Mine Closure Project Manager – Geoscience & Restoration

WestLand, a Trinity Consultants Team; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 115,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

PTO

401k matching

Tuition reimbursement

Career path

Mentorship

Job summary

GeoSystems Analysis, Inc., a Trinity Consultants team, is seeking an experienced Project Manager with a strong mine-closure background to oversee planning, execution, and delivery of closure projects for mining clients in the US and worldwide.

You will lead tailings, waste rock facilities closure, water management, and revegetation efforts, while ensuring quality, budget, and schedule across internal teams, clients, and leadership.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in a relevant field (e.g., geosciences, mining, civil engineering) required.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in mine closure consulting is required.
• Strong understanding of project and financial management capabilities.
• Experience using ArcGIS software and Microsoft software (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to identify, manage, and communicate project risks and changes.
• Capacity to produce and guide the development of technically sound deliverables.
• Ability to develop and foster positive working relationships across teams and with clients.
• Fluency in Spanish (written and spoken) considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects related to tailings, heap leach and waste rock facility closure, including reclamation landform, cover systems, and storm water management.
• Provide technical guidance on mine water balance modeling for tailings, heap leach, and waste rock draindown.
• Design and manage characterization studies for waste rock and tailings physical and geochemical properties.
• Lead the development of revegetation and ecosystem restoration strategies and the designing of cover systems and reclamation plans for mine sites.
• Manage the design of surface water and seepage control measure for reclaimed mine waste rock facilities.
• Oversee field-scale cover system trials and similar post-closure monitoring programs.
• Establish and maintain project communication protocols with internal and external stakeholders.
• Track project goals, milestones, and task assignments.
• Develop realistic budgets, scopes-of-work, proposals, study designs, and timelines in collaboration with project staff, leadership, clients, and collaborators.
• Monitor labor and expense budgets on a weekly basis and address discrepancies proactively.
• Implement QA/QC procedures and oversee delivery of technically sound project deliverables.
• Provide training and mentoring to project staff to ensure quality and consistency.
• Coordinate resource planning with project managers and staff across departments.
• Identify and communicate project deviations and initiate timely change orders as needed.
• Ensure proper documentation and close-out procedures including final project summaries.
• Promote collaboration and efficiency across departments and disciplines.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Client communication

Financial management

Risk management

Team leadership

Spanish language

Education

Geosciences / Mining / Civil Engineering degree

Tools

ArcGIS

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

GeoSystems Analysis, Inc., a Trinity Consultants team, is seeking an experienced Project Manager with a strong mine-closure background to oversee planning, execution, and delivery of closure projects for mining clients in the US and worldwide.

You will lead tailings, waste rock facilities closure, water management, and revegetation efforts, while ensuring quality, budget, and schedule across internal teams, clients, and leadership.