Process Automation Engineer II

Freeport McMoRan•Bayard, NM

2d•$87,500 - $120,000•Onsite

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. This position may be eligible for Freeport-McMoRan immigration work visa sponsorship. Under general supervision, you collaborate with others to give direction on and improve the performance of site Industrial Control Systems. You follow and promote safety and environmental programs and practices, communicate safety implications related to Process Automation, and support Industrial Control System cybersecurity practices and policies. In this role, you give direction on Process Automation engineering topics and projects, develop and participate in engineering project proposals and designs, and verify that project work meets site Process Automation standards. As the Process Automation Engineer II, you maintain the performance of ICS hardware and software, identify opportunities for process improvement and optimization through automation to enhance operator and operations effectiveness, participate in implementation and maintenance of the Process Control Network while supporting plant performance, cybersecurity, and historian systems, specify and review advanced instrumentation solutions, implement equipment life‑cycle management with plans, proposals, and budgetary estimates, and perform other duties as required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate Engineering discipline and three (3) years related experience in engineering relevant to Process Automation OR Master’s degree in an appropriate Engineering discipline and two (2) years related experience in engineering relevant to Process Automation
Candidates may be required to pass a medical exam.
Candidates must pass all required training and/or testing.
Employees may be required to work a non-standard schedule, which may include shift work (other than day shift) at a 24/7, 365-day operation.
Freeport-McMoRan promotes a drug/alcohol-free work environment using mandatory pre-employment drug testing and on-going drug and alcohol testing, as allowed by applicable laws.

Nice To Haves

Previous supervision and leadership experience
PLC, HMI, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and/or Distributed Control Systems (DCS) manufacture training or certification
Experience with plant process historians or similar database storage and retrieval systems
Experience with ICS/PCN network architecture, communication, and security
Experience in or understanding of mining and mineral processing systems
Familiarity with or training in NFPA 70, NEC, or Electrical Journeyman Training

Responsibilities

Give direction on and improve the performance of site Industrial Control Systems.
Follow and promote safety and environmental programs and practices.
Communicate safety implications related to Process Automation.
Support Industrial Control System cybersecurity practices and policies.
Give direction on Process Automation engineering topics and projects.
Develop and participate in engineering project proposals and designs.
Verify that project work meets site Process Automation standards.
Maintain the performance of ICS hardware and software.
Identify opportunities for process improvement and optimization through automation to enhance operator and operations effectiveness.
Participate in implementation and maintenance of the Process Control Network while supporting plant performance, cybersecurity, and historian systems.
Specify and review advanced instrumentation solutions.
Implement equipment life‑cycle management with plans, proposals, and budgetary estimates.
Perform other duties as required.