Day: July 9, 2025

Closed Job: GCR Technician – Texas A&M University

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Job Description

Our Commitment

Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment by promoting a culture that respects all perspectives, talents & lived experiences. Embracing varying opinions and perspectives strengthens our core values which are: Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service.

Who We Are

The International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) facilitates global research collaboration studying Earth’s history as recorded in ocean floor sediments and rocks beneath the ocean floor. With numerous seagoing expeditions aboard the scientific drillship JOIDES Resolution (JR), and on behalf of the National Science Foundation (NSF), researchers have gathered core samples from around the world. Following the demobilization of the JR this past summer, Texas A&M University was tasked by the NSF with setting up an instrumented Gulf Coast Repository (GCR), utilizing instrumentation removed from the JR. The GCR laboratories are expected to be operational by Spring 2025, offering curatorial services and advanced capabilities to describe and analyze both legacy and future core samples.

What We Want

We are seeking a GCR Technician to support Gulf Coast Repository Analytical Services under the supervision of the GCR Analytical Services Supervisor and the general direction of the GCR Senior Technicians. This role involves operating, maintaining, and calibrating laboratory and analytical equipment, processing samples, training visiting scientists, and participating in projects to develop and enhance analytical instruments, techniques, and software. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Earth Science or a relevant field, four years of professional laboratory experience, and the ability to obtain and hold a passport and travel visas. Required skills include excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, the capacity to work independently and as part of a team, multitasking, and strong organizational skills. Preferred qualifications include operational knowledge of geologic laboratory facilities, mechanical or electronics skills, experience with databases, scientific software, computer-aided design, and scientific ocean drilling. Responsibilities include maintaining accurate documentation, promoting safe laboratory practices, assisting with large projects, and providing data processing and QA/QC support. The position may also involve splitting and curating cores, managing inventory, and ensuring the cleanliness and functionality of the laboratory. If this sounds like you, we encourage you to apply

What You Need To Know

Salary: Compensation will be commensurate to selected hire’s experience.

Special Note: A cover letter and resume are strongly recommended.

Other Requirements and Factors: This position may be required to sail, which is conditional based on TAMU successfully obtaining the Scientific Ocean Drilling Coordinating Office (SODCO). This position would sail on SODCO expeditions as a marine technician, which could be on 2-month expedition Seagoing employees must pass a new employee seagoing physical exam and annual seagoing physical exams. The employee would need to be able to travel internationally.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

  • Bachelors in Earth Science or relevant field .
  • Four years of relevant professional experience working in a laboratory.

Required Licenses and Certifications:

  • Obtain and hold a passport and appropriate travel visas on a continuing basis.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work both independently and on a team.
  • Ability to multitask.
  • Must be able to work cooperatively and communicate effectively with varied groups, demonstrating excellent teamwork, leadership, and displaying a service-oriented attitude in all interactions.
  • Must be detail oriented and have the ability to successfully organize tasks and prioritize work.
  • Ensures strong team approach to service deliverables through routine team building, training, and interactions.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Working operational knowledge of geologic laboratory facilities.
  • Knowledge and experience working with tools (i.e. good mechanical and/or electronics skills), databases, scientific software and/or computer-aided design.
  • Experience in design, construction, installation, or operation of scientific equipment and laboratory instrumentation.
  • Experience with scientific ocean drilling.
  • Background in geological sciences or oceanography.

Responsibilities

  • GCR ANALYTICAL SERVICES– Responsible for instrument operation, maintenance, calibration for laboratory and analytical equipment in assigned laboratory area (paleomagnetics/petrophysics/chemistry/X-ray). Cooperate and work closely with scientists to optimize scientific data produced on GCR analytical equipment. Cross train on instrumentation in other laboratory areas of the GCR analytical facilities. Control inventory and maintain supplies for assigned laboratory area. Maintain accurate documentation, including laboratory manuals and vendor documentation for instrumentation and equipment in assigned laboratory area. Assist in keeping all GCR facilities and assigned laboratory area clean and in good working condition. Practice and promote safe laboratory practices at all times. Assist in implementation of large projects utilizing GCR instrumentation and the GCR’s core collection, including legacy projects and workshops, along with SODCO or any coring/drilling projects that want to utilize GCR analytical facilities. Assist in splitting and curating cores as required for core processing projects at the GCR. Box, move, and store cores in the GCR, as needed. Provides basic data processing and QA/QC of data generated by GCR instrumentation in assigned laboratory area and assist with transfer of generated data to facility users, with support from the Senior Technicians and Senior Data Analyst as required. Work on projects related to instrument and software development/enhancement.
  • TRAINING AND OVERSIGHT– Provide training and oversight for visiting scientists using instrumentation in assigned laboratory areas. Ensure visiting scientists receive safe laboratory safety training and follow safe laboratory practices. Provide cross training to other GCR technical staff in areas of expertise.
  • SAMPLE ANALYSES- Run samples on GCR instrumentation for academic and commercial scientists, as required.

