Title:  Chief Reliability Engineer - FM Technical Services

Description

Provide oversight and drive consistency within the Remote Asset Management Process (RAMP) group by working collaboratively with the RAMP employees and their customers found in the site maintenance/operations departments. Provide guidance to site Reliability Engineers, supervision of the corporate mobile mine maintenance reliability engineer/s and own the Reliability Engineer Career Development Program. Responsible for creating and reporting the key performance indicators (KPI’s) used to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of our maintenance programs.  Work closely with our equipment OEMs to drive continuous improvement through root cause failure analysis to achieve world-class mobile equipment fleet performance. Work with the mine maintenance departments to share safety improvements, best practices, drive reliability centered maintenance and be an agent of change as a member of the Operational Improvement group.

• Provide mentorship and direction to mine maintenance reliability engineers across the organization to support their development and to ensure consistency.  
• Own and continue to improve the reliability engineer career development program by working collaboratively with key stakeholders both at the sites, Operational Improvement group and within HR. 
• Own the mine and processing Remote Asset Monitoring Programs to ensure consistency across our North and South American operations.  
• Work collaboratively with RAMP employees and the end users of their recommendations and data to ensure the service provided is industry leading.
• Own equipment the maintenance key performance indicators (KPI’s) and their respective standards to provide perspective to leadership and compel the maintenance departments to improve utilizing a data driven approach.  
• Develop and maintain productive and professional partnerships with strategic Original Equipment Manufacturers [OEMs] to drive component enhancements and equipment enhancements that improve overall equipment reliability across Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
• Lead equipment defect elimination projects through the use of root cause analysis (RCA) and the use of data to continue to improve our mobile fleet performance by increasing its reliability and availability.
• Perform other duties as required

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED) and eleven (11) years of related technical or engineering experience, including supervisory or lead experience, OR
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field (mining, chemical, reliability, mechanical, etc.) and seven (7) years of related technical or engineering experience, including supervisory or lead experience, OR
• Master’s degree in engineering or related field (mining, chemical, reliability, mechanical, etc.) and five (5) years of related technical or engineering experience, including supervisory or lead experience
• Skilled in following safety practices and recognizing hazards 
• Extensive experience in RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance)
• Extensive knowledge of the mobile equipment found in a large-scale copper mine
• Extensive experience with running RCA’s and/or FMEA
• Very strong analysis and presentation skills in ordered to provide clear and concise recommendations to all levels of the organization

Preferred Qualifications:

• Lean Six Sigma experience or certification
• Strength with software tools (SAP, Business Objects, R, Python, SQL, etc.)
• Strength in probability and statistical analysis