Senior Reliability Engineer

Freeport-McMoran, Inc.$105K — $145K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a Master's degree in a related field with 3-5 years of experience.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Project.
  • Strong communication skills, both oral and written, with a customer-focused mindset.
  • Familiarity with reliability-centered maintenance practices.
  • Experience interpreting engineering design drawings and schematics.
  • Self-starter with emphasis on integrity and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and eliminate system constraints through continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Ensure production continuity by developing efficient maintenance methods.
  • Lead root cause analysis efforts for equipment failures as a subject matter expert.
  • Research and implement new reliability processes to enhance performance.
  • Evaluate existing equipment and processes to establish precision maintenance expectations.
  • Review and set Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for equipment performance.
  • Analyze maintenance data to identify health indicators and improvement opportunities.

Benefits

  • Affordable medical, dental, and vision benefits.
  • Company-paid life and disability insurance.
  • 401(k) plan with employer contribution/match.
  • Paid time off, paid sick time, holiday pay, and parental leave.
  • Tuition assistance programs.
  • Employee assistance program offerings.
  • Discounted insurance plans for auto, home, and pet.
  • Internal career progression opportunities.
Full Job Description
What You Will Do

  • Identify system constraints and proactively pursues elimination of them through the continuous improvement cycle.
  • Ensure continuous production is uninterrupted by equipment failures and reduces production costs through development of maintenance methods to improve process efficiency and reliability.
  • Lead others and/or performs root cause analysis of equipment failures. Acts as a subject matter expert as required and assists in the identification and implementation of corrective actions or technologies.
  • Research new reliability processes and identifies methods to predict and improve reliability.
  • Perform onsite evaluation of existing processes and equipment and sets expectations within the department for precision maintenance.
  • Review and establish Key Performance Indices for equipment.
  • Identify PM opportunities and maintenance plans by leading failure mode and effect analysis.
  • Analyze current CMMS data for equipment health indicators and identifies reports to measure health indicators.
  • Proactively develops and provides safety perspective for equipment and processes; makes recommendations of engineering solutions or methods to eliminate hazards.
  • Perform other duties as required.


What You Bring To Freeport

  • Bachelor's degree in an appropriate Engineering discipline and five (5) years related experience in Engineering, OR
  • Master's degree in appropriate Engineering discipline and three (3) years related experience in Engineering.
  • Proficiency of MS Office suite including Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Project
  • Ability to listen and understand information and ideas and express thought and ideas clearly and concisely through oral and written communication.
  • Customer focused to provide quality service to improve equipment and process reliability.
  • Knowledge and understanding of reliability centered maintenance practices.
  • Experience with engineering design drawings and schematics
  • Self-starter with solid integrity
  • Understand the importance of safety, legality and quality.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior field experience in maintenance and reliability within a mining, mineral processing, or heavy industrial environment, with regular exposure to field operations and maintenance activities.
  • Proven experience in developing and implementing maintenance strategies to support asset reliability, equipment availability, and continuous production, preferably for mining or heavy manufacturing equipment.
  • Working knowledge of maintenance best practices and maintenance pillars, including preventive and predictive maintenance, defect elimination, precision maintenance, and continuous improvement methodologies.
  • Experience applying structured reliability tools such as failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), root cause analysis (RCA), and equipment performance reviews to drive sustainable improvements.
  • Proficiency with SAP or a comparable computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), including maintenance plans, equipment data management, work order analysis, and performance reporting.
  • Experience utilizing business intelligence and data visualization tools (such as Power BI or similar platforms) to analyze maintenance data, support performance measurement, and enable data driven decision making.


What We Offer You

The estimated annual pay range for this role is currently $105,000-$145,000. 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. Click here to view a sample of Total Rewards Estimate for this role.

  • Affordable medical, dental and vision benefits
  • Company-paid life and disability insurance
  • 401(k) plan with employer contribution/match
  • Paid time off, paid sick time, holiday pay, parental leave
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Discounted insurance plans for auto, home and pet
  • Internal progression opportunities
  • Learn more about our competitive and comprehensive benefits package!


What We Require

Freeport-McMoRan promotes a drug/alcohol-free work environment using mandatory pre-employment drug testing as allowed by applicable laws.

Requires frequent travel (international and domestic).

Ability to work at extreme elevations is required.

Please be advised Freeport-McMoRan will never request payment for job-related expenses from applicants. If you receive any suspicious emails, please disregard them, and report the incident to [email protected].

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