Job: Underground Mine Engineer II

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POSITION SUMMARY

As our Mine Engineer, you will perform daily engineering functions and special projects in an underground hard rock mining operation to keep our production going and our profitability up. You’ll start every day organizing, scheduling, and prioritizing work activities to ensure timely completion of projects, programs, and objectives. You will be called upon to coordinate with geology, survey, and the mine operations group. To thrive in this role, you will use mine costing and financial analysis techniques to explain variances, evaluate projects and prioritize allocation of resources. We’re on a remote island, you must know how to work independently, identify, and resolve problems in a timely manner. 

SAFETY, HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Complying with all necessary requirements put in place to prevent incidents, injuries or losses

• Ensuring the safety and health of themselves and others in the workplace by being responsible for their actions and taking due care while performing their work

• Identifying, eliminating, and reporting hazards as soon as practicable

• Reporting incidents and accidents as soon as practicable

• Disclosing all information regarding incidents and cooperating in incident investigations

• Assisting in the resolution of health and safety matters in a positive and timely manner

• Using and maintaining PPE

• Providing suggestions for improving work processes

• Assisting Management by supporting change to achieve desired targets

• Ensuring that plant and equipment operate within their safe working limits

• Ensuring that correct equipment is used for the job

• Participating in risk assessment methodology

• Participating in safety initiatives

• Receiving training and instruction as required

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES

Technical functions for the role include, but are not limited to:

• Mine planning (short and mid-range):

o Mine design

o Backfill design

o Short range planning of development, production, and backfill to meet long range goals

o 0-3 and 3-12 month forecasting

o Weekly and Monthly reporting of mining progress

o Plan vs. Actual reconciliation

o Coordinates priorities with geology, survey, and mine operations

• Mine improvement projects

• Ability to learn and perform daily surveying duties in the absence of the mine surveyor

• Database management

In addition to the technical functions above, the following behavioral functions are a key element of the role:

• Problem solving: identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully

• Interpersonal Skills: maintains confidentiality, remains open to others’ ideas and exhibits willingness to try new things. Cross-trains with other roles in order to expand skillset of self and others.

• Oral communication: speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, demonstrates group presentation skills and conducts meetings.

• Written Communication: edits work for spelling and grammar, presents numerical data effectively and is able to read and interpret written information.

• Planning/organizing: prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently and develops realistic action plans.

• Quality control: demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and monitors own work to ensure quality. Ensures technical deliverables are provided to customers within time and quality expectations.

• Adaptability: adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.

• Dependability: consistently at work, follows instructions, responds to management direction and solicits feedback to improve performance.

• Safety and security: actively promotes and personally observes safety and security procedures, and uses equipment and materials properly

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience Requirements

• B.S. in Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering, or equivalent degree

• 2 or more years of underground mine engineering experience

Technical Competencies Preferred

• Underground mine planning software: Deswik (preferred), Vulcan, AutoCAD

• Underground surveying techniques

• Knowledge of ground support techniques

• Mine ventilation, dewatering systems

• Project management techniques

• Autonomous mining equipment

• Economic analysis of mining

• Experience with database management systems

PERSONAL & LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

The following competencies are required:

Behavioral Skills

• Organizational/planning skills will be necessary to organize, schedule and prioritize work activities to manage time effectively and ensure timely completion of projects, programs, and objectives.

• Analytical and statistical skills are needed to evaluate opportunities for process improvement or optimization, process or quality trends.

