Jobs at Capstone Copper Pinto Valley

Plans and schedules short- and long-term processing, maintenance, and operational work for a copper concentrator. Manages SAP work orders, prioritizes scopes, estimates labor, coordinates materials, equipment, contractors, and field crews, and supports preventive maintenance, reliability, cost, safety, and equipment availability goals. Prepares planning reports, participates in operational meetings, and identifies continuous-improvement opportunities within an active mining environment.

Supports safe operation and performance of mine water systems and tailings storage facilities. Responsibilities include monitoring instrumentation and data, tailings deposition and water removal planning, technical review, QA/QC, risk management, regulatory reporting, inspections, budgeting, continuous improvement, and training. The role applies tailings management standards, evaluates TSF stability and water performance, supports compliance with MSHA and state requirements, and collaborates with operations, consultants, senior engineers, and regulators.

Manages small to medium electrical capital and sustaining projects from scope development through closeout at an active copper mine. Responsibilities include electrical design review, contractor and bid management, field oversight, safety and quality compliance, cost and schedule control, change orders, documentation, and stakeholder reporting. The role requires coordination with operations, engineering teams, and contractors while serving as an electrical subject matter expert.

Operates and maintains heavy equipment throughout an open-pit copper mine, including motor graders, water trucks, backhoes, and articulating trucks. Performs field cleanup, equipment preparation, driving, road grading, pipe-system work, and water-system support. Follows mine safety procedures, MSHA standards, and operational protocols while participating in safety meetings and maintaining clean work areas.

Develops and optimizes equipment maintenance strategies, criticality assessments, and reliability plans for an open-pit mining operation. Leads risk management, defect elimination, root cause analysis, and Trigger Actions Response Plans. Monitors equipment performance using operational and maintenance data, creates reporting visualizations, and supports equipment readiness during projects and pre-commissioning. The role combines office and field work around mining equipment and requires strong reliability, analytical, safety, and communication skills.

Manage medium to large capital and operating expenditure projects at a copper mine. Responsibilities include project planning, engineering coordination, contractor and bid oversight, budgeting, contracts, scheduling, technical drawing review, document control, safety and compliance, procurement, stakeholder coordination, commissioning, and project closeout. The role requires technical leadership for complex civil infrastructure projects and ensuring delivery against safety, production, quality, schedule, and cost objectives.

Leads the Electrical and Instrumentation maintenance team at a copper mine. Oversees safety compliance, preventive maintenance, staff development, work planning, resource and cost management, spare parts, contractors, SAP work orders, KPI reporting, and continuous improvement. Collaborates with operations and processing teams to support reliable mine production and maintains a strong field presence to ensure procedures and controls are properly applied.

Supervises mill operations at an open-pit copper mine, directing personnel, resources, production execution, maintenance coordination, safety compliance, training, reporting, and continuous improvement. Oversees processing circuits including crushing, grinding, flotation, thickening, and filtration. Coordinates with maintenance, metallurgy, tailings, mine operations, and other departments to meet safety, production, quality, concentrate grade, reliability, and cost objectives.

Manages open-pit mining drill and blast engineering, including drilling platform and blast pattern design, fragmentation optimization, safety compliance, contractor and vendor oversight, QA/QC, budgeting, continuous improvement, technical studies, and coordination with geotechnical and mine-planning teams. The role supervises blasting and production drilling operations and requires substantial field and office work at an onsite copper mine.

Manages the full lifecycle of controlled site documentation, including creation, approval, distribution, revision, archiving, and destruction. Maintains document control and records management systems, ensures regulatory and ISO compliance, coordinates with multiple departments, trains employees, responds to document inquiries, monitors KPIs, conducts audits, and improves workflows. The role is onsite, Monday through Thursday, under a six-month contract with possible extension.

Leads financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, capital management, cost analysis, and business improvement initiatives at a copper mine. Develops financial models, KPIs, forecasting tools, capital reforecasts, investment analyses, and cost-control processes. Partners with operational departments to identify improvement opportunities, manage transformation projects, monitor benefits, and improve safety, production efficiency, and profitability. The role is fully onsite and requires collaboration across the mine site.

Manages engineering and construction projects for tailings facilities and other mine projects. Responsibilities include developing plans, schedules, budgets, and technical documentation; overseeing contractors, quality control, safety, environmental compliance, and engineering deliverables; maintaining CAD and document systems; supporting bids and procurement; conducting meetings; preparing reports; and implementing risk mitigation strategies.

Supervise hydrometallurgical operations including leaching, solvent extraction, electrowinning, and cathode harvesting. Lead employees and contractors, ensure MSHA and company safety compliance, manage staffing and resources, coordinate maintenance, monitor production and equipment performance, prepare operational reports, control costs, and implement continuous improvements to achieve safety, quality, reliability, and production targets.

Leads site electrical engineering, reliability, maintenance, process control, condition monitoring, and electrical safety at an open-pit copper mine. Responsibilities include power system studies, high-voltage troubleshooting, maintenance strategy development, root cause analysis, regulatory compliance, SCADA and HMI optimization, alarm management, and coordination with maintenance, operations, engineering, and IT teams. The role requires field and office work in an active mining environment.

Manages small to medium capital and operating expense projects at a copper mine from justification and feasibility through engineering, procurement, construction, and completion. Responsibilities include developing project charters, estimates, budgets, schedules, safety plans, and reports; coordinating engineers and contractors; reviewing bids and technical documents; overseeing construction, quality, compliance, and cost control; maintaining project records and drawings; and supporting process improvements in an active mining environment.

Administers and analyzes compensation and benefits programs, including salary benchmarking, pay structures, job classification, merit increases, incentives, benefits enrollment, vendor management, compliance, audits, and employee communications. Maintains confidential HRIS data and partners with HR leadership, finance, vendors, and employees to improve program competitiveness, equity, accuracy, and efficiency.