Senior Autonomous Mining Pit Technician

Freeport-McMoRan•Bagdad, AZ

2d•$30 - $41•Onsite

About The Position

At Freeport-McMoRan, we are committed to providing an employment package that recognizes excellence, encourages safe production and a culture supported by our core values. Here, you’ll find a collaborative environment where safety is a top priority, all opinions are valued, and people are empowered to grow in their career. Apply Today! 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. What You Will Do Conducts regular surveys and validations of the Autonomous Operation Zone (AOZ) in compliance with health and safety guidelines. Identify truck behaviors that require maintenance or optimization and inform appropriate personnel. Interact with the Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) system as needed for manual interventions. Prioritize tasks to meet shift objectives, including completing and validating shift reports, handovers, and documenting any follow-up issues. Responsible for daily pit inspections, validating mine model changes, optimizing system configuration for AMT (Autonomous Mining Truck) performance, recovering and intervening with trucks, investigating AMT stoppages, documenting and entering data accurately, monitoring operations and truck performance, and ensuring truck availabilty in the correct mode." Ensure prompt communication with affected parties about modified plans or decisions, promote safe and collaborative working relationships with peers and supervisors, provide necessary information to team members and contractors, and coordinate activities with other departments, internal and external, including maintenance and engineering. Comply and adhere with all company policies, regulations and procedures. Report autonomous related incidents as soon as practicable. Participate in safety meetings, investigations, and safety programs. Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

Four (4) years of related operational experience in a mining environment.
Experience managing systems such as MineStar, Modular or similar dispatch systems.
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/abilities and/or academic knowledge; as well as safety.
Proficient in computer operation and application.
Action oriented.
Approachable and displays active listening skills.
Customer focused.
Organizational and priority setting - able to make complex decisions and prioritize outcomes.
Negotiation skills – ability to be able to achieve target outcomes in an environment of competing priorities.
Ability to understand and apply verbal and written work and safety-related instructions and procedures in English.
Ability to communicate in English with respect to job assignments, job procedures and applicable safety standards.
Candidates may be required to pass a medical exam.
Candidates must pass all required training and/or testing.
Employees may be required to work a non-standard schedule, which may include shift work (other than day shift) at a 24/7, 365-day operation.
Freeport-McMoRan promotes a drug/alcohol-free work environment using mandatory pre-employment drug testing and on-going drug and alcohol testing, as allowed by applicable laws.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in a technical mining related discipline
Engineering experience

Responsibilities

Conducts regular surveys and validations of the Autonomous Operation Zone (AOZ) in compliance with health and safety guidelines.
Identify truck behaviors that require maintenance or optimization and inform appropriate personnel.
Interact with the Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) system as needed for manual interventions.
Prioritize tasks to meet shift objectives, including completing and validating shift reports, handovers, and documenting any follow-up issues.
Responsible for daily pit inspections, validating mine model changes, optimizing system configuration for AMT (Autonomous Mining Truck) performance, recovering and intervening with trucks, investigating AMT stoppages, documenting and entering data accurately, monitoring operations and truck performance, and ensuring truck availabilty in the correct mode."
Ensure prompt communication with affected parties about modified plans or decisions, promote safe and collaborative working relationships with peers and supervisors, provide necessary information to team members and contractors, and coordinate activities with other departments, internal and external, including maintenance and engineering.
Comply and adhere with all company policies, regulations and procedures.
Report autonomous related incidents as soon as practicable.
Participate in safety meetings, investigations, and safety programs.
Perform other duties as required.