Senior Engineering Technician

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Where You Will Work   

Located approximately 50 miles northeast of Safford, Arizona on U.S. Highway 191, Morenci operations (an open-pit copper mining complex) has been in continuous operation since 1939. The operation consists of two concentrators, crushed-ore leach pad and stacking system, a low-grade run-of-mine (ROM) leaching system; four SX plants; and three EW tank houses that produce copper cathode.  

 

Morenci is a unique company town where our employees and their families can reconnect with nature through hiking, fishing, camping, hunting and numerous parks. The company offers several amenities, including company housing OR employees who are required to work on-site are eligible for a $750 monthly housing allowance, provided they meet program guidelines, a newly constructed daycare and community center, library, health-care facilities, state-of-the-art fitness centers, a movie theater and a skate park. Our dedicated Parks and Recreation Division plans activities for people of all ages, making sure there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Visit the Morenci town website to learn more. 

Description

Under general supervision, facilitates a variety of complex engineering projects including data collection and monitoring, maintenance, surveillance activities, and others as needed to support operations at an assigned site.

• Manage the installation, troubleshooting and maintenance of field instrumentation and monitoring equipment.
• Manage data and assist with problem-solving requiring basic theories and engineering fundamentals.
• Utilize computer programs to solve engineering problems and maintain proper documentation.
• Oversee acquisition of automated and manual field instrumentation and survey data.
• Perform technical evaluation of equipment, troubleshoot and perform maintenance of installed instrumentation
• Maintain accurate and current project documentation.
• Manage survey and mapping projects (with GPS, total station, drone).
• Provide training and guidance to technicians and engineers on the operation and maintenance of instrumentation and equipment.
• May work with vendors and contractors in the support of data collection and interpretation of data
• Provide backup support for Engineers in analysis and processes as required
• Perform other duties as requested.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Five (5) years of experience in an engineering or technical area relevant to the assignment.
• Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to develop and maintain awareness of occupational hazards and safety precautions
• Ability to develop good working relationships within own team and folks from various other departments.
• Skilled in safely using, maintaining, and repairing specialized equipment

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED
• One year experience in the mining industry
• Aptitude for computers and/or electronics
• Experience with vibrating wire piezometers
• Knowledge of specialized equipment, methods, and techniques appropriate to assignment, including CAD, GIS/GPS mapping techniques
• Ability to develop and maintain awareness of occupational hazards and safety precautions

 

Criteria/Conditions:

• This is a safety sensitive role
• Ability to understand and apply verbal and written work and safety-related instructions and procedures given in English
• Ability to communicate in English with respect to job assignments, job procedures, and applicable safety standards
• Must be able to work in a potentially stressful environment
• Work is in a mine or manufacturing plant setting, which may include exposure to extremes in temperature and humidity, moving mechanical parts, risk of electrical shock, toxic chemicals, explosives, fumes or airborne particles
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity, climb stairs and ladders, work on elevated platforms, talk, hear and see
• Occasionally may be required to lift moderately heavy objects up to fifty (50) pounds during the course of the workday
• Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine, outdoor, manufacturing or plant environmen