Tire Technician

POSITION OVERVIEW

Tire and rim changes, rotations, maintenance and repair on all mobile mining equipment, light vehicles, support, and auxiliary equipment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Safety inflate and deflate tires properly with high pressure air where required. Maintain, inspect, diagnose, and repair tires. Determine and diagnose adverse effects on tire life with proper tire matching, inflation pressures and equipment mechanical issues. Identify all wheel/rim components for compatibility, damage, and wear. Properly inspect and determine components, tools, hardware, equipment, and work environment to be safe or unsafe. Operate, document, and perform pre-operational inspections, general repair, and service on tire handling equipment (hydraulic hoses, belts, lights, etc.). Install, balance, rotate, and repair passenger, light truck, medium truck, industrial and OTR tires Demonstrate basic knowledge of safe rigging practices, safe placement of jacks and stands. Operate various mine equipment for servicing. Ability to follow instruction and direction with minimal supervision.

REQUIREMENTS HS

diploma or GED Prior experience in automotive and/or heavy equipment maintenance and tire repair. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, company policies, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situation where only limited standardization exists. Must be able to meet the physical demands of the work environment. Must have own basic tools for the position. A core value of

ASARCO LLC

is "Safety First." The Company is committed to help employees continuously improve their efforts to work in the safest, inclusive, socially and environmentally responsible manner practicable. Employee safety and health, both on and off the job, are critically important to the Company. Therefore, ASARCO LLC requires employees to have and effectively demonstrate good working knowledge of modern safety systems. Each employee will take prime responsibility for ensuring that they work within all required safety procedures and processes.

ASARCO LLC

is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates must possess a current and valid driver's license. Offers of employment are contingent upon a successful criminal background check and pre-employment physical including a drug screen.

ASARCO LLC

offers an excellent low-cost benefits package for medical, prescription, dental, vision, disability coverage, life insurance and other optional coverage and 401(k) plan with company match.