Senior Reliability Engineer

Freeport-McMoRan is a leading international mining company with headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. We operate large, long-lived, geographically diverse assets with significant proven and probable reserves of copper, gold, and molybdenum. The company has a dynamic portfolio of operating, expansion and growth projects in the copper industry. Freeport-McMoRan is one of the world’s largest publicly traded copper producers, the world’s largest producer of molybdenum and a significant gold producer. We have a long and successful history of conducting our business in a safe, highly efficient and socially-responsible manner.

We have the assets, the talent, the drive and the financial strength to provide attractive and rewarding careers of our employees. We encourage you to take the time to explore the opportunity to advance your career at Freeport-McMoRan.

Please note: This position has the possibility to work remotely up to 100% of the time. The position will require occasional travel to the Phoenix corporate offices and/or site locations . This position may be performed anywhere in the U.S. except California, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky and New York.  Additional states may be excluded from remote work based on business factors.  Should the positions shift to in-office work in the future, the company will offer relocation benefits at that time should the position meet the established eligibility for these benefits.

Description

The Sr Reliability Engineer works with a multidisciplinary maintenance team to determine the overall strategy and plans for the department and provides expertise, knowledge and guidance for maintenance related to predictive and preventive maintenance; equipment reliability and condition monitoring, etc.

• Identifies system constraints and proactively pursues elimination of them through the continuous improvement cycle.
• Ensures continuous production is uninterrupted by equipment failures and reduces production costs through development of maintenance methods to improve process efficiency and reliability.
• Leads others and/or performs root cause analysis of equipment failures. Acts as a subject matter expert as required and assists in the identification and implementation of corrective actions or technologies.
• Researches new reliability processes and identifies methods to predict and improve reliability.
• Performs onsite evaluation of existing processes and equipment and sets expectations within the department for precision maintenance.
• Reviews and establishes Key Performance Indices for equipment.
• Identifies PM opportunities and maintenance plans by leading failure mode and effect analysis.
• Analyzes current CMMS data for equipment health indicators and identifies reports to measure health indicators.
• Proactively develops and provides safety perspective for equipment and processes; makes recommendations of engineering solutions or methods to eliminate hazards.
• Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate Engineering discipline and five (5) years related experience in Engineering, OR
• Master’s degree in appropriate Engineering discipline and three (3) years related experience in Engineering
• Proficiency of MS Office suite including Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Project
• Ability to listen and understand information and ideas and express thought and ideas clearly and concisely through oral and written communication
• Customer focused to provide quality service to improve equipment and process reliability
• Knowledge and understanding of reliability centered maintenance practices
• Experience with engineering design drawings and schematics
• Self-starter with solid integrity
• Understand the importance of safety, legality and quality

Criteria/Conditions:

• Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine, outdoor, manufacturing or plant environment, including hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and as needed, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves and any other protective equipment as required.
• Freeport-McMoRan promotes a drug/alcohol-free work environment through the use of mandatory pre-employment drug testing and on-going random drug testing as allowed by applicable state laws

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