Operational Excellence Coach

Freeport McMoRan

About The Position

At Freeport-McMoRan, we are committed to providing an employment package that recognizes excellence, encourages safe production and a culture supported by our core values. Here, you’ll find a collaborative environment where safety is a top priority, all opinions are valued, and people are empowered to grow in their career. Apply Today!  This position is not eligible for Freeport-McMoRan immigration work visa sponsorship. Where You Will Work   Sierrita operations is located just 20 miles from Tucson – Arizona’s second-largest city. Its cutting-edge mine training facility, with state-of-the-art labs, classrooms and advanced simulators, equips our people with the skills, expertise and knowledge to excel. Whether you choose to live in Green Valley, Sahuarita or Tucson, you will enjoy spectacular sunsets and mild winters as well as numerous local attractions. Tucson is home to the Pima Air and Space Museum, University of Arizona and Sonora Desert Museum. Other notable community staples are several schools, hospitals, restaurants, parks, shopping centers and more. Visit sahuaritaaz.gov and tucsonaz.gov to learn more.   What You Will DoIn this role, you encourage, empower, facilitate and provide guidance to leadership and business optimization teams with little oversight, guiding and coaching all team members with a focus on leaders, stakeholders, team members and employees while striving to unlock potential and curiosity and emphasizing high‑impact, value‑added work, acting as a subject matter expert across many topics, embracing change, and stewarding transformational methodologies. As the Operational Excellence Coach, you build, facilitate and coach high‑performing teams and business optimization initiatives and strengthen understanding of Agile, Lean, Operational Excellence and other optimization techniques. You will teach and improve business optimization practices, work with Operational Excellence leadership to drive data‑driven value and support one or more communities of practice. You evolve ways of working by applying agile, Lean or other methodologies in operational settings and implement Operational Excellence elements. You will develop, hone and apply problem‑solving techniques including bottleneck analysis, root cause analysis, Lean management, design thinking concepts, line balance, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), and specific detailed diagnostic analyses. You empower leadership teams to build and sustain a thriving community and the Freeport culture, foster continuous learning, help teams inspect and adapt, and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

High School diploma or GED AND nine (9) years of experience in Operations, Operations Support, Engineering, Project Management, Professional Business settings, OR
Bachelor’s Degree AND five (5) years of experience in Operations, Operations Support, Engineering, Project Management, Professional Business settings, OR
Master’s Degree AND three (3) years of experience in Operations, Operations Support, Engineering, Project Management, Professional Business settings
Ability to work effectively with people at all levels of the organization
Passionate problem solver who succeeds in ambiguous situations and advocates for the best solution
Active coach and mentor focused on maximizing team potential
Strong communicator with emerging ability to convey complex messages
Experience as a participant (team member, SME) in business optimization teams with potential to become an expert in transformation methodologies
Unbiased facilitator with emerging leadership skills who engages people at all levels
Self‑aware of cognitive biases and their impact on decision making. Decision making focused on the primary aim to build high performing teams, develop team members and deliver outcomes
Challenger mindset with passion for finding new solutions and driving innovative ideas – loves and embraces change especially in new and evolving environments
Belief in a non‑hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency and trust
Passionate about understanding people and teams
Learns new skills quickly and knows how to navigate the organization to find experts
Ability to receive and act on developmental feedback quickly

Nice To Haves

Background in specific field (mine, mill, hydro, etc.)
Engineering background
Data analysis skills
Experience with OEE (data access, cleaning, interpretation, analysis, etc.)
Ability to analyze data and draw conclusions
Able to execute hypothesis‑based analysis to confirm or disprove hypotheses
Strong Excel skills
Ability to formulate questions to gain customer or process insight
Experience standing up Management Systems (work standards, process confirmations, meeting standardization, lineouts and visual management efforts, etc.)
People and Culture experience (human resources, organizational health, industrial psychology, etc.)
Experience in Agile values and principles
Experience working on, facilitating or coaching Agile teams
Experience with Lean methodologies and practices
Experienced indirect influencer
Digital product lifecycle experience (e.g. Business Analysis, Discovery, UX design, Development, Testing, Implementation, Support and Planning)

Responsibilities

Encourage, empower, facilitate and provide guidance to leadership and business optimization teams with little oversight
Guide and coach all team members with a focus on leaders, stakeholders, team members and employees while striving to unlock potential and curiosity and emphasizing high‑impact, value‑added work
Act as a subject matter expert across many topics, embracing change, and stewarding transformational methodologies
Build, facilitate and coach high‑performing teams and business optimization initiatives and strengthen understanding of Agile, Lean, Operational Excellence and other optimization techniques
Teach and improve business optimization practices
Work with Operational Excellence leadership to drive data‑driven value and support one or more communities of practice
Evolve ways of working by applying agile, Lean or other methodologies in operational settings and implement Operational Excellence elements
Develop, hone and apply problem‑solving techniques including bottleneck analysis, root cause analysis, Lean management, design thinking concepts, line balance, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), and specific detailed diagnostic analyses
Empower leadership teams to build and sustain a thriving community and the Freeport culture
Foster continuous learning, help teams inspect and adapt
Perform other duties as assigned