Project Director

Boral Ltd; Marulan; On-site; AUD 260,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Boral Ltd, through its Marulan Mine Infrastructure Upgrade, seeks a Project Director to lead a circa $100 million capital project delivering a new crushing plant and associated systems on site in New South Wales.

You will oversee scope, schedule, budget, quality and safety from FEED through construction to handover, build a multidisciplinary team, and maintain strict production continuity while engaging executive sponsors.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in major infrastructure or resources-sector project delivery.
• Experience delivering crushing, screening or comparable materials-handling plant in quarry, mining, cement or bulk materials industries.
• Brownfields construction experience delivering capital works within a live production environment.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of the new crushing plant and its auxiliary infrastructure.
• Be the single point of accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality and safety, from FEED through construction, commissioning and handover to operations.
• Build a project team from a standing start, recruiting and leading discipline leads across mechanical, electrical, civil and safety.
• Set the safety leadership tone for the project, with personal accountability for safety culture and performance.
• Manage interfaces with our live, operating mine, ensuring construction doesn't disrupt ongoing production.
• Report project status, risks and forecasts to executive sponsors, with regular visibility to the EGM, CEO, CFO and Board.
• Be based on site for the life of the project; a residential or weekly commute arrangement is expected.

Skills

Executive stakeholder management

Team leadership

Budgeting & controls

Education

Engineering degree (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical or Mining)

Postgraduate project management qualifications (PMP, MAIPM or equivalent)

Job description

Competitive salary package aligned with experience

At Boral, we're the largest vertically integrated construction materials company in Australia. We're building something great, and we need an exceptional Project Director to lead one of the most significant capital projects in our history.

About the role

The Marulan Mine Infrastructure Upgrade is a circa $100 million project to replace our primary crusher, stacker reclaimer and associated systems, lifting output to 4 million tonnes a year. It's critical to the long-term future of our Berrima Cement and Marulan Lime businesses.

You will:

• Own end-to-end delivery of the new crushing plant and its auxiliary infrastructure, including conveying, screening, stockpile management, water/dust suppression, HV power and rail line realignment.
• Be the single point of accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality and safety, from FEED through construction, commissioning and handover to operations.
• Build a project team from a standing start, recruiting and leading discipline leads across mechanical, electrical, civil and safety.
• Set the safety leadership tone for the project, with personal accountability for safety culture and performance.
• Manage interfaces with our live, operating mine, ensuring construction doesn't disrupt ongoing production.
• Report project status, risks and forecasts to executive sponsors, with regular visibility to the EGM, CEO, CFO and Board.
• Be based on site for the life of the project; a residential or weekly commute arrangement is expected.

What you'll bring

• $100 million-plus capital project delivery as a Project Director or equivalent senior role, with at least 15 years in major infrastructure or resources-sector project delivery.
• Demonstrated experience delivering crushing, screening or comparable materials-handling plant, ideally in quarry, mining, cement or bulk materials industries.

Brownfields construction experience, delivering capital works within a live, production environment.

A proven track record leading multidisciplinary teams on projects of comparable scale.

• Experience structuring and negotiating EPC or EPCM contracts valued at $50 million or more, including contractor performance and claims management.

Strong project controls and financial management experience.

• Executive-level stakeholder management, with the ability to influence at board and CEO level.
• A degree in Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical or Mining); postgraduate project management qualifications (PMP, MAIPM or equivalent) highly regarded.

About Boral

We are Australia’s leading vertically-integrated construction materials solution provider and have been helping to build and enable a strong, modern Australia for more than 80 years. Our integrated network includes upstream assets – quarries, cement operations and our bitumen JV - and downstream operations across, recycling, concrete and concrete placing and asphalt. Our people provide solutions to help customers and stakeholders build a sustainable future in a changing world. Our values are what matters to us and guide our behaviours: Safety, Teamwork, Ambition, Accountability and Respect.

We’re proud of our legacy as a great Australian business and have a strong foundation to improve and continue fulfilling our purpose and what we do best - building something great.

Boral values and is committed to creating a diverse working environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All suitable applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability or age.