Senior NDT Technician

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Where You Will Work   

Looking to live in a small town with big opportunities? Our Bagdad operations in Arizona offers housing at a subsidized rate, a family-friendly atmosphere and numerous amenities including an aquatic center, golf course and fitness center. Located 100 miles northwest of Phoenix, Bagdad is home to the world's first commercial - scale concentrate leach processing facility, as well as one of the longest continuously operating solvent extraction/electrowinning plants in the world.  Visit the Bagdad town website to learn more.

Description

The goal of the Reliability Centered Maintenance Group is to achieve higher equipment availability and lower maintenance costs through predictive maintenance technologies.  This goal is realized by regularly scheduled monitoring of equipment with predictive technologies and coordinating the necessary maintenance through teamwork with other maintenance and operations personnel, including but not limited to supervision, planning, engineering, and field personnel.   This position requires travel to other facilities and interaction with vendors, contractors and company personnel; any and all business must be conducted in a professional manner as a representative of Freeport-McMoRan.  This position requires a responsible, self-motivated person who is able to work efficiently with minimal supervision. This position requires working in confined spaces and tight corridors, as well as, working closely around moving, rotating, electrically energized, and elevated equipment in a safe and efficient manner.  

• Monitor equipment ranging from the SX/EW, Smelter, Water System, Crushing/Conveying, Concentrator, Mine (Shovels, Drills, Haulage), Refining, Rod Plant, and outlying areas
• Perform ultrasound, phased array ultrasound, eddy current, dye penetrant, magnetic particle data collection utilizing current technology (Olympus, Parker and other approved equipment)
• Utilization of the current software to load, dump, and analyze ultrasonic route data, as well as build and update the associated data sets and databases (alarms, trends, etc.)
• Report building/giving presentations utilizing various software programs, daily planning, including but not limited to Maintenance Plans and Maintenance orders utilizing the current CMMS
• Learn various RCM/PdM technologies, primarily ultrasonic analysis and the associated software with future development into additional technologies
• Support the RCM Program and its continual development; educate other personnel in any area of the RCM Program
• Administer the collection and analysis of real-time data using various predictive technologies, develop advanced diagnostic tools, make recommendations to Maintenance, complete and submit work orders as necessary
• Communicate effectively to provide, receive, and implement constructive feedback to support the mentoring program
• Data collection, analysis and reporting utilizing, but not limited to, the following  technologies:
  • Phased Array Ultrasound
  • Eddy Current
  • Conventional Ultrasound
  • UT TOFD Method
  • Array Eddy Current
  • Magnetic Particle
  • Dye Penetrant
  • Other NDT Technologies 
  • Actively participate with Maintenance and Planning groups 
• Perform additional duties as required 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

 

• Minimum of seven (7) years of hands-on mechanical maintenance repair/rebuild experience with industrial equipment (pumps, motors, gearboxes, pulleys, etc.) that includes:
  • A working knowledge and understanding of moving and rotating equipment such as pumps, motors, gearboxes and conveyors, from an operations and maintenance perspective, electrically and mechanically
  • A working knowledge and understanding of basic prints and ability to read them
  • Journeyman level ability to read, understand and apply information from technical manuals and other reference materials
• Must have completed academic and practical competencies required (this includes Line of Progression requirements for internal employees where LOP Exists) and have experience demonstrating the required aptitude. The selected candidate shall demonstrate the ability to apply knowledge and skills while also passing a written assessment where required. This exam is based on skills/a