Section Manager, Flash Converting Furnace & Anode Plant

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.; Surabaya ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ; On-site; IDR 1,200,000,000 - 2,500,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. seeks a leader to manage Operations and Production in Flash Converting & Anode Furnaces in Surabaya, Indonesia. You will drive safe, efficient, and profitable performance, optimize resources, and guide strategic planning and staff development.

You will collaborate across functions, monitor budgets, implement new technologies, and promote safety and environmental stewardship to achieve company objectives. Fluency in English is required; Bahasa learning support is available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy or related field with twelve (12) years of hot metals work experience.
• Strong copper metallurgy and copper processing knowledge and experience.
• Measurable skills in working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrable background working within a multicultural environment.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Concerns for safety and environment.
• Willingness to work in a team environment.
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
• Highly proactive and achievement oriented.
• Highly focused toward satisfying customer requirements.
• Fluent in English (oral and written) and willing to learn Bahasa.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Operations and Production in Flash Converting Furnace & Anode Furnace functions to ensure safe, efficient, and profitable business performance.
• Oversee budgeting, staff development, and cross-functional collaboration to drive long-term growth.
• Direct day-to-day operations, foster trust and accountability, and improve safety and environmental performance.
• Coordinate upstream and downstream processes to maximize operating time and stability of production.
• Monitor budgets and ensure expenditures meet approved amounts.
• Implement new technologies and practices to improve safety, production, quality, cost and environmental metrics.
• Promote safety and environmental awareness across the section and workforce.

Skills

Copper metallurgy

Copper processing

Team collaboration

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Proactive mindset

Customer focus

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering or related field

Job description

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This position will be located in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia

Lead and manage Operations and Production in Flash Converting Furnace & Anode Furnace functions to ensure safe, efficient, and profitable business performance. This includes optimizing resources to meet production targets, improving operational methods, reducing costs, and ensuring environmental compliance. The role involves strategic planning, budget management, staff development, and cross-functional collaboration to drive long-term business growth and financial performance. It also requires day-to-day management of operations of the area, hands‑on involvement with the crews in fostering a culture of trust, accountability, and continuous improvement across the organization.

Additional Responsibilities:

1. Manage Anode and Flash Converting Furnace Operations Team to ensure safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible operation of production units. Coordinate activities between upstream and downstream processes to maximize operating time and ensure stable, consistent operation. Meet and exceed production targets and company objectives for converting, and refining copper in concentrate.

2. Monitor and control section's operating and capital budgets to ensure all expenditures achieve desired outcome, and do not exceed approved amounts.

3. Monitor and control relevant plant modifications in coordination with relevant parties, which are accomplished in a timely manner. Ensure proper due diligence is done to ensure value and desired outcomes are achieved.

4. Stay abreast of new, relevant technologies and practices that improve safety, production, quality, cost, and environmental performance. Implement using a timely, well thought through plan, to ensure success.

5. Promote safety and environmental awareness to all employees and contractors in section to achieve zero incidents.

6. Develop and implement Training and Development programs to improve employee's skill levels, percentage of national employee in management and professional positions, ratio of supervisors to workforce, number of management levels, skills flexibility, counterpart program and accountability for roles and responsibilities.

7. Partner with the Maintenance and Technical Services Team to ensure safe, responsible operation and maintenance of the asset while achieving key performance metrics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy or related field with twelve (12) years of hot metals work experience.
• Strong copper metallurgy and copper processing knowledge and experience.
• Measurable skills in working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrable background working within a multicultural environment.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Concerns for safety and environment.
• Willingness to work in a team environment.
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
• Highly proactive and achievement oriented.
• Highly focused toward satisfying customer requirements.
• Fluent in English (oral and written) and willing to learn Bahasa.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Flash Converting or Direct to Blister Flash Furnace is highly regarded.

Criteria/Conditions

• Copper Overseas Service Company ("COSCO") promotes a drug/ alcohol free work environment through the use of mandatory pre-employment drug testing and on-going random drug testing as per applicable Company Standards

COSCO has reviewed the jobs at its various office and operating sites and determined that many of these jobs include tasks or duties that could affect the safety or health of the employees performing these tasks or others. Accordingly, the Company has designated the following positions as safety-sensitive:

• Positions within COSCO which are held by employees who receive Safety Training; or
• Positions within COSCO which are held by employees who operate equipment or motor vehicles in furtherance of performing their COSCO 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 motor vehicles used by employees in furtherance of Company business or while on Company travel)