2025 Summer Internship - Mechanical Engineering

Requisition ID: 135058

Location:

New Orleans, LA, US, 70130

Category: Intern

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Why You Should Apply For This Job:

**Why You Should Apply for This Internship**

_At Freeport-McMoRan, we are committed to providing internship opportunities that recognize excellence and encourage safe production with a culture supported by our core values. You'll be part of a collaborative environment, gaining the skills and experience to set you on the path to a successful future._

_Our internship program is designed for full-time students currently enrolled at an accredited four-year university and recent graduates in North America. These are temporary full-time paid positions that usually run from May through August._ **_Apply Today! _**

Candidates for this position may be eligible for Freeport-McMoRan immigration work visa sponsorship based on the following criteria:

+ A foreign national working in a full-time status on an F-1 visa may be considered for H-1B visa sponsorship based on business needs, meeting company performance and safety expectations and with site approval.

+ A foreign national working in a full-time status may be considered for employment-based permanent residency sponsorship, based on business needs, completion of six (6) months of employment, meeting company performance and safety expectations and with site approval.

**Where You Will Work **

Our Collaboration Hub in the Warehouse District of New Orleans, Louisiana, serves as an important location for our global support groups, including investor relations, accounting and finance, engineering, marketing, human resources, communications, and information technology. The Hub is located inside a beautiful historic building and provides office space, meeting rooms, kitchen and dining space, phone booths, and technology tools for virtual and in-person collaboration. 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 Hub.

**Description**

Under general supervision, performs project work that will consist of field work and data collection and analysis.

+ Assembles data and assists with problem-solving requiring basic theories and engineering fundamentals. Utilizes computer programs to solve engineering problems

+ Assists with layout and design of routine small and medium-sized engineering projects

+ Assists with specification development or preparation

+ Assists with technical evaluation of equipment and material

+ Assists with maintaining accurate and current project documentation

+ May perform as a member of a survey or GPS mapping crew

+ Assist in coordinating mechanical and other engineering projects to include developing a scope of work, generating cost estimate and preparing a project information package

+ Assist in evaluating current systems and processes and implement optimizations to improve efficiencies

+ Project work including project development, budgeting, engineering, purchasing, construction, cost control, quality controls and implementation

+ Develop engineering projects utilizing new technology to constantly upgrade and improve safety efficiencies, cost controls and protection of the environment

+ Promote, and initiate positive employee relations designed to facilitate teamwork and job satisfaction through participation

+ Perform other duties as required

**Qualifications**

**Minimum Qualifications**

+ Full-time student currently enrolled at an accredited four-year university majoring in an appropriate Mechanical Engineering discipline or related Engineering field; **OR**

+ Recent college graduate having graduated within 12 months prior to internship start date with a degree in Mechanical Engineering or related Engineering field

+ Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

+ Possesses strong data analysis and problem solving skills

+ Highly accurate and detail oriented

+ Possesses strong oral and written communication skills

+ Demonstrates initiative, organizational skills and ability to work well under pressure

+ Demonstrates ability to collaborate and work effectively in a team environment.

+ Must be able to demonstrate our core values of honesty, fairness, respect, trust, and integrity

**Preferred**

+ None

**Criteria/Conditions**

+ Ability to understand and apply verbal and written work and safety-related instructions and procedures given in English

+ Ability to communicate in English with respect to job assignments, job procedures, and applicable safety standards

+ Must be able to work in a potentially stressful environment

+ Work is in an office, mine, or manufacturing plant setting, which may include exposure to extremes in temperature and humidity, moving mechanical parts, risk of electrical shock, toxic chemicals, explosives, fumes or airborne particles

+ While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity, climb stairs and ladders, work on elevated platforms, talk, hear and see

+ Occasionally may be required to lift moderately heavy objects up to thirty (30) pounds during the course of the workday

+ 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 per applicable state laws

**Compensation:**

The estimated pay range for this role is currently $27.50-$34.25/hour. Individual pay rates will be based on level of education and relevant experience.

**Safety/Work Conditions:**

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 safety-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 motor 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veteran/Disability

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