Summer Intern Engineer - Summer 2026 TN Mines ETN and MTN (East Tennessee Mines; Strawberry Plains, TN)

THE ROLE

The purpose of this role is to support the engineering department for 2-3 month rotation through all departments, spending 2-3 weeks (or longer) in various aspects of the business. This role will be a summer internship over 1 summer.

Safety, Health, Environment and Community

- Promote and demonstrate safe behavior at all times, comply with the site’s standards and procedures in SHEC

- Demonstrate effective performance in achieving agreed SHEC goals in support of the department, site and company standards

- Demonstrates leadership in SHEC through personal behaviors and conversations, and report all SHEC incidents and participate in SHEC initiatives

- Take responsibility for the safety of all personnel, including yourself, at Nyrstar Tennessee Mines

- Develops plans and schedules in consideration of Statutory requirements

Mine Engineering

- Perform Auxiliary vent Studies

- Perform primary vent studies

- Infrastructure mapping – discharge, primary water, electrical, etc.

- Train with STPs (training as back-up and future STPs)

- Assist STPs, Senior, and Chief Engineer on projects as assigned

- Conduct time studies on equipment

- Performance evaluation (e.g. dispatch/equipment data and looking at trends, opportunities, etc.)

- Design and drafting as needed

- Complete Software training (AutoCAD, Deswik, Minesight, etc.)

- Business Improvement Initiatives

- Assisting in automation and technology improvements

People and Organization

- Support the team to build requisite structure, Work with the team to ensure the long-term viability of the team, Support team members in their personal development.

- Proactively seeks to understand the roles and the needs of other team members, work collaboratively with mine production and geology departments and assist other functional areas to achieve their objectives

- Actively participate in team discussions and decisions

- Ensure a cost-conscious culture is practiced by team members

- Provide specialist technical advice to the team in areas of competence

Qualifications/Experience

- Must be enrolled in an undergraduate program related to Mine Engineering

Department: External

This is a non-management position

This is a temporary position