Operational Excellence Coach

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 Do

In 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.

What You Bring To Freeport

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in specific field (mine, mill, hydro, etc.)
• Engineering background
• Data analysis skills
• Experience with OEE (d