Job Description

Title: Manager Engineering - Projects

Overview:

Our client, a leading international mining company, is seeking a Manager of Engineering - Projects to join their dynamic team. The company operates large, long-lived, geographically diverse assets with significant proven and probable copper, gold, and molybdenum reserves. With a portfolio of operating, expansion, and growth projects in the copper industry. Known for conducting business in a safe, highly efficient, and socially responsible manner, our client offers attractive and rewarding careers for their employees.

This position has the possibility to work remotely up to 100% of the time, with occasional travel to the corporate offices and/or site locations required.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Leadership

• Provide engineering management in the planning, design, and execution phases of capital projects
• Manage the planning, resourcing, and scheduling of all engineering related activities
• Provide engineering leadership and integrate engineering disciplines into one team

Engineering Management

• Ensure scope definition inputs are firm and meet company requirements
• Review engineering budgets, work packages, schedules, and manpower plans
• Direct and review engineering activities to ensure work quality and adherence to objectives

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Coordinate with Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, Operations and other Corporate groups
• Arrange and facilitate design reviews, key engineering milestones, and participate in reviews
• Ensure compliance with technical standards throughout project development and execution

Continuous Improvement

• Identify options for value optimization through application of best practices
• Develop and maintain Project Engineering Management framework
• Contribute to integrated engineering management methodology across all projects

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline
• Minimum 8 years experience in related engineering field
• Experience managing design engineering teams on large scale projects
• Lead or supervisory experience required
• OR Master's degree in an Engineering discipline
• Minimum 6 years experience in related engineering field
• Experience managing design engineering teams on large scale projects
• Lead or supervisory experience required
• Extensive technical knowledge of engineering systems, design, processes and materials
• General knowledge of industry and regulatory standards and design criteria
• Comprehensive knowledge of project planning, controls and multi-discipline interdependencies
• Strong communication skills across all levels and ability to manage key stakeholder relationships
• Ability to lead, motivate, and provide coaching to team on best practices