Project Director

This is a fantastic Contract-to-Hire opportunity ideally suited to a proven senior professional with experience of leading mining projects exceeding US$ 1.0 billion in value.

• Copper Mining
• Arizona
• Daily Rate of $1,100 to $1,200 Travel Arrangements

The Opportunity:

The successful candidate will assume responsibility for the day-to-day leadership, management, and direction of both the evaluation and the execution phase of major mining and metallurgical process facilities projects.

The scope of this position includes all aspects of the project execution, from early scoping and definition stages through detailed engineering and procurement phases and finally to field erection and commissioning of constructed process facilities, with hand-off to the site operations team for beneficial operations.

The Candidate:

Applicants will be expected to demonstrate:

• A minimum bachelor’s or advanced degree in engineering or a related field
• At least 15 years’ experience with the practice, systems, processes and terminology of heavy industrial construction project management.
• The ability to travel both domestically and internationally.
• Flexibility with work schedule to adapt to project needs.
• Prior EPCM experience with design office and field management experience
• Experience in Lean Construction practices
• Productivity and Performance improvement experience with a workforce of several thousand people
• An understanding of labor requirements and forecasting

The Company:

A leading international metals company, our client operates large, long-lived, geographically diverse assets with significant proven and probable mineral reserves of copper, gold and molybdenum.

With a strong commitment to safety performance, environmental management and the communities where it operates, the company is a prominent member of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)