Senior Geomechanical Engineer - Underground

Why You Should Apply for This Job  

At Freeport-McMoRan, we are committed to providing employment that recognizes excellence and encourages safe production, with a culture supported by our core values. Here, you’ll find a collaborative environment where safety is a top priority. Apply Today!      

Where You Will Work    

Our global headquarters is in Phoenix, Arizona. Several hundred employees support global operations in finance, human resources, information technology, planning and more from the main office, satellite offices or online. As a Hybrid employee, you will collaborate primarily virtually anywhere in the U.S. except California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and South Carolina. Additional states may be excluded based on business factors. Occasionally, you may be required to attend in-person meetings at our Collaboration Hub in Phoenix and/or one of our site locations. The Collaboration Hub provides an open, flexible workspace for individuals and teams to come together for various business needs. Amenities at the Hub include a working café, phone booths and meeting rooms with technology tools for virtual and in-person collaboration.  In-person attendance may vary based on the position and department requirements. 

Phoenix is the capital of the Grand Canyon State and enjoys mostly bright skies throughout the year. It is the perfect place if you enjoy the outdoors, love sports, concerts and other big city amenities or technology. There are great neighborhoods around Phoenix, with easy access to a major city, nature, the arts and many more amenities.  

Description

Under general supervision, oversee underground excavation stability management functions including underground excavation support design and stability monitoring and serve as resource for Geomechanical information and analysis.

• Perform critical review of technical reports, analyses, design plans, specifications, cost estimates and develop appropriate recommendations. Stay abreast of the state of the practice in geotechnical engineering to fulfill this role.
• Develop and review ground support designs for underground excavations to ensure a safe working environment based on relevant geological and stress conditions using empirical (Q or RMR), kinematic (unWedge) and stress (RS3, RS2, Flac3D and Map3D) based analysis methods.
• Manage and review underground excavation stability, data collection, analysis and remedial work including underground excavation monitoring data processing, rock strength parameters, and geologic structures.
• Communicate accurate, timely and relevant underground excavation stability and Geomechanical information to mine and site personnel, including site management, through appropriate methods such as reports and presentations. 
• Manage contracted ground remediation projects such as chemical grout injection or liner application.
• Proactively seek improvements to the safe mining of mine reserves relating to underground excavation monitoring, underground excavation maintenance, underground excavation support designs, Geomechanical data acquisition and analyses.  
• Develop, maintain, and implement strategic plans to enhance the mine’s underground excavation stability program.
• Provide Geomechanical project oversights and reviews relating to outside consultants
• May represent the site on company sponsored steering committees related to Geomechanical or underground mine stability efforts.
• Serve as Project Manager or technical advisor, on small-to-medium site construction, expansion or modification projects.
• Perform other duties as required. 

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mine Engineering, Geological Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, or Geology (if sufficient education, training or experience can be shown) and five (5) years engineering experience in hard rock mining relating to rock mechanics and rock underground excavation stability, OR
• Master’s degree in Mine Engineering, Geological Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, or  Geology (if sufficient education, training or experience can be shown) and three (3) years engineering experience in hard rock mining relating to rock mechanics and rock underground excavation stability.

Criteria/Conditions:

• 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