Mining Discipline Manager

Stantec; Northeastern Ontario; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Discipline Manager to oversee our Mining Group within our Canadian mining delivery team. The focus of the position will be to engage our highly skilled team in the technical execution of various mining projects with diverse range of complexities.

You will lead and mentor engineers and technicians to develop, maintain, and enhance Stantec’s market profile and brand in underground mining within mine development.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multidisciplinary mining teams
• Strong ability to mentor engineers and technicians
• Ability to manage project delivery within schedule and budget

Responsibilities

• Supervise and mentor developing professionals
• Coordinate team’s work and provide technical guidance on design approach and challenges
• Assign qualified individuals and teams to projects
• Maintain appropriate staffing levels to suit backlog
• Develop, maintain and implement a training program to support professional development of team members
• Recognize when technical problems develop and initiate guidance for corrective actions
• Mentor team to guide their career development objectives
• Conduct work in a safe manner and promote health and safety withinthe office and outside of the office while visiting clients and jobsites
• Provide technical leadership guidance to the team, and perform a variety of tasks to plan, execute and deliver
• Plan, organize, and manage the team’s production of project deliverables to ensure on time delivery, technical quality, and within budget
• Lead and assist with development of technical approaches, deliverables and methodology for proposals, budgets, and schedules
• Develop positive relationships with clients, earn their confidence and become their trusted adviser
• Identify the skill and expertise gaps to meet the current and future market opportunities and support suitable recruitment or development actions to address them

Job description

Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking a Discipline Manager to oversee our Mining Group within our Canadian mining delivery team. Thefocusofthepositionwillbetoengageourhighlyskilledteamin the technical execution of various mining projects with diverse range of complexities.

In this role, you will lead and mentor a team of engineers and technicians with the goal of helping to develop, maintain, and enhance Stantec’s market profile, position, and brand imaging as it relates to the underground mining discipline in mine development. You will participate in the technical execution of projects to ensure delivery, resources efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Your Key Responsibilities

Supervise and Mentor Developing Professionals

• Coordinateteam’sworkandprovidetechnicalguidanceondesignapproachandchallenges.


• Assign qualified individuals and teams toprojects


• Maintain appropriate staffing levels to suitbacklog


• Develop,maintainandimplementatrainingprogramtosupporttheprofessionaldevelopmentofteammembers


• Recognize when technical problems develop and initiate guidance for correctiveactions.


• Mentor team to guide their career developmentobjectives.


• Conductworkinasafemannerandpromotehealthandsafetywithintheofficeandoutsideoftheofficewhilevisiting clients and jobsites.

Project Delivery

• Provide technical leadership guidance to the team, and perform a variety of tasks to plan, execute and deliver.


• Plan, organize, and manage the team’s production of project deliverables to ensure on time delivery, technical quality, and within budget.

Support Business Development Activities

• Lead and assist with development of technical approaches, deliverables and methodology for proposals, budgets, and schedules.


• Develop positive relationships with clients, earn their confidence and become their trusted adviser.


• Identify the skill and expertise gaps to meet the current and future market opportunities and support suitable recruitment or development actions to address them.