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Senior and Principal copper mining jobs

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71 live vacancies aggregated straight from mining employers' own career sites. Every feed is re-checked twice a day and closed roles are removed, so what you see here is what is actually open.

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Copper

Copper covers large open pit porphyry mines, block cave underground operations and concentrator or SXEW processing. Demand is structural rather than seasonal, and the biggest hiring centres are Chile, Peru, Zambia and the DRC.

Senior & Principal

Senior and principal titles usually mean technical depth and standard setting rather than people leadership, which sits under superintendent and manager titles.

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How many Senior and Principal copper mining jobs are there right now?

71 vacancies are live on Mine Recruitment as of 30 September 2026, from 3 employers. The list is rebuilt from employer career sites twice a day.

Which employers are hiring?

Freeport-McMoRan (49), Teck Resources (15), First Quantum Minerals (7). Each vacancy links straight to that employer's own application page.

Where are the roles based?

Phoenix (12), Morenci (9), Bagdad (7), Vancouver (6), Claypool (6), Bayard (4), Safford (4), Canada (3).

What do these roles pay?

Of the 71 live vacancies, 36 state a salary, and those sit between USD 75k and USD 160k a year as advertised by the employer. Most mining employers do not publish pay, so treat this as a floor for what the market is showing, not the full picture.

What rosters are advertised?

5/2 (1). Rosters are taken from the wording of the employer's own advert.

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