Area Manager

Dumas Contracting Ltd.; Timmins; Hybrid; CAD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Dumas Contracting Ltd. in Timmins, Ontario is seeking an Area Manager / Project Manager to oversee underground mining projects, manage budgets, safety, and client relations, and lead site-based teams in a hybrid work model.

You will drive project scope from development to production, coordinate with PMO, ensure cost controls, resource planning, and adherence to Dumas Life Saving Rules with frequent site travel and collaboration with clients and corporate offices.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or diploma from a recognized post-secondary institution or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of mining experience, specifically in the mining services sector.
• Shaft & Alimak experience required.
• Excellent Project Management skills.
• Strong leadership, organization, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a portfolio of underground mining projects, including development, construction, rehabilitation and production support across client sites.
• Ensure safety programs are adhered to and resources are allocated to support projects.
• Provide input to financial forecasts and operating budgets.
• Maintain client relationships and ensure clear progress communications across projects.
• Authorize expenditures within signing authority and enforce corrective actions as needed.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Safety

Strategic planning

Education

Engineering diploma/degree

Job description

Position : Area Manager / Project Manager

Reports To : General Manager, Canadian Operations

Direct Reports : Project Site Superintendents

Company : Dumas Contracting Ltd

Business Address : 865 Mountjoy Street South, PO Box 1600, Timmins, ON, P4N 7W7

Rotation :Hybrid 5/2 (MON-FRI) 3 Days/WK In Office – Frequent Site Visits - Travel

Shift : 8HRs/Day (8am-5pm w/Hour @ Lunch)

Salary : $200,000 - $250,000 Annually (Paid Twice Per Month)

Bonus: Applicable + an Additional KPI Bonus Structure

Employment Terms : Permanent Full-Time

Benefits : Dumas has a comprehensive benefits package offering life insurance, health/dental/vision/fitness provisions, and pension and employee assistance program(s) that support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

Screening : All applications are reviewed by the Recruitment Department; Artificial Intelligence is not used during any stage of the hiring process.

Eligibility : To be considered, you must be aCanadian citizen, orauthorized in writing to work in Canadaunder federal immigration requirements,and currently be residing in Canada.

About Dumas:

Dumas is a leading full-service mining contractor operating in the Americas. The company’s client list includes some of the world’s largest and most respected mining companies. Dumas is the contractor of choice for the most technically challenging underground projects, including mine construction, full-scale mine development, production mining, mine services and engineering.

Purpose and Scope of the Position:

The Area Manager oversees a portfolio of underground mining projects, ranging from mine development and construction to rehabilitation and production support, across multiple client sites. The position has full responsibility for the financial, operational, and safety performance of these projects, including workforce planning, cost control, and compliance with corporate policies and procedures.

The Area Manager acts as the primary liaison between site management, clients, and the corporate office, ensuring alignment between project execution and company strategy.

The Area Manager provides leadership in the development of strategic operating plans, budgets, and forecasts in accordance with the company’s long term strategic objectives and ensure that both short and long term objectives are achieved at all operating sites within area of accountabilities.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure the company’s safety and training programs are always adhered to, the expectation is to use systems and processes to ensure transparent, visible auditing can be achieved.
• Expediate and guide necessary resources within the company to ensure all departments are working towards support, strict control, and oversight of projects, in all areas.
• Provide operational input to financial forecasts.
• Ensure each project has the required resources (equipment, materials, human resources, and technical support) to achieve project objectives and utilize transparent, efficient tools to guide these compliances.
• Identify, formulate, and expand the development of effective plans and procedures to ensure maximum efficiencies including safety, general compliance, and cost controls.
• Assist in developing annual operating and capital budgets.
• Work closely with Project Management Office (PMO) in ongoing Strategic Objectives aimed at continuous Project and Business improvements.
• Provide the necessary mentoring and coaching of subordinates that will provide for a highly motivated workforce operating in a distinctly positive culture environment.
• Encourage succession planning at the field level and provide suitable advancement training and opportunities.
• Maintain a positive relationship with clients to ensure an appropriate level of communications on progress of each project and work closely with the client to achieve the desired results.
• Authorize expenditures to signing authority levels.
• Ensure that the corrective action and disciplinary systems are upheld at all levels, that they are compliant, and that correcting behaviors is first and foremost in addition to providing coaching and mentoring as required.
• Perform active, frequent FELT Leadership and visible support of Dumas Life Saving Rules.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned.

Work Experience and Education:

• Shaft & Alimak experience required.
• Significant Development Mining Experience required.
• Outstanding safety record.
• Engineering diploma/degree from a recognized post-secondary institution or equivalent experience.
• 10 + years of mining experience, more specifically in the mining services sector.
• Excellent Project Management skills.
• Strong leadership, organization, and communication skills.

Why Join Us?

• Commitment to a healthy and safe working environment.
• Excellent compensation and comprehensive benefits.
• Performance-based financial rewards.
• Training and career development.
• Global opportunities.

Accommodations:

• Dumas Contracting Ltd. is committed to an environment that is barrier free. If you require accommodation during the hiring process, please inform us in advance so that we can arrange reasonable and appropriate accommodation.