Geoscience Manager
Freeport-McMoRan
full-time
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Location: Arizona • 🇺🇸 United States
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SeniorLead
About the role
- Support FCX Exploration and Business Development programs and deliver results applying geologic and technical practices
- Focus on early-stage greenfield target generation, evaluation, and exploration program design
- Contribute at strategic level and mentor/implement at field- or lab-team level
- Support innovation and research in early-stage exploration techniques and orebody knowledge acquisition
- Provide leadership across exploration, mine site geology, mineral processing and related groups
- Develop exploration strategies to deliver high-quality copper district discoveries
- Identify high potential targets and generate projects
- Lead and advise exploration project managers; provide technical guidance and mentoring on toolkit selection
- Ensure quality assurance and control, including peer review and support for global ATS targeting system
- Assist on commercial transactions and advise on budgets, resources and timelines for exploration activities
- Communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders including senior management; engage stakeholders
- Promote and adhere to Freeport’s safety culture and protocols
- Perform other duties as requested
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Science, Geology, Geological Engineering, or related field
- At least 15+ years of copper and related mineral exploration and practical-research experience
- Proven experience and capability to work across multiple diverse cultures
- Superb written and oral communications
- Demonstrated leadership experience, including managing teams, projects, or initiatives within mineral exploration or related fields
- Preferred: Master’s Degree or PhD
- Preferred: Record of publication on technical and practical exploration topics via peer-reviewed journals or other venue
- Must pass pre-employment drug testing as allowed by applicable laws