• Establishes, maintains and updates training material for investigator budget team and site contract negotiators. • Actively participates in higher-level discussions about overall company goals, functional objectives in the Business Unit (BU), and specific project aims. • Serves as subject matter expert equipped to help resolve global site budgeting issues, and escalation point within the Company for internal customers to seek assistance. • Proposes site budgeting solutions to issues that may arise during a project or contract/budget life cycle to enhance negotiation strategy and ensure deliverables are met. • Establishes project strategies around investigator budget template development and/or budget negotiation parameters to reflect sponsor's specifications, communications and required processes. • Initiates and introduces creative ideas and solutions. • Develops detailed investigator grant budget estimates and country budget templates according to protocol specifications through currently available software package/resources. • Updates detailed investigator grant budget estimates and country budget templates according to protocol amendment specifications through currently available software package/resources. • Works closely with internal stakeholders to draft, collaborate with Sponsor and harmonize investigator budget templates, investigator budget parameters and payment terms within Company processes. • Ensures investigator budget templates are drafted and updated taking into consideration fair market value and key operational aspects indicated in the relevant operational documents (e.g. protocol, Integrated Site Activation and Maintenance Plan, etc.), as well as in the customer agreement documents at project and organizational level. • Establishes strong working relationships and collaboration with Sponsor to ensure site budget templates fit into the global strategy set for the program. • Validates investigator grant budget estimates against available internal and external benchmarking data. • Identifies possible investigator budget or process operational risk and proactively works to provide solutions. • Establishes strong working relationships with customer and internal project teams. • Escalates deviations to senior management and is equipped to resolve issues with Quality Assurance. • Creates and maintains document status reports, and updates department tools/systems and team members on a regular basis; ensures appropriate documentation is maintained. • Collaborates with internal and external legal, finance and clinical operations departments, including communicating and explaining legal and budgetary issues. • Researches, compiles and creates necessary information as required in support of obtaining fair market value and developing investigator budget templates. • Identifies best practices, investigates root causes of fundamental issues and problems for projects and recommends solutions. • Recognizes and develops opportunities for continuous process improvement within investigator budget template development, which lead to greater efficiencies and/or leading best practices. • Trains and mentors less experienced staff members on department Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), processes, tools and templates and ensures quality of teamwork products. • Represents the Company at professional meetings or seminars. • May support BU and organization through help desk and other defined pathways to resolve and deescalate issues. • May identify and lead internal team training and/or process improvement initiatives. • Participates in business development presentations as a subject matter expert in budget development and Fair Market Value (FMV) within the Company. • Performs other work-related duties as assigned. • Minimal travel may be required (up to 25%).

Why You Should Apply for This Job At Freeport-McMoRan, we are committed to providing employment that recognizes excellence and encourages safe production, with a culture supported by our core values. Here, you’ll find a collaborative environment where safety is a top priority. Apply Today!   Where You Will Work    Our global headquarters is in Phoenix, Arizona. Several hundred employees support our operations in finance, human resources, health and safety, information technology, planning, and more. Our flexible work program allows employees to work virtually as well as come together in person when needed at our Collaboration Hub in Phoenix and/or one of our site locations. Employees can work remotely from most states in the U.S., with the exception of California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma and South Carolina. Additional states may be excluded from remote work based on business factors. Should the position shift to in-person (office/site) work in the future, the company will offer relocation benefits at that time, so long as the position meets the established eligibility for these benefits. What You Will Do You are responsible for the management and oversight of strategic metallurgical projects across growth projects, operational support functions, and corporate initiatives, while providing direct technical support, mentorship, and advisement on mineral processing topics and promoting industry best practices across operating companies, with potential responsibility for reserve reporting sign‑off. In this role, you lead strategic project planning including project identification and formulation, decision methodology, evaluation with stakeholders, and resource definition to support process execution. As a Manager of Metallurgy and Process Design, you interact with internal and external resources on growth projects and are accountable for executing technical development work, quantifying cost impacts, and regularly communicating project status and outcomes to stakeholders. You perform metallurgical support activities for project sites, including reserve reporting functions as required, and carry out additional responsibilities such as preparing annual budgets and resourcing plans, recruiting personnel, preparing and presenting updates to executive management and external business partners, developing technical materials for patents and conferences, and maintaining and expanding an industry network in extractive metallurgy and mineral processing. What You Bring To Freeport - Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and ten (10) years of experience in mineral processing and leaching processes, including five (5) years of experience in operations roles, preferably leading teams, and three (3) years of experience working on projects or other technical initiatives involving mining and engineering companies - Strong experience effecting change in operating processing plants - Strong working knowledge of geo‑metallurgical testing, data interpretation, and modeling tools for forecasting - Strong working knowledge of processing techniques of large Porphyry copper deposits - Demonstrated history of interpreting geo‑metallurgical results and performing regression analyses and/or simulations to develop grade and recovery models for ore types - Demonstrated data‑centric capabilities using structured problem‑solving approaches with statistics and regression tools Preferred Qualifications - Specialized technical expertise in three (3) disciplines and general knowledge in five (5) disciplines, including areas such as crushing, grinding, flotation, copper smelting, precious metal refining, solvent extraction, electrowinning, liquid‑solid separation including thickening and filtering, tailings, materials handling, process modeling and simulation, statistical analysis, process control, sampling and assaying, and metallurgical accounting - Broad experience in mineral processing plant technical support or operations management. - MBA or related certification or experience in financial and economic evaluations - Experience managing small technical teams, including direct supervision - Energetic with excellent communication skills and strong execution capability - Experience managing large and complex multi‑discipline projects - Excellent cross‑discipline communication skills What We Offer You The estimated annual pay range for this role is currently $138,000-$193,000. 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 incentive compensation considerations based on company and individual performance.  Additionally, this position is currently eligible for annual long-term incentive consideration.  Long-term incentives are contingent upon authorized approval under the terms and conditions of the Company's plan and award agreements.  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.  International and domestic travel will be required for this position. 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 HRSC@fmi.com.

• Enable on-time delivery and high-quality execution of client requirements • Coordinate contractual requirements with customer management • Monitor deadlines, milestones, and risks • Support project planning and execution • Assist in risk development and measures for mitigation • Act as primary client interface during delivery

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