Job: Operational Excellence Specialist II

Job Description

Job Type: Full time, Salaried

Wage: $69,000-$94,000/yr. 

Location: Leadville, CO.

Job Description

Climax Molybdenum is the world’s leading producer of molybdenum and has a long, successful history of doing business in a safe, highly efficient and socially responsible manner. We have operated in Colorado for more than 100 years and today have mining and milling operations near Leadville, Kremmling and Empire. Our Climax mine is located between Frisco and Leadville. Our Henderson mine and mill are an hour’s drive apart – separated by the Continental Divide and a 15-mile conveyor system (10 miles is underground). The Henderson mine is about 50 miles west of Denver and 10 miles west of Empire, and the mill is located between Dillon and Kremmling. Climax Molybdenum has the assets, drive and financial strength to provide attractive and rewarding careers. Take time to explore the opportunity to advance your career at one of our sites – the Climax mine and the Henderson mine and / or mill. Live life at the top!

Description

Under direct supervision, the Operational Excellence (OE) Specialist participates in and supports corporate and site business optimization initiatives with substantial guidance and oversight. The OE Specialist embraces change while acting as a supporter of and encourages standardizes working with Agile principles, Lean, Operational Excellence elements, or other data-focused methodologies or other optimization strategies in the organization and fosters the Freeport Edge way of working.

• Assist Operational Excellence Facilitators, Coaches and leaders to help build and support high performing agile teams with implementing operational excellence elements through business optimization solutions.
• Assist business optimization teams and/or projects/initiatives with virtual and in-person collaboration tools/techniques, gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, transparently tracking initiative progress and backlog and developing and communicating recommendations aligned with the Operational Excellence elements (Management Systems, Technical System and People, Mindsets and Behaviors) to ensure a sustainable product.
• Develop and apply new problem-solving techniques including bottleneck analysis, root cause analysis,
• Lean management, design thinking concepts, line balance, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), specific detailed diagnostic analyses, etc.
• Other duties, tasks and assignments as required

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• High School diploma or GED AND five (5) years of experience in Operations, Operations Support, Engineering, Project Management, Professional Business settings, OR
• Bachelor’s Degree AND one (1) year of experience in Operations, Operations Support, Engineering, Project Management, Professional Business settings, OR
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related technical field AND three (3) months of experience in Operations, Operations Support, Engineering, Project Management, Professional Business settings including Internships
• Passionate problem solver who demonstrates a willing attitude in any situation – ambiguous or well-defined; advocates for the best possible solution
• Good communicator with emerging ability to communicate complex messages
• Unbiased facilitator; emerging leadership skills Self-aware of cognitive biases and its impact on decision making.
• Decision making focused on the primary aim to build high performing teams, develop team members and deliver outcomes
• Challenger mindset and passion to challenge status quo to find new solutions and drive out of the box ideas – loves and embraces change especially in new and evolving environments
• Believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency and trust across the team
• Passionate about understanding people and teams Learns new skills quickly
• Ability to receive and act on developmental feedback quickly

Preferred Qualifications: The following are potential preferred qualifications that may be used depending on the needs of the team at the time of the posting:

• Background in specific field (mine, mill, hydro, etc.)
• Data Analysis Skills
• Ability to analyze data and draw conclusions
• Able to execute hypothesis-based analysis to confirm/disprove hypothesis
• Can formulate questions to gain customer/process insight
• Experience standing up Management Systems (work standards, process confirmations, meeting standardization, lineouts and visual management efforts, etc.)
• People and Culture experience (human resources, organizational health, industrial psychology, etc.)
• Experience working on an Agile team
• Experience working with Lean Methodologies and practices

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

At Freeport, we are committed to providing an employment package that recognizes excellence, rewards value and impact, and encourages safe production. Benefits and compensation are foundational elements of this package, along with career development opportunities, job progression and a culture supported by our core values, among others. 

Benefits: We provide an industry-leading benefits package with some of the lowest cost to employees – offering health, wellness, life insurance, paid time off, retirement savings and more. These benefits are available to you and your dependents starting day one. Our comprehensive benefits program is important to how we support the health and wellness of employees and their families. 

Compensation: The estimated annual pay range for this role is currently $69,000-$94,000/Annually. This range reflects base salary only and does not include bonus payments, benefits or retirement contributions. Actual base pay is determined by experience, qualifications, skills and other job-related factors. This role is eligible for additional discretionary and incentive payment considerations based on company and individual performance. More details will be shared during the hiring process.

Safety / Work Conditions:

Candidates will be required to participate in a post-offer, pre-employment medical examination for the following positions which may have essential job duties that can impact both their own safety and the safety of others:

• 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).

Equal Opportunity Employer

**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “View Application” below for more detail on this specific job.