Manager Metallurgy and Process Design

Freeport McMoRan•Phoenix, AZ

3d•$130,000 - $180,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for leading and overseeing strategic metallurgical initiatives across growth projects, operational support functions, and corporate technology and innovation programs. Provides expert technical guidance, mentorship, and consultation on a broad range of mineral processing topics to support business objectives and operational excellence. Drives the adoption of industry best practices across FCX operating sites and corporate functions. Serves as a key technical resource in evaluating, optimizing, and advancing metallurgical processes and technologies. May assume responsibility for mineral reserve reporting review and technical sign-off, ensuring compliance with applicable standards and reporting requirements.

Requirements

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 in 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 interpretation of geo-metallurgical results and performance of regression analyses and/or simulations to develop grade and recovery models for ore types.
Demonstrated data-centric capabilities that use a structured problem-solving approach using statistics and regression tools.
Ability and willingness to travel domestically up to approximately 25% and internationally up to approximately 10%.
Ability and willingness to travel for business trips of up to two (2) consecutive weeks at a time.

Nice To Haves

Specialized technical expertise in 3 disciplines and good general knowledge in 5 disciplines. Disciplines include 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.
MBA or related certification/experience in financial and economic evaluations
Experience managing small technical teams, including direct supervision.
Energetic, excellent communication skills, ability to execute.
Management of large and complex projects covering several disciplines.
Excellent cross-discipline communication skills.

Responsibilities

Lead strategic metallurgical project planning and development, including opportunity identification, project scoping, evaluation methodology, stakeholder alignment, and resource planning.
Coordinate technical support activities such as process engineering, metallurgical definition, and technology assessments to support successful project execution.
Partner with internal and external stakeholders to advance company growth projects.
Lead technical development efforts, evaluate project impacts on cost and performance, and provide regular updates on project progress, risks, and outcomes to key stakeholders.
Provide metallurgical and mineral processing expertise to project and operating sites, support technical evaluations, operational improvements, and reserve reporting activities, including technical review and sign-off responsibilities as required.
Perform other duties as required.