Manager Metallurgy and Process Design

What You Will Do

• Manage and oversee strategic metallurgical projects across growth projects, operational support functions, and corporate initiatives.
• Provide direct technical support, mentorship, and advisement on mineral processing topics and promote industry best practices across operating companies.
• Lead strategic project planning including project identification and formulation, decision methodology, evaluation with stakeholders, and resource definition to support process execution.
• Interact with internal and external resources on growth projects and execute technical development work, quantify cost impacts, and regularly communicate project status and outcomes to stakeholders.
• Perform metallurgical support activities for project sites, including reserve reporting functions as required.
• Carry out additional responsibilities such as preparing annual budgets and resourcing plans, recruiting personnel, preparing and presenting updates to executive management and external business partners, developing technical materials for patents and conferences, and maintaining and expanding an industry network in extractive metallurgy and mineral processing.

What You Bring To Freeport

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and ten (10) years of experience in mineral processing and leaching processes, including five (5) years of experience in operations roles, preferably leading teams, and three (3) years of experience working on projects or other technical initiatives involving mining and engineering companies.
• Strong experience effecting change in operating processing plants.
• Strong working knowledge of geo-metallurgical testing, data interpretation, and modeling tools for forecasting.
• Strong working knowledge of processing techniques of large Porphyry copper deposits.
• Demonstrated history of interpreting geo-metallurgical results and performing regression analyses and/or simulations to develop grade and recovery models for ore types.
• Demonstrated data-centric capabilities using structured problem-solving approaches with statistics and regression tools.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Specialized technical expertise in three (3) disciplines and general knowledge in five (5) disciplines, including areas such as crushing, grinding, flotation, copper smelting, precious metal refining, solvent extraction, electrowinning, liquid-solid separation including thickening and filtering, tailings, materials handling, process modeling and simulation, statistical analysis, process control, sampling and assaying, and metallurgical accounting.
• Broad experience in mineral processing plant technical support or operations management.
• MBA or related certification or experience in financial and economic evaluations.
• Experience managing small technical teams, including direct supervision.
• Energetic with excellent communication skills and strong execution capability.
• Experience managing large and complex multi-discipline projects.
• Excellent cross-discipline communication skills.

What We Offer You

The estimated annual pay range for this role is currently $138,000-$193,000. This range reflects base salary only and does not include bonus payments, benefits or retirement contributions. Actual base pay is determined by experience, qualifications, skills and other job-related factors. This role is eligible for additional incentive compensation considerations based on company and individual performance. Additionally, this position is currently eligible for annual long-term incentive consideration. Long-term incentives are contingent upon authorized approval under the terms and conditions of the Company's plan and award agreements. More details will be shared during the hiring process.

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Affordable medical, dental and vision benefits
Company-paid life and disability insurance
401(k) plan with employer contribution/match
Paid time off, paid sick time, holiday pay, parental leave
Tuition Assistance
Employee Assistance Program
Discounted insurance plans for auto, home and pet
Internal progression opportunities

What We Require

Freeport-McMoRan promotes a drug/alcohol-free work environment using mandatory pre-employment drug testing as allowed by applicable laws.

International and domestic travel will be required for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer
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