Managing strategic metallurgy and mineral-processing projects for Freeport-McMoRan, a global mining company. Providing technical oversight, operational support, mentorship, and reserve-reporting expertise.
Responsibilities
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
Promote industry best practices across operating companies
Potentially perform reserve reporting sign-off
Lead strategic project planning, including project identification and formulation, decision methodology, stakeholder evaluation, and resource definition
Interact with internal and external resources on growth projects
Execute technical development work and quantify cost impacts
Regularly communicate project status and outcomes to stakeholders
Perform metallurgical support activities for project sites, including reserve reporting functions as required
Prepare annual budgets and resourcing plans
Recruit personnel and manage small technical teams
Prepare and present updates to executive management and external business partners
Develop technical materials for patents and conferences
Maintain and expand an industry network in extractive metallurgy and mineral processing
Work virtually with occasional travel for meetings, training, team events, and mine sites up to 25% as business needs require
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in engineering
Ten (10) years of experience in mineral processing and leaching processes
Five (5) years of experience in operations roles, preferably leading teams
Three (3) years of experience working on projects or other technical initiatives involving mining and engineering companies
Strong experience affecting 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
Specialized technical expertise in three disciplines and general knowledge in five disciplines, including crushing, grinding, flotation, copper smelting, precious metal refining, solvent extraction, electrowinning, liquid-solid separation, 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
Experience managing large and complex multi-discipline projects
Excellent communication skills and strong execution capability
Excellent cross-discipline communication skills
Mandatory pre-employment drug testing as allowed by applicable laws
Ability to undertake required international and domestic travel
Benefits
Affordable medical, dental and vision benefits
Company-paid life and disability insurance
RRSP plan with employer contribution/match
Paid time off, paid sick time, holiday pay
Additional discretionary and incentive payment considerations based on company and individual performance
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