Project Managers - Perth

Lycopodium; Perth; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Lycopodium is seeking a seasoned project delivery leader to oversee medium to large mining and minerals projects on a global scale. Reporting to the Group Manager – Project Delivery, you will direct multi-disciplinary teams across diverse sites, balancing safety, schedule and budget to meet client commitments.

Your background includes 10+ years in mineral processing or related industries, with EPCM experience and a proven ability to travel internationally or locally to deliver complex projects.

Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering or experience equivalent.
• 10+ years post graduate experience in Mineral Processing or related industries, ideally with strong experience in an EPCM environment.
• Experience delivering mining projects locally and internationally is critical. Experience in gold, base metal ores or lithium projects is highly desirable.
• Ability to travel internationally or locally for project work as required.
• Strong technical background with a broad multi-disciplinary base.
• Thorough understanding and awareness of project implementation, constructability, OH&S, environmental, community and industrial relations issues.
• Demonstrated ability to direct and influence multi-disciplinary teams, consultants and contractors to deliver critical project objectives.
• The ability to build and sustain positive relationships with all stakeholders, including clients, vendors and co-workers.
• Intuitive leader with the ability to initiate, lead and manage change in a complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee project delivery and ensure schedules and budgets meet contract requirements.
• Manage the project team and resources to deliver medium-large mining projects.
• Maintain safety, environment, and stakeholder relations.
• Develop and enforce project procedures, plans and protocols.
• Monitor cost, schedule and change management.
• Foster strong client relationships.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

With offices in Australia, Canada, USA, Southern Africa, Ghana, Philippines, Argentina and Peru, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.

Reporting to the Group Manager – Project Delivery, this is a critical leadership role responsible for the overall project delivery and its resources. The successful candidate will be a seasoned professional backed by extensive experience managing medium-large scale mining & minerals projects both locally & internationally.

The tasks you'll perform

• Ensure the quality of output of theproject team, and that it is aligned with the needs of the project, the company objectives, the requirements of the client and meets regulatory requirements.
• Ensure the management and technical competence of the project team in the delivery of the projects is enhanced and developed to meet the requirements of the Clients and their projects in accordance with the contract.
• Oversee all project activities and ensure they are conducted in a manner that highly prioritises safety, environment, community and industrial relations.
• Develop and maintain the various project specific procedures, work practices, plans and protocols to enable the project team to work efficiently and at a high standard of work.
• Manage the timeliness and accuracy of the project control (reporting, costs, schedule, trends and change management) in terms of both direct and indirect costs in accordance with the contract and in-house procedures.
• Ensure overall schedules, budgets and target deliverables are achieved to a consistently high standard.
• Develop and maintain productive client relationships.

The expertise you'll bring

• University degree in Engineering or experience equivalent.
• 10+ years post graduate experience in Mineral Processing or related industries, ideally with strong experience in an EPCM environment.
• Experience delivering mining projects locally and internationally is critical. Experience in gold, base metal ores or lithiumprojectsis highly desirable.
• Ability to travel internationally or locally for project work as required.
• Strong technical background with a broad multi-disciplinary base.
• Thorough understanding and awareness of project implementation, constructability, OH&S, environmental, community and industrial relations issues.
• Demonstrated ability to direct and influence multi-disciplinary teams, consultants and contractors to deliver critical project objectives.
• The ability to build and sustain positive relationships with all stakeholders, including clients, vendors and co-workers.
• Intuitive leader with the ability to initiate, lead and manage change in a complex environment.

The benefits we'll provide

Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals.

We recognise that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we :

• Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
• Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
• Provide access to a benefits, rewards and recognition platform that also offers great discounts to hundreds of retailers in Australia.
• Provideemployeeswitha variety ofadditionalbenefits such as coverage for professional memberships, 18 weeks paid maternity leave + superannuation continuance, discountand rewards programs, andmuchmore.

Lycopodium is an equalopportunity employer committed to fostering diversityandmaintaininga discrimination free workplace,guidedbyour core values of Respect,Integrityand Diligence.

As part of our commitment to providing the best possible care and service to you the candidate, we commit to respond to every applicant.