Senior Operational Excellence Specialist

Freeport McMoRan•Safford, AZ

2d•$97,500 - $138,000•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. In operation since 2007, Safford operations is a zero-discharge facility and one of the most sustainable mines in the United States. The operation’s commitment to utilizing advanced technologies and sustainable practices strongly emphasizes safety and environmental stewardship. Located in southeastern Arizona, close to more than 4 million acres of national forest, employees and their families can connect with the great outdoors while fishing, rafting, hiking and more. Several educational institutions also are nearby, including a Northern Arizona University satellite campus, Eastern Arizona College, and the Gila Institute for Technology.

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 possible solution
Active coach and mentor focused on maximizing team potential
Strong communicator with emerging ability to communicate complex messages
Participant in prior business optimization teams with potential to become an expert in transformation methodologies
Unbiased facilitator with established and emerging leadership skills
Self-aware of cognitive biases and focused on building high performing teams and delivering outcomes
Challenger mindset with passion for innovation and change
Belief in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, and trust
Passion for understanding people and teams
Ability to learn quickly and navigate the organization to find experts
Ability to receive and act on developmental feedback quickly
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

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
Ability to execute hypothesis-based analysis
Strong Excel skills
Ability to formulate questions to gain customer and process insight
Experience standing up management systems (work standards, process confirmations, meeting standardization, lineouts, visual management)
People and culture experience (human resources, organizational health, industrial psychology)
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 (business analysis, discovery, UX design, development, testing, implementation, support, planning)

Responsibilities

Under limited supervision, drive and institutionalize data informed decision making and shape performance optimization at scale.
Coach leaders and teams to support high impact business optimization initiatives, serving as a subject matter expert in transformational methodologies.
Coach leaders, teams, and customers to independently run effective problem solving and improvement routines.
Apply tools such as bottleneck analysis, RCA, Lean, design thinking, OEE, diagnostics, lessons learned, and best practices to influence decisions, enable action, and sustain improvement.
Coach others and shape systems that produce scalable innovation while proactively shaping decisions and guiding structured thinking and storytelling to drive sustained action.
Influence and motivate operational behavior and processes to support sustainment and coach others to build scalable structures and routines.
Facilitate multiple high performing teams and initiatives.
Review KPIs for equipment and processes based on operational analysis and data evaluation.