Manager Metallurgy & Strategic Planning Job Summary
Responsible for management and oversight of strategic metallurgical projects specifically the extractive metallurgical performance of future processing plants. Develop production (including appropriate financial) forecasts to enable economic trade-offs to be conducted and new process flow sheets for expansions, utilizing long range forecasts. Promote Industry Best Practices at operating companies across FCX. Continuous improvement of production planning and forecasting.
Manager Metallurgy & Strategic Planning Responsibilities
Lead strategic project planning including project identification and formulation, whilst agreeing decision methodology and evaluation with key stakeholders and outlining resources to assist with project executive. Lead the development of documentation of Feasibility Studies.
Interact with the internal and external resources on the company's growth projects. Accountable for achieving project schedule and cost outcomes and regularly communicating project status and outcomes to stakeholders
Perform metallurgical accounting audits at Grasberg mine site concentrators and the Manyar and Gresik smelters.
Perform other duties as requested :
Preparation of annual budgets and resourcing plans
Recruitment of new personnel for team
Supporting 10k reserve estimation by providing metallurgical recoveries for various ore bodies
Preparation and presentation of update material to FCX executive management and external business partners
Preparation and presentation of technical materials for patents and conferences
Maintaining and expanding a network of contacts in the industry focused on extractive metallurgy and mineral processing
Manager Metallurgy & Strategic Planning Position Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Engineering and ten (10) years of experience in mineral processing, including five (5) years of experience in a mineral processing concentrator and three (3) years of experience working on large growth projects involving mining and engineering companies.
Strong working knowledge of geo-metallurgical testing, data interpretation, and modeling tools for forecasting.
Strong working knowledge of analytical techniques and complex mineralogy of large Porphyry copper deposits.
Demonstrated history of interpretation of geo-metallurgical results and performance of regression analyses and / or simulations to develop grade and recovery models for ore types.
Demonstrated data-centric capabilities that use a structured problem-solving approach using statistics and regression tools. A working knowledge of Python and C# is a plus.
Specialized technical expertise in 3 disciplines and good general knowledge in 5 disciplines. Disciplines include crushing, grinding, flotation, copper smelting, precious metal refining, solvent extraction, electrowinning, liquid-solid separation including thickening and filtering, tailings, materials handling, process modeling and simulation, statistical analysis, process control, sampling and assaying, and metallurgical accounting.
MBA or related certification / experience in financial and economic evaluations
Energetic, excellent communication skills, ability to execute.
Management of large and complex projects covering several disciplines.
Excellent cross-discipline communication skills.
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