• Interpersonal skills are necessary in order to facilitate teamwork while working with internal and external contacts.

• Self-motivation and initiative is necessary to insure that the work progresses independent of supervision. Being a self-starter is essential.

• Communications skills are necessary to ensure excellence in verbal and written communications, and effectively interact with associates at all levels of the organization as well as external contacts.

• Administrative skills are required to manage paperwork, meet reporting requirements, and oversee various systems.

• Detail-orientation and ability to multi-task.

• Planning skills are needed to ensure the timely completion of programs and objectives.

• Knowledge of safety, health and environmental methods, rules, regulations and procedures, and related behavioral competencies.

• Knowledge of developing technology, preferably specific knowledge of the mineral/metals business.

Language Skills – Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively to employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills – Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Abilities – Good decision making skills, working with limited oversight based on conceptual end goals. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Ability to deal with ambiguity, incomplete information. Ability to prioritize based on conflicting criteria.

Other Qualifications – ATF possessor’s clearance required. Must pass pre-employment physical and drug screen.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS While performing the duties of this job, employees may be frequently required to stand, walk, or sit for extended periods of time; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb and balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. The employee must be able to talk and hear. 

Job: Geotechnical Engineer/Civil Engineer Job

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Position Summary

We are seeking a Staff Level Geotechnical Engineers for our Mining Design & Technical Services group based in Denver, Colorado. This entry-level position would support ongoing mining services for tailings and heap leach projects within the USA as well as in international locations. The selected candidate would become part of a small geotechnical technical services group and support project-related work. Additional professional experiences and project support would include geotechnical site assessments and associated field services, development of soil and foundation recommendations for surface infrastructure, dam breach evaluations, and stability and deformation analyses, among other work. The position is meant to be dynamic, working across multiple design teams (civil, hydrogeological, etc.) and a variety of tasks. The professional development of the successful candidate will be promoted with the goal of transitioning additional responsibilities to the candidate in the future.

This position requires superior written and verbal communication skills to interface with staff personnel, clients, and vendors effectively. An employee in this position is expected to work as a member of diverse project teams and accomplish specific tasks in a fast-paced environment.

  Position Responsibilities

· Support ongoing EOR services for tailings and heap leach projects within the USA as well as international locations. 

· Report directly to an existing EOR and quickly become integrated into future design work, as well as systematic monitoring and surveillance activities. 

· Complete geotechnical site assessments and associated field services for the development of mining infrastructure.

· Support initial and ongoing material characterization activities, including gathering field data, designing and overseeing laboratory programs, interpreting laboratory data, and developing appropriate constitutive models.

· Perform stability and deformation analyses for the mining infrastructure, including tailings storage facilities and heap leach pads.

· Develop soil and foundation recommendations for surface infrastructure.

· Assist with tailings dam breach evaluations.

· Work with and provide training to junior engineers. 

· Assist with generating design drawings using Autodesk Civil 3D. 

Requirements:

· Education: Master of Science (preferred); Bachelor of Science (considered). Civil Engineering degrees from ABET-accredited universities are preferred. Alternative degrees (e.g., Geologic Engineering, Mining Engineering) will be considered based on relevant coursework.

· Professional Experience: 0+ for Entry-Level.

· Computer Software: Significant experience with MS Office Suite. Some experience using standard geotechnical design software (Rocscience, GeoStudios, etc.); numerical modeling experience is advantageous; and basic understanding of Autodesk Civil 3D.

· Geotechnical Laboratory: Proficient with standard material testing and index tests. 

· Required Registrations / Professional Development: Successful completion of FE Exam.

· Travel: Must have the ability to travel in the U.S. and internationally to support field programs.

· Physical Demands: The position may require sitting for extended periods of time, extended hours working on a computer, and lifting up to 30 pounds. Field assignments are located in a variety of climactic conditions and may require standing, squatting, bending, the use of machinery, and a variety of standard geotechnical tools.

· Technical writing: Proficiency in technical writing is expected.

· Other (Project Level): Working knowledge of geotechnical monitoring instrumentation; various geotechnical tools for subsurface assessments (drilling methods; CPT; geophysics, etc.); numerical modeling methods and software.