Cortez - Heap Leach Operator
- Employer
- Barrick Gold
- Location
- Elko, NV, United States
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- Dec 13, 2022
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- Category
- Machinery Operators
- Work Term
- Permanent
- Work Load
- Full Time
- Language
- English
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Position Description:
Our people division is growing, and we are looking for a Heap Leach Pad Technician at our Cortez operations. As part of the Cortez team, the successful candidate will be a team player adding to our already, diverse, yet rewarding, working environment. The ideal candidate will possess a background in process mining and metals. At Nevada Gold Mines we are committed to a safe work environment sending every person home safe and healthy every day and leaving a sustainable legacy on our host communities. We offer a generous benefits package which includes a competitive medical, dental, and vision plan with national provider networks, a 401k retirement plan with employer contribution, paid time off, company-sponsored medical clinics, company match share purchase program, and much more!
Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Heap Leach Supervisor, the Heap Leach Pad Technician is responsible for the following:
Qualifications:
Thank you for your application, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Our people division is growing, and we are looking for a Heap Leach Pad Technician at our Cortez operations. As part of the Cortez team, the successful candidate will be a team player adding to our already, diverse, yet rewarding, working environment. The ideal candidate will possess a background in process mining and metals. At Nevada Gold Mines we are committed to a safe work environment sending every person home safe and healthy every day and leaving a sustainable legacy on our host communities. We offer a generous benefits package which includes a competitive medical, dental, and vision plan with national provider networks, a 401k retirement plan with employer contribution, paid time off, company-sponsored medical clinics, company match share purchase program, and much more!
Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Heap Leach Supervisor, the Heap Leach Pad Technician is responsible for the following:
- Safely operate leach pad and ancillary mobile equipment
- Inspect work areas for any safety, environmental, or operational hazards
- Comply with legal and environmental obligations and Cortez Safety policies and procedures
- Measure and record preg and barren solutions samples
- Measure and record operating data, flow meter (GPM), pressure readings
- Install emitter tubing and HDPE pipe
- Inspect solution ponds, netting or balls, pumps, valves, lines, or any environmental hazards
- Operate various equipment for the leach pad
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Experience with connecting and disconnecting piping and irrigation systems for heap leach pads preferred
- Capable of working without direct supervision required
- Two (2) years milling or mining experience preferred
- Ability to accomplish strenuous physical labor under all weather conditions required
- Ability to lift fifty (50) pounds required
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills required
- Proven safe work record required
Thank you for your application, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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