Job Description

Freeport-McMoRan es una empresa minera internacional líder con sede central en Phoenix, Arizona. Operamos grandes activos, de larga vida, geográficamente diversos con importantes reservas probadas y probables de cobre, oro y molibdeno. La compañía tiene una cartera dinámica de proyectos de operación, expansión y crecimiento en la industria del cobre. Freeport-McMoRan es uno de los mayores productores mundiales de cobre que cotiza en bolsa, el mayor productor mundial de molibdeno y un importante productor de oro.

Lo alentamos a que se tome el tiempo para explorar la oportunidad de tener una carrera en Freeport-McMoRan.

Description

The Project Engineer – Pipelines will support the planning, coordination, and execution of pipeline engineering activities across the project lifecycle, contributing to the safe, efficient, and timely delivery of pipeline infrastructure. The role will coordinate technical activities, stakeholders, consultants, contractors, schedules, costs, risks, and engineering deliverables in alignment with company standards, project objectives, and applicable regulatory requirements.

Main Responsibilities

• Coordinate pipeline engineering and project execution activities, including technical reviews, progress tracking, documentation, and risk identification.
• Support schedules, milestones, budgets, cost estimates, forecasts, resource planning, and project deliverables.
• Work with internal teams, consultants, contractors, vendors, and technical specialists to ensure integrated pipeline designs and effective project execution.
• Review and support key pipeline deliverables, including route selection, hydraulic analyses, crossing designs, materials selection, stress analyses, constructability reviews, design packages, scopes of work, procurement packages, and bid packages.
• Coordinate technical interfaces with related facilities such as pumping stations, process plants, tailings facilities, water infrastructure, power supply systems, roads, and third-party assets.
• Support field investigations, constructability reviews, risk assessments, and technical issue resolution during engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.
• Promote compliance with safety, environmental, quality, and risk management requirements.

Mandatory Requirements

• Engineering degree or global equivalent.
• Minimum five years of related work experience.
• Experience in mining fluid transportation systems such as water, concentrate, tailings, slurry, or reclaimed water pipelines.
• Strong technical knowledge, communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to work effectively under schedule requirements.
• Technical English, with ability to interact with Spanish-speaking and English-speaking stakeholders.
• Professional certification or registration, if required by local regulations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in large-scale mining projects involving long-distance pipelines, pumping systems, hydraulic design, and multidisciplinary execution.
• Strategic thinking, accountability, adaptability, analytical problem-solving, proactive reporting, and technical writing skills.
• Basic proficiency in office, spreadsheet, presentation, email, and project management tools.

Minera Freeport-McMoRan South America Limitada es una empresa inclusiva con una política activa en igualdad de oportunidades y en virtud de la Ley 21.015 y demás leyes aplicables, las postulaciones a cargos son consideradas sin discriminación alguna, ya sea por motivo de raza, color, religión, país de origen, ciudadanía, sexo, edad, discapacidad o cualquier otro fundamento que sea motivo de discriminación. Todas las decisiones de contratación de Minera Freeport-McMoRan South America Limitada se basan exclusivamente en la idoneidad del/la postulante para el cargo al que aspira.