Director of Mining Construction Management

Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is seeking a Director of Mining Construction Management to lead the field construction team supporting large mining EPCM projects in our growing Earth & Environment team. This full-time position can be located anywhere in the United States with preference in Nevada, Utah, Colorado, or near major mining project locations.

The full-time Director of Construction Management will grow and lead field construction management teams across multiple mining operations, including both open pit and underground environments, delivering safe, efficient, and coordinated delivery of civil, structural, mechanical, and earthworks scopes. This role is responsible for ensuring field execution is aligned with our engineering, procurement, and project controls staff to deliver successful outcomes for clients.

Your Impact

• Building a team through efficient hiring, onboarding, and mentoring of staff.
• Managing deployment and rotational schedules of staff across multiple remote sites to ensure site coverage and informed communication.
• Applying practical knowledge of mining methods, geotechnical considerations, and production constraints through constructability reviews to reduce risk during execution.
• Assisting engineering, procurement, and project controls staff in development of project execution plans to achieve aggressive targets safely, while optimizing cost and schedule.
• Interface closely with mine operations, engineering, and environmental teams to integrate construction sequencing with ongoing production activities.
• Ensuring compliance with mining-specific safety standards, operational constraints, and environmental permitting requirements unique to gold mining operations.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Supporting development of standardized plans and procedures for field activities.
  
  
  

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
• 12 years of relevant experience in large-scale heavy civil construction and mining infrastructure, such as haul roads, underground access (declines, shafts, drifts), waste rock facilities, tailings systems, heap leach, and/or associated support facilities.
• Experience assembling and managing construction teams to complete contract requirements, while ensuring safety, quality, cost, and schedule goals are achieved.
• Demonstrated hands-on construction management experience in active mining settings, with a strong preference for candidates who have worked across both open pit and underground mine development projects.
• Knowledge of the development and construction of mineral processing facilities (e.g., crushing, milling, recovery circuits), with prior processing plant construction experience preferred.
• Understanding of heap leach pad construction, stacking systems, solution management infrastructure, and related environmental controls.
• Commitment to safety. MSHA required, OSHA 30-hour training preferred.
• Experience with construction plans and specifications and relating that to project scope, schedule, and cost.
• Strong verbal/written communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and decision-making skills.
• Ability to liaise between designers, owners, contractors, and end-users.
• Certifications preferred (PE, PMP, CCM, etc.).
• Able to walk distances on uneven sites, climb small ladders, and work in an active construction environment both above and underground.
• Must pass drug test, background check and must have a satisfactory driving record in accordance with the Company's driving (MVR) policy.
  
  
  

About WSP

ABOUT US

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.