Superintendent Process Automation

Safford, Arizona, US
Competitive
May 20, 2022
Jun 18, 2022
87765
Permanent
Full Time
English
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.

Description

Under limited supervision, plan, organize, manage and evaluate assigned operations, including but not limited to, daily production, product quality, environmental management, safety, or maintenance. Supervise through Senior Process Controllers.

  • Establish tactical and strategic goals, objectives, policies and procedures in assigned area within the business
  • Direct Supervisors and other staff in daily operations
  • Inspect daily operations and projects in progress and upon completion to ensure quality of work
  • Provide administrative and technical direction to staff; interpret policies and procedures established by regulatory agencies
  • Oversee and recommend the selection of key staff; participate in the selection of staff
  • Work with employees to correct deficiencies
    • Implement disciplinary procedures and recommend terminations
    • Investigate complaints and recommend corrective action as necessary
  • Forecast necessary fund for staffing, materials and supplies, and capital improvement projects
  • Submit budget recommendations and justifications; monitor and control expenditures
  • Develop, plan and coordinate the work plan for assigned projects and responsibilities, which may include project management, cost estimates and program development
  • Coordinate work with other units and site departments
  • Provide information and resources to site officials and other departments
  • Review Capital Improvement Plans and make recommendations
  • Evaluate infrastructure, facilities and operating systems for needed maintenance and repair.
  • Oversee and supervise:
    • Designs for PLC, DCS, HMI, and SOW specifications for Process Automation systems
    • System documentation
    • Process optimization and Advanced Control Systems
  • Oversee and coordinate with MIS on PCN and other joint responsibilities
  • Responsible for long term planning for up to one year
  • Review and approve:
    • Drawings for new projects
    • Control narratives
    • Commissioning plans
    • Construction sites
    • 10 year to life of mine plan for Process Automation
  • Coordinate the activities of consulates and contractors
  • Perform other duties as required


Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • High School diploma or GED and seven (7) years related operational experience, including supervisory or management experience, OR
  • Bachelor's degree and three (3) years related operational experience, including supervisory or management experience
  • Seven (7) years working with PLC/DCSs including HMIs, loop tuning, alarm management and historians in an operating plant.
  • Two (2) years working with APC/Expert systems
  • Two (2) years working with advanced sensors
  • Ability to develop/implement/maintain the department's safety program, and alarm management program that protects all personnel and equipment
  • Ability to develop and maintain awareness of occupational hazards and safety precautions
  • Skill in following safety practices and recognizing hazards
  • At least one project where candidate was responsible for coordinating the activities of one or more outside contractors
  • Proficiency with at least two PCS manufactures
  • Strong analytical/troubleshooting skills
  • Ability to read and modify electrical schematics, P&IDsand PFDs
  • Ability to plan, prioritize, direct and manage a diverse number of operational areas, projects and activities
  • Strong English skills, both oral and written
  • Strong managerial and supervisory skills


Preferred

  • Trained ABB, Delta V, Foxboro, or Honeywell DCSs
  • Trained in Modicon or Rockwell PLCs
  • Experience in OSIsoft PI System
  • Crush and Convey, Concentrator, Filter Plant, Moly Plant, Tailings, Pumping, Power Distribution, Smelting, Acid/Chemical Plant, or SX/EW, Rod/Refinery process experience
  • Robotics experience
  • Ability to working a culturally diversified workforce
  • High-level negotiation and communication skills


Criteria/Conditions

  • Ability to understand and apply verbal and written work and safety-related instructions and procedures given in English
  • Ability to communicate in English with respect to job assignments, job procedures, and applicable safety standards
  • Must be able to work in a potentially stressful environment
  • Work is in a mine or manufacturing plant setting, which may include exposure to extremes in temperature and humidity, moving mechanical parts, risk of electrical shock, toxic chemicals, explosives, fumes or airborne particles
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity, climb stairs and ladders, work on elevated platforms, talk, hear and see
  • Occasionally may be required to life moderately heavy objects up to thirty (30) pounds during the course of the workday
  • 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


Freeport-McMoRan has reviewed the jobs at its various office and operating sites and determined that many of these jobs require employees to perform essential job functions that pose a direct threat to the safety or health of the employees performing these tasks or others. Accordingly, the Company has designated the following positions as safety-sensitive:
  • Site-based positions, or positions which require unescorted access to site-based operational areas, which are held by employees who are required to receive MSHA, OSHA, DOT, HAZWOPER and/or Hazard Recognition Training; or
  • Positions which are held by employees who operate equipment, machinery or motor vehicles in furtherance of performing the essential functions of their job duties, including operating motor vehicles while on Company business or travel (for this purpose "motor vehicles" includes Company owned or leased motor vehicles and personal motor vehicles used by employees in furtherance of Company business or while on Company travel); or
  • Positions which Freeport-McMoRan has designated as safety sensitive positions in the applicable job or position description and which upon further review continue to be designated as safety-sensitive based on an individualized assessment of the actual duties performed by a specifically identified employee.

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