# Chief Engineer - Mechanical

Where You Will Work Our office is located in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Employees in New Orleans mostly follow a hybrid schedule where they are required to work in office, attend in-person meetings or training and may also collaborate virtually. New Orleans is a popular tourist destination known for its rich history, architecture, cultural arts, music, and cuisine. Many great hotels, galleries, restaurants, and museums are a short walk from the office. This position may be eligible for Freeport-McMoRan immigration work visa sponsorship. What You Will Do Under limited supervision plan, organize, manage and execute designated engineering projects and programs, ensuring the successful conclusion of all phases within an appropriate time and at appropriate cost. Perform detailed engineering design tasks for assigned projects, including calculations, drawings and specifications maintaining accurate records of design work and revisions throughout the project life cycle. Develop and prepare technical documentation and reports to support design decisions and project requirements. Participate in project meetings and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to integr

- **Id**: 4238866
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/freeport-mcmoran-inc-chief-engineer-mechanical>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: head
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: New Orleans, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-17T07:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-17
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T11:52:57Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 27
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5535
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, LLM & Generative AI, Mining

## Company

- **Id**: 1843274
- **Name**: Freeport-McMoRan
- **Domain**: fcx.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/fcx-com>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

## Salary

- **Min**: 120000
- **Max**: 167500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 167500

## Technologies

- **ANSYS** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 27

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T11:50:06Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 65
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 27
- **Expected fill days**: 31
- **Reasons**: conf:5, win:late, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T17:43:45Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 167500
- **Is top pay**: no

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