Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI) is a leading, technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops, produces, and markets a broad range of mineral and mineral-based products, related systems and services. MTI serves a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including household and personal care, paper, foundry, steel, construction and environmental solutions around the world. The company reported global sales of $2.2 billion in 2023.

MTI focuses on two major segments – Consumer & Specialties and Engineered Solutions. 

Our Consumer & Specialties segment offers technologically enhanced products to consumer-driven end markets plus specialty additives that become functional components in a variety of consumer and industrial goods. This segment includes our Household & Personal Care and Specialty Additives product lines. The Household & Personal Care product line provides mineral-to-market products that serve consumer-oriented end markets including Pet Care, Personal Care, Fabric Care, Edible Oil, and Renewable Fuel Purification. Our Specialty Additives product line provides mineral-based technologies serving Paper, Packaging, Sealants & Adhesives, Paint & Coatings, Ceramics, Plastics, Food & Pharmaceutical markets.

Our Engineered Solutions segment offers advanced process technologies and solutions that are designed to improve our customers’ manufacturing processes and projects. This segment includes our High-Temperature Technologies and Environmental & Infrastructure product lines. Our High-Temperature Technologies product line offers specially formulated blends and technologies primarily for Foundry and Steelmaking industries. Our Environmental & Infrastructure product line provides waterproofing, water purification, remediation and other fluid management technologies for critical projects for Remediation, Water Purification, and Infrastructure.

MTI provides a business environment and promotes a culture that encourages all employees to contribute to our success. We have long been committed to the recruitment and advancement of the most talented and qualified people. We recognize that MTI’s ability to provide the highest caliber of products and services is enhanced by a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities and countries in which we work.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Production

• Understands and interprets geological controls and forecast quality issues.
• Ensures the stone feed to the Plant meets established quality standards, fully utilizing recognized control systems and procedures.
• Prepares schedules and operating instructions in areas and ensures a satisfactory supply of materials and supplies necessary to meet scheduled commitments and product inventory levels in the operation.
• Works with the maintenance team to keep equipment and facilities in satisfactory condition, provides scheduling necessary to least interrupt production flow.

Financial Planning and Cost Control

• Participates with management on evaluations of new equipment and facilities.
• Helps in the development of capital and operating budget in the area and is directly responsible for the operational components for the departmental budget.
• Controls all direct labor and materials cost in the area (less maintenance, environmental and land), recognizing the importance of fiscal budgetary balance.

Provide GPS and survey support

• Maintain Topographical model
• Pickup survey updates on a regular basis
• Ensure software maintenance is paid on a timely basis.

Supervise reclamation compliance to include the following activities:

• Salvage of plants from disturbed land and reclamation of plants per the permit.
• Reclamation management for per the permit
• Ensure dump lift elevation is constant and does not exceed permit
• Ensure dump footprint does not exceed permit
• Other reclamation activities as required.

Support mine drilling activities

• Learn mine model and assist with determination of drilling needs.
• Create drill patterns in conjunction with existing topography which support the LOM plans and design
• Ensure drill samples are properly collected, analyzed and recorded in the Drill hole database.
• Create grade control maps for loader operator based on drill hole samples on a timely basis.
• Load production drill hole samples into database when analysis is complete for annual block model updates as appropriate.
• Interface with consultant to identify in-fill drilling locations and work with drillers to execute infill drilling campaign to improve block model

Mine design support

• Guide and support mine planning consultants.
• Maintain map files for Lucerne Valley quarries and other mining claims and deposits.
• Utilize mine plan to implement mine development coordinates for site control.
• Coordinate quarterly aerial survey.

Complete all requirements to maintain Southwest US mining interests.

• Interface with consultants to complete annual maintenance work for all claims on all properties.
• Ensure that all required annual fees and documents to hold these claims are filed.

Projects

• Identify projects to improve efficiencies and lower costs.
• Research CIP ideas and document appropriately.
• Assist with CPA documents and projects as required.

Maintain quarry department historical files and assist with extraction of information from those files as requested.

Other Duties & Responsibilities

Performs other duties as assigned

Note: Management reserves the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Education: BS in Mining Engineering, or Geologic Sciences with 2+  years’ experience. Experience with Vulcan3D or other mine planning software preferred.

Working Conditions: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly conducting work in a controlled office environment, sitting at a desk.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is typically required to have the ability to work in an office environment, using office equipment as needed, read, write, listen, speak, and understand English, follow instructions and other oral/written information, compose correspondence in a professional manner, complete paperwork and other documentation timely and accurately, work independently and with others, communicate effectively with all individuals internal and external to the organization.  On a frequent basis, there may be exposure to plant areas, which include exposure to outside weather conditions as well as loud noise from equipment and dust from production processes. 

Safety Equipment:  Safety equipment required while performing the duties of this job includes an ANSI approved hardhat and safety glasses, safety shoes/boots with steel toe protection.

Safety Training:  A new employee hired to perform the duties of this position is required to be provided New Employee Training by a qualified individual which consists of a total of 24 hours of training. 

Additional refresher safety training will be required as management deems appropriate or as dictated by MSHA/OSHA regulations.

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