Smelter Repair

Smelter Repair Job Highlights

Company Profile

Freeport-McMoRan is a leading international mining company. It operates large, long-lived, geographically diverse assets with significant proven and probable reserves of copper, gold, and molybdenum.

Job Profile

The company is recruiting a Smelter Repair individual who under supervision safely perform diagnostic, maintenance, installation, and repair of equipment and process systems in a Smelter.

Educational Qualification

• Applicants should have a High School Diploma or GED

Work Experience

• Possess 1 year of experience in mechanical/maintenance crafts (including welder, boilermaker, machinist, or facility maintenance/construction) or a combination of education and experience in industrial mechanical repair and maintenance

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to understand and apply information from technical manuals and other reference materials
• Experience with Equipment Operating
• Experience with Masonry/refractory bricking
• Experience with Waste Heat Boilers
• Training and experience in welding SMAW 6G or 2&5G pipe procedures (R-STAMP), pipe fitting, and fabrication
• 2 years of hands-on mechanical maintenance repair/rebuild experience with industrial fixed plant equipment and waste heat boilers (pumps, motors, gearboxes, pulleys, belts, welding, etc.) that includes to include training and a strong understanding of moving and rotating equipment such as pumps, motors, gearboxes, and conveyors, from an operations and maintenance perspective, electrically and mechanically

Duties/Responsibilities

• Assists with and performs diagnostic, replacement, and repairs to include but not limited to the following systems: anode plant, mold plant, converter, acid plant, and hydraulic systems
• May be required to proficiently perform welding tasks
• May operate equipment such as forklifts, cranes, boom trucks, loaders, and small mobile equipment
• Performs component diagnostic, replacement, and repairs to include but not limited to plant equipment, gearboxes, pumps, fans, conveyor belts, bearings, pulleys, gas lines, piping waterlines, (conveyor) conveyor tables, trough finders, return idlers, shovels, and cables
• Performs mechanical and lubrication preventative maintenance
• Performs work area inspections and housekeeping duties
• Perform other duties as required

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Ability to read blueprints
• Ability to work in extreme temperatures
• Must have completed academic and competencies required (this includes Line of Progression requirements for internal employees), and have experience demonstrating required mechanical aptitude.
• The selected candidates shall demonstrate the ability to apply knowledge and technical skills while also passing a written assessment.  This exam is based on technical skills/abilities and/or academic knowledge; as well as safety.

Criteria/Conditions

• Ability to communicate in English with respect to job assignments, job procedures, and applicable safety standards
• Ability to understand and apply verbal and written work and safety-related instructions and procedures given in English
• Freeport-McMoRan promotes a drug/alcohol-free work environment through the use of mandatory pre-employment drug testing and ongoing random drug testing
• Must be able to work in a potentially stressful environment
• Occasionally will be required to lift up to 50 pounds during the course of the workday
• Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine, outdoor, manufacturing, or plant environment, including hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and as needed, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves, and any other protective equipment as required
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity, climb stairs and ladders, and work on elevated platforms
• 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

Benefits/Perks

• Medical, dental, and vision plan options
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Assistance Program
• Company scholarships
• Education and adoption assistance

Employer’s Statement

Freeport-McMoRan is an Equal Opportunity Employer.