Project Manager II

Project Manager II (Contract)

 

Location: Vancouver, Canada, with occasional travel to the project site in Indonesia

 

Summary:

The Project Manager II is a temporary, engineering home office-based position responsible for managing the day-to-day execution of major mining and metallurgical process facilities projects. The role begins during the early phases of project definition and continues through conceptual and detailed design, execution planning, phasing, scheduling, constructability reviews, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, and handover to the site operations team.

 

This position has overall accountability for project scope, quality, cost, schedule, and performance, with a strong emphasis on jobsite health and safety, environmental protection, community requirements, and labor relations. The Project Manager II will work from an engineering office during project development and execution planning and may follow assigned projects to the field during construction and commissioning. The position reports to the Director of Engineering.

 

Job Duties:

Project Development and Execution

• Lead the execution of major mining and metallurgical process facilities projects from early planning through construction, commissioning, startup, and operational handover.
• Collaborate with corporate and site-based personnel to identify project development opportunities and define the production and process facilities required to achieve forecast production targets.
• Develop project scopes, cost estimates, execution plans, phasing strategies, and schedules.
• Ensure that all work necessary to place new facilities into beneficial operation is identified and incorporated into project plans.
• Identify engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup activities required for successful project completion.
• Develop field execution strategies with an emphasis on facility constructability, efficient delivery, and compliance with health, safety, environmental, and community requirements.
• Maintain accountability for the quality, cost, schedule, installation, and performance of delivered systems and facilities.

Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management

• Secure the internal and external resources required to complete engineering analyses, geotechnical investigations, surveys, metallurgical testing, environmental support, and related technical activities.
• Engage and manage third-party engineering and technical services firms as required.
• Ensure that appropriate resources are available to procure equipment and materials and contract construction, installation, and commissioning services.
• Direct activities throughout conceptual engineering, detailed engineering, procurement, contracting, field erection, equipment installation, commissioning, and startup.
• Coordinate with operating properties, supply chain and sourcing, finance, environmental, risk management, and other functional groups.
• Ensure that work is executed in accordance with project requirements and the expectations of the operating site.
• Establish and oversee a comprehensive quality assurance and quality control program for all aspects of the project.
• Require appropriate internal and third-party reviews of work in progress and completed deliverables to verify quality and compliance.

Leadership and Stakeholder Coordination

• Organize the project team and establish effective working relationships, governance practices, and communication channels.
• Lead internal personnel, site-based resources, consultants, engineering, procurement, and construction management teams, contractors, supervisors, managers, and senior-level professional contributors.
• Delegate work effectively, remaining prepared to execute project tasks directly when necessary.
• Coordinate closely with functional managers, site leaders, contractors, and external stakeholders.
• Engage project team members in all phases of planning and execution to support quality, constructability, operational readiness, and successful delivery.
• Manage highly complex issues and implement practical, timely solutions.
• Work under limited supervision, exercising significant latitude in establishing project objectives, priorities, and timelines.

Project Controls and Performance Management

• Maintain responsibility for project budgets and schedules.
• Collaborate with project controls personnel to monitor cost, schedule, progress, productivity, and performance.
• Identify deficiencies in budget compliance, schedule performance, quality, or execution.
• Lead the development and implementation of corrective strategies to realign projects with approved budgets and schedules.
• Establish key performance indicators and support day-to-day tracking and reporting.
• Monitor performance of project team members, consultants, contractors, and delivery partners.

Health, Safety, Environmental, and Community Leadership

• Implement comprehensive health, safety, environmental, and community programs that meet project and operational requirements.
• Take a leadership role in promoting safe and healthy workplace practices across all organizations contributing to project execution.
• Ensure that work is performed in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.
• Verify compliance with applicable health, safety, environmental, and community guidelines and requirements.
• Incorporate health, safety, environmental, and community considerations into project planning, design, procurement, construction, and commissioning decisions.
• Maintain a strong focus on health, safety, and environmental performance as critical measures of successful project delivery.

Job Requirements:

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in engineering or a related field and a minimum of eight years of experience with the practices, systems, processes, and terminology of project and construction management; or
• High school diploma or GED and a minimum of thirteen years of progressive experience directly engaged in the practices, systems, processes, and terminology of project and construction management.
• Demonstrated experience managing mining and metallurgical process facilities projects.
• Experience managing project budgets and schedules.
• Experience leading supervisors, managers, senior-level professional contributors, consultants, engineering, procurement, and construction management teams, and contractors.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of project management, engineering, project controls, contract administration, procurement, expediting, materials management, logistics, construction, and contracting principles and practices.
• Ability to manage highly complex projects and develop solutions through leadership, collaboration, and effective delegation.
• Ability to establish project objectives, priorities, execution strategies, and timelines with limited supervision.
• Strong understanding of project scope development, cost estimating, scheduling, constructability, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multidisciplinary teams and coordinate across corporate, functional, and site-based organizations.
• Strong commitment to health, safety, environmental protection, quality, and responsible project execution.
• Proficiency with personal computers in a business environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing projects valued at more than US$500 million, particularly large mineral processing projects.
• Engineering, procurement, and construction management experience, including design office management.
• Heavy industrial construction project management experience.
• Experience with Lean Construction practices and construction planning.
• Experience improving productivity and performance within a workforce of several thousand personnel.
• Strong background in heavy machinery installation.
• Understanding of labor requirements, resource planning, and workforce forecasting.
• Experience establishing key performance indicators and tracking performance on a day-to-day basis.
• Experience serving as an owner’s team representative.