What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager Energy Markets position at Freeport McMoRan?
Freeport-McMoRan is a leading international mining company with headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. We operate large, long-lived, geographically diverse assets with significant proven and probable reserves of copper, gold, and molybdenum. The company has a dynamic portfolio of operating, expansion and growth projects in the copper industry. Freeport-McMoRan is one of the world’s largest publicly traded copper producers, the world’s largest producer of molybdenum and a significant gold producer. We have a long and successful history of conducting our business in a safe, highly efficient and socially-responsible manner.
We have the assets, the talent, the drive and the financial strength to provide attractive and rewarding careers of our employees. We encourage you to take the time to explore the opportunity to advance your career at Freeport-McMoRan.
Please note: This position has the possibility to work remotely up to 100% of the time. The position will require occasional travel to the Phoenix corporate offices and/or site locations. This position may be performed anywhere in the U.S. except California, New Hampshire, Michigan, Illinois and New York. Additional states may be excluded from remote work based on business factors. Should the position shift to in-office work in the future, the company will offer relocation benefits at that time should the position meet the established eligibility for these benefits.
Description
Works under limited supervision executing both long-term strategies and daily decisions for Freeport-McMoRan’s North American electrical wholesale market operations. Manage a team comprised of internal direct reports and outside services providers. This leadership role is responsible for all aspects of strategy development, analysis, systems integration, and energy risk management of the wholesale portfolio.
- Work on a wide variety of energy markets issues including systems integration, contracting for services and commodities, settlements, and regulatory issues.
- Work with operating sites and generators to implement processes that comply with evolving electrical power markets
- Optimize electrical supplies ensuring deliverability, cost competitiveness, and aggressive decarbonization.
- Work closely with service providers, energy providers, utilities, and regional transmission organizations to advance strategies that promote value to end-use customers and meet company’s sustainability and risk preferences.
- Oversee consultants and contractors engaged in performing services or studies related to systems integration, transmission services, generation mix and deliverability, or load scheduling and optimization.
- Contribute to budget preparation, risk mitigation strategies, and monitor/report performance for wholesale electricity operations and markets.
- Review and/or develop scopes of work for potential projects and opportunities within the company.
- Perform other duties as requested
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in an appropriate engineering or science discipline and eight (8) years of related experience, including supervisory/lead experience, OR
- Master's degree in an appropriate engineering, science, or business discipline and six (6) years of related experience, including supervisory/lead experience
- Able to research and analyze information of considerable difficulty and draw valid conclusions
- Broad knowledge of the principles and practices withing the wholesale electric markets, energy marketing operations, and integrating supplies of renewable energy resources.
- Skill in effective communication, both verbal and written, including the ability to actively listen and to adapt behavior and communication style based upon the audience
- Ability to develop and maintain awareness of occupational hazards and safety precautions
- Skill in following safety practices, and recognizing, controlling and/or eliminating hazards
- Ability to build trust and credibility with leadership/contractors and establish common goals and expectations
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in regional transmission organizations or independent system operators, including experience with western energy imbalance market
- Experience with system reliability operations and/or NERC operator certification
- Experience managing energy trading desks and/or power scheduling operations
Criteria/Conditions:
- Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine, outdoor, manufacturing or plant environment, including hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and as needed, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves and any other protective equipment as required.
- Freeport-McMoRan promotes a drug/alcohol-free work environment through the use of mandatory pre-employment drug testing and on-going random drug testing as allowed by applicable state laws
Freeport-McMoRan has reviewed the jobs at its various office and operating sites and determined that many of these jobs require employees to perform essential job functions that pose a direct threat to the safety or health of the employees performing these tasks or others. Accordingly, the Company has designated the following positions as safey-sensitive:
- Site-based positions, or positions which require unescorted access to site-based operational areas, which are held by employees who are required to receive MSHA, OSHA, DOT, HAZWOPER and/or Hazard Recognition Training; or
- Positions which are held by employees who operate equipment, machinery or motor vehicles in furtherance of performing the essential functions of their job duties, including operating motor vehicles while on Company business or travel (for this purpose "motor vehicles" includes Company owned or leased motor vehicles and personal vehicles used by employees in furtherance of Company business or while on Company travel); or
- Positions which Freeport-McMoRan has designated as safety sensitive positions in the applicable job or position description and which upon further review continue to be designated as safety-sensitive based on an individualized assessment of the actual duties performed by a specifically identified employee.
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