Jobs at Asarco

Supervise and direct electrical and instrumentation maintenance staff at a mining/milling plant. Prioritize and execute preventive and corrective maintenance, troubleshoot electrical and PLC controls, oversee projects and contractors, enforce safety and environmental compliance, train junior electricians, and help manage department budgets and materials.

Build financial models and business cases (DCF, NPV, IRR) to support capital and operating decisions; run sensitivity and scenario analysis; partner with operations and senior leadership; source and validate data from systems (including SAP); translate analysis into executive recommendations; support strategic planning, capital prioritization, and carry projects from framing to decision.

Lead concentrator (crushing, milling, flotation, thickeners, tailings) operations ensuring safety, environmental compliance, productivity, maintenance coordination, budgeting, staff development, union/CBA management, and continuous improvement.

Act as HR liaison to management and employees, handling employee relations, investigations, labor/union matters, compliance with employment laws, performance and talent management, HRIS updates, recruiting support, and safety program enforcement. Provide daily guidance to front-line managers and ensure regulatory and labor agreement compliance.

Lead and develop the Technical Services team to deliver mine planning, geology, hydrogeology, slope engineering, survey, and assay lab functions. Oversee short-, mid-, long-range and life-of-mine planning, production forecasts, cost models, budgets, risk management, technical reporting, and cross-functional coordination. Drive safety, efficiency, adoption of digital technologies, and compliance while troubleshooting open-pit operational issues.

Lead engineering governance and multidisciplinary teams across a multi-year concentrator and tailings storage expansion. Ensure design quality, safety, schedule, budget, standards compliance, value engineering, and coordination with EPC/CM, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, and stakeholders.

Lead and supervise divisional planning staff to ensure effective job planning, scheduling, budgeting, runtime forecasting, materials/parts management, SAP usage, safety compliance, and continuous improvement. Coordinate with supervisors, prepare monthly plans and forecasts, perform field reviews, and support maintenance manager for operational excellence.

Lead concentrator operations to maintain safety, environmental compliance, and production efficiency. Oversee milling and flotation circuits, coordinate maintenance and budgets, manage staff development, union relations, and training, troubleshoot plant performance, and support capital projects and reporting.

Provide technical leadership for electrical and instrumentation maintenance: supervise staff, plan and execute maintenance, troubleshoot complex electrical systems, support engineering projects, manage procurement and contractors, maintain preventive maintenance programs, ensure safety and regulatory compliance, mentor junior electricians, and control maintenance budgets.

Lead and supervise division planning staff to ensure effective maintenance job planning, scheduling, materials management, budgeting, runtime forecasting, and quality control. Coordinate with frontline supervisors, drive monthly planning/reconciliation, support maintenance manager, perform field reviews, and ensure compliance with safety and Asarco standards.

Supervise electrical and instrumentation maintenance staff for mining and milling operations; prioritize and implement preventive and corrective maintenance, troubleshoot PLCs and electrical systems, oversee installations and contractors, ensure safety compliance, and help manage department budget and training.

Supervise mill operations staff to safely achieve production goals. Oversee milling processes (crushing, grinding, flotation, filtering, tailings), coordinate with mine operations, inspect equipment, enforce safety and environmental programs, manage labor relations, scheduling, timekeeping, and production reporting.

Lead the concentrator team to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient mill operations. Manage production and maintenance priorities, budgeting, staffing, training, union relations and Collective Bargaining Agreement issues. Monitor plant performance, troubleshoot process issues, support capital planning and project execution, enforce EHS and MSHA requirements, and prepare production reports.

Develop and maintain 1–12 month short-range open-pit mine plans, design bench layouts, dig polygons, blast patterns and haulage/routing. Coordinate drill & blast, geology, survey and operations to produce shovel-ready instructions, monitor execution, reconcile performance, and update forecasts using Hexagon MinePlan tools.

Plan and schedule electrical and instrumentation maintenance activities, develop detailed job plans and overhaul/project schedules, create spare parts APLs, use SAP and MS Office, maintain equipment records, set repair priorities, prepare contractor work documentation, manage preventative maintenance schedules and compliance, and enforce Environmental, Health and Safety policies.

Oversee safe, efficient operation of the mill concentrator, crushers, filtering and tailings systems. Coordinate production and maintenance, supervise concentrator and crusher supervisors, manage staffing/scheduling, monitor plant performance, ensure regulatory safety and environmental compliance, liaise with mining, engineering, lab and support departments, and act for the General Supervisor when absent.

Plan and schedule Electrical & Instrumentation maintenance: create detailed job plans, overhauls, preventative maintenance schedules, spare parts lists, use SAP/MS Office, manage equipment records, coordinate contractors, and enforce EHS policies.

Lead plant engineering for a copper mining site, ensuring safety and compliance, managing sustaining capital projects and CAPEX/OPEX budgets, optimizing fluid and utility networks, overseeing asset integrity and critical equipment, mentoring engineering staff, and driving cost, schedule, and technical performance across concentrator, SX/EW, and mine areas.

Maintain, optimize, and secure servers, storage, virtualization, and cloud services. Monitor performance, apply patches, run security audits, implement disaster recovery and backups, provide second-level support, troubleshoot complex issues, and keep detailed infrastructure documentation.

Operate and manage MineStar/AHS autonomous haulage fleet from the on-site control room to execute and optimize the mine production plan. Assign and monitor autonomous trucks, ensure data integrity for shift handovers, validate reports, detect and report system failures, and make operational decisions to preserve safety and fleet performance. Participate in safety programs, training, special projects, and work shift-based schedules.