Senior Project Controls Lead – Mining FIFO

Newmont Corporation; Northern Territory; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Newmont Tanami is seeking a Superintendent, Project Controls to lead the site Project Controls team in a remote FIFO operation in the Northern Territory. You will drive cost control, planning, forecasting and governance across sustaining capital projects, partnering with engineers, operations and safety to deliver on-site outcomes.

You will oversee schedules, costs and reporting, manage risks and changes, and provide portfolio insights to site and leadership while upholding Newmont's safety

Qualifications

• Degree qualification in Engineering, Project Management, Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• At least 7 years mining industry experience including project controls support to project execution and delivery for a Tier 1 mining operation.
• Demonstrated expertise across cost control, planning and scheduling, forecasting, reporting, risk management and change control within complex mining and/or resources environments.
• Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing Project Controls teams while driving governance, performance and continuous improvement.
• Strong understanding of project delivery frameworks and Safety, Environmental, regulatory requirements applicable to mining operations.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with operational leaders, engineers, contractors and service partners.
• Australian work eligibility (Full and unrestricted: Australia).

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the site-based Project Controls team and ensure delivery of cost control, planning and scheduling, forecasting, reporting and governance activities.
• Provide project controls leadership and assurance across the Sustaining Capital portfolio and drive transparency and informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with Project Engineers, Supervisors, Operations, Health & Safety, Procurement and other stakeholders to support successful project delivery.
• Oversee project costs and schedule performance, ensuring estimates and progress reporting are accurate and aligned with stage-gate requirements.
• Facilitate risk and change management processes and maintain governance controls.
• Lead monthly portfolio reporting and provide insights on performance, risks and capital expenditure to site and senior leadership.
• Ensure documentation and reporting comply with QA, change management, procurement and governance requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement across project control processes and reporting capabilities.
• Provide visible safety leadership and champion Newmont's safety culture on-site.

Skills

Cost control

Planning & scheduling

Forecasting

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Project governance

Safety leadership

Education

Engineering degree

Project Management degree

Accounting / Finance degree

Job description

Newmont Tanami is seeking a Superintendent, Project Controls to lead the site Project Controls team in a remote FIFO operation in the Northern Territory. You will drive cost control, planning, forecasting and governance across sustaining capital projects, partnering with engineers, operations and safety to deliver on-site outcomes.

You will oversee schedules, costs and reporting, manage risks and changes, and provide portfolio insights to site and leadership while upholding Newmont's safety