope Risk and Stability Management

Role
Superintendent Geotechnical Engineer - Geotech Design Team at Rio Tinto
Location
Salt Lake City, UT, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Serdar Ergun

An adaptable, innovative and applied Geotechnical Engineer with over 17 years of experiences in large open pit mining. As a senior geotechnical engineer with global working experience in different multinational mining companies, I was involving with so many mine geotechnical engineering studies and projects. My current role as a senior geotechnical engineer with Rio Tinto, allows me to work in one of the most challenging open pit environment with multinational geoscience team in the globe. Bingham Canyon Open pit mine is the deepest (over 3,300 ft.) man-made excavated open pit mine in the world.

Experience

  1. Superintendent Geotechnical Engineer - Geotech Design Team

    Rio Tinto

    Nov 2025 — Present · Salt Lake City, UT, US

    Leader of the geotechnical design team at Bingham Canyon Mine, responsible for geotechnical design and technical direction.

Education

  • Hacettepe University

    BSc, Departement of Mining Engineering / Rock mechanics and Open pit

    2004 — 2009

Skills

  • Base Metals
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Mining Engineering
  • Mineral Processing
  • Logging
  • Drilling
  • Engineering
  • Mining
  • Geology
  • Slope Stability
  • Gold
  • Groundwater
  • Hydrogeology
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Rock Mechanics

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