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Senior Operational Excellence Specialist

Freeport-McMoRan

Phoenix, AZ · HybridJob$96–134K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$96–134K/yr
Location
Phoenix, AZHybrid
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Operational Excellence Specialist drives data-informed decision-making and performance optimization, coaching leaders and teams to run problem-solving and improvement routines. The role applies transformational methodologies, facilitates teams and initiatives, and reviews operational KPIs. The position is hybrid in Phoenix and requires experience in operations or related business settings through one of several education-and-experience paths.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

People Skills, requiredProblem Solving, requiredCoaching, requiredCommunication, requiredFacilitation, requiredLeadership, requiredLearning Agility, requiredData Analysis, nice to haveOEE, nice to haveHypothesis-Based Analysis, nice to haveExcel, nice to haveCustomer Insight, nice to haveManagement Systems, nice to havePeople and Culture, nice to haveAgile, nice to haveLean, nice to haveInfluencing, nice to haveDigital Product Lifecycle, nice to have

Qualifications

High School+9 Yrs or Bachelor's+5 Yrs or Master's+3 Yrs, requiredOperations or Related Experience, requiredMine, Mill, or Hydro Background, nice to haveEngineering Background, nice to haveAgile Team Experience, nice to haveLean Methodologies Experience, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Senior Operational Excellence Specialist

Requisition ID: 144991

Location:

Phoenix, AZ, US, 85040

Category: Admin Support

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Why You Should Apply For This Job:

Why You Should Apply for This Job

At Freeport-McMoRan, we are committed to providing an employment package that recognizes excellence, encourages safe production and a culture supported by our core values. Here, you’ll find a collaborative environment where safety is a top priority, all opinions are valued, and people are empowered to grow in their career. Apply Today!

**Where You Will Work   **

Our global headquarters is in Phoenix, Arizona. Several hundred employees support global operations in finance, human resources, information technology, planning and more from the main office, satellite offices or online. As a Hybrid employee, you’ll engage in virtual collaboration as well as attend in-person meetings at our Collaboration Hub in Phoenix or at one of our site locations. The Collaboration Hub provides an open, flexible workspace for individuals and teams to come together for various business needs. Amenities at the Hub include a working café, phone booths and meeting rooms with technology tools for virtual and in-person collaboration. In-person attendance may vary based on the position and department requirements.

Phoenix is the capital of the Grand Canyon State and enjoys mostly bright skies throughout the year. It is the perfect place if you enjoy the outdoors, love sports, concerts and other big city amenities or technology. There are great neighborhoods around Phoenix, with easy access to a major city, nature, the arts and many more amenities.

What You Will Do

Under limited supervision, drive and institutionalize data informed decision making and shape performance optimization at scale. Coach leaders and teams to support high impact business optimization initiatives, serving as a subject matter expert in transformational methodologies. In this role, you will coach leaders, teams, and customers to independently run effective problem solving and improvement routines

  • Apply tools such as bottleneck analysis, RCA, Lean, design thinking, OEE, diagnostics, lessons learned, and best practices to influence decisions, enable action, and sustain improvement

  • As the Sr Operational Excellence Specialist, you will coach others and shape systems that produce scalable innovation while proactively shaping decisions and guiding structured thinking and storytelling to drive sustained action.

  • Influence and motivate operational behavior and processes to support sustainment and coach others to build scalable structures and routines.

  • Facilitate multiple high performing teams and initiatives.

  • Review KPIs for equipment and processes based on operational analysis and data evaluation

What You Bring To Freeport

  • High School diploma or GED AND nine (9) years of experience in Operations, Operations Support, Engineering, Project Management, Professional Business settings

OR

  • Bachelor’s Degree AND five (5) years of experience in Operations, Operations Support, Engineering, Project Management, Professional Business settings

OR

  • Master’s Degree AND three (3) years of experience in Operations, Operations Support, Engineering, Project Management, Professional Business settings.

  • Ability to work effectively with people at all levels of the organization

  • Passionate problem solver who succeeds in ambiguous situations and advocates for the best possible solution

  • Active coach and mentor focused on maximizing team potential

  • Strong communicator with emerging ability to communicate complex messages

  • Participant in prior business optimization teams with potential to become an expert in transformation methodologies

  • Unbiased facilitator with established and emerging leadership skills

  • Self-aware of cognitive biases and focused on building high performing teams and delivering outcomes

  • Challenger mindset with passion for innovation and change

  • Belief in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, and trust

  • Passion for understanding people and teams

  • Ability to learn quickly and navigate the organization to find experts

  • Ability to receive and act on developmental feedback quickly

Preferred Qualifications

  • Background in specific field (mine, mill, hydro, etc.)

  • Engineering background

  • Data analysis skills

  • Experience with OEE (data access, cleaning, interpretation, analysis, etc.)

  • Ability to analyze data and draw conclusions

  • Ability to execute hypothesis-based analysis

  • Strong Excel skills

  • Ability to formulate questions to gain customer and process insight

  • Experience standing up management systems (work standards, process confirmations, meeting standardization, lineouts, visual management)

  • People and culture experience (human resources, organizational health, industrial psychology)

  • Experience in Agile values and principles

  • Experience working on, facilitating, or coaching Agile teams

  • Experience with Lean methodologies and practices

  • Experienced indirect influencer

  • Digital product lifecycle experience (business analysis, discovery, UX design, development, testing, implementation, support, planning)

What We Offer You

The estimated annual pay range for this role is currently $95,500-$134,000. 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 (https://jobs.fcx.com/content/Our-Benefits-FM/?locale=en\_US) 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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].

How this job compares

Set against the 9,551 open Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$96–134K/yr
  • Arizona median$87–129K/yr76 salary ranges
  • US median$91–136K/yr4,612 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $115K, is 3% above the Arizona median midpoint ($111K) — in the middle half of Operations salary ranges in Arizona.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 182 open Operations jobs in Arizona and 9,551 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Arizona
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Operations postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (5,966 postings).
Education
3,190 of the 9,551 open Operations jobs (33%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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