Project Manager - Shaft Sinking Saskatoon

NexGen Energy Ltd.; Saskatoon; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

NexGen Energy Ltd. is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead shaft sinking activities for the Rook I project in Northwest Saskatchewan.

The role covers safe, on-schedule, on-budget execution and transition to permanent operations, with oversight of interface management between Owner and Contractor teams. This senior position requires 15–20 years of mine or heavy industrial construction leadership, strong communication, and risk management skills.

Qualifications

• 15–20 years as Project Manager/Director on mine or heavy industrial construction sites.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational ability.
• Ability to manage fast-paced, safety-focused projects.

Responsibilities

• Establish interfaces between Owner and Contractor with clear communication across levels.
• Ensure on-budget, on-schedule execution meeting standards and regulatory requirements.
• Define project scope, schedule, budget, and outcomes.
• Develop and implement shaft sinking execution plan.
• Maintain change and contract management processes; complete change orders promptly.
• Leverage project controls to measure performance and address deviations.
• Establish internal communications to keep teams and leadership informed.
• Ensure QA/QC alignment and complete inspection/test plans for execution.
• Manage RFIs and nonconformance reports for shaft area.
• Coordinate shaft sinkers engineering and procurement per execution plan.
• Plan site mobilization with risk assessments and SOPs.
• Ensure progressive turnover of completed packages.
• Develop Owners team and maintain continuity.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Attention to detail

Job description

Position Overview

The Project Manager for Shaft Sinking is accountable for the safe and efficient shaft sinking, shaft furnishing and transition to permanent operations of the twin shafts at the NexGen Energy Rook I Project located in Northwest Saskatchewan. The Project Manager requires extensive experience with large scale construction execution including project initiation, team development, contractor management, project execution and risk management. This position reports to the Area Manager.

Location

This position can be either based out of Saskatoon (preferred) or remote with travel to Saskatoon and Rook 1 site as required. This is a contract role on a Monday-Friday schedule.

Key Responsibilities

(Including but not limited to)

• Establish effective structure and interfaces between Owner and Contractor teams including communication strategies between all levels.
• Ensure safe on budget, on schedule execution aligned with applicable standards, codes, and regulatory body requirements.
• Ensure clear definition and ownership of the project scope, schedule, budget, and project outcomes.
• Accountable for the development and inclusion of the shaft sinking project execution plan.
• Maintain clear change management and contract management processes and procedures and complete all change orders in a timely manner.
• Leverage project control systems to measure project performance and identify deviations early with mitigations to correct and realign to plan.
• Establish an internal communications plan to keep the Project Team, Project Management and Senior Leadership informed of the project at all stages.
• Ensure Contractor execution is inline with project QA/QC requirements and all inspection and test plans are complete for execution.
• Responsible to manage all requests for information and nonconformance reports for the shaft area.
• Accountable to work with the Contractor to complete the shaft sinkers engineering and procurement inline with their project execution plan and project schedule incorporating constructability and operability into their designs.
• Complete with the Contractor all risk work, safe operating procedures, and execution planning for site mobilization.
• Ensure progressive turnover of completed packages from the Contractor.
• Develop Owners team members and ensure continuity of the project team.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Qualifications

• 15 to 20 years with experience as Project Manager or Project Director on a mine or heavy industrial construction site.
• Exceptional people skills with the ability to work and communicate with individuals and groups at all levels of the organization.
• High attention to detail, clear organizational skills and the ability to safely progress this scope of work.
• Aptitude for fast paced challenging projects safely executed with professionalism and care.

About NexGen

NexGen Energy is a Canadian company focused on optimally developing the Rook I Project into the largest, low-cost producing uranium mine globally, incorporating the highest levels of environmental and social governance. The Company has a strong portfolio of highly prospective projects, including the Company's 100% owned Rook I property that is host to the high-grade Arrow Deposit (discovered February, 2014), South Arrow (discovered July, 2017), Harpoon (discovered August, 2016), Bow (discovered March, 2015), and the Cannon area (discovered April, 2016).

NexGen is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol NXE and on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ticker symbol NXG, and is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, with an operations office in